Flutter Open AppStore/PlayStore URL

Question

How can I open a specific URL of the PlayStore/AppStore with flutter on Android and IOS, depending on which smartphone it is executed? I mean I want to open the application and not a browser or something like this.

In this thread I found some native way for android but how can I do this with flutter?

final String appPackageName = getPackageName(); // getPackageName() from Context or Activity object
try {
    startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + appPackageName)));
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException anfe) {
    startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + appPackageName)));
}

If there is currently no way to do this, it would be a nice feature to implement for the plugin url_launcher.

Answer 1

You can use url_luncher and open the url based on the platform like this:

import 'package:url_launcher/url_launcher.dart';

if (Platform.isAndroid || Platform.isIOS) {
  final appId = Platform.isAndroid ? 'YOUR_ANDROID_PACKAGE_ID' : 'YOUR_IOS_APP_ID';
  final url = Uri.parse(
    Platform.isAndroid
        ? "market://details?id=$appId"
        : "https://apps.apple.com/app/id$appId",
  );
  launchUrl(
    url,
    mode: LaunchMode.externalApplication,
  );
}

Note

• You can get your iOS app id from http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?bundleId=YOUR_BUNDLE_ID then look for trackId
• This wont work on iOS simulators as they don't have an app store
• Setting the mode to LaunchMode.externalApplication will prevent the safari flash for a second

Answer 2

You can use this Library,

Basically, To use this plugin, add launch_review as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file.

launch_review: ^1.0.1

To use :

 import 'package:launch_review/launch_review.dart'; 

Then invoke the static launch method of LaunchReview anywhere in your Dart code. If no arguments are provided, it will consider the current package.

LaunchReview.launch();

To open the App Store page for any other applications, you can pass the app Id.

LaunchReview.launch(androidAppId: <package name>,
                iOSAppId: <ios app id>);

Answer 3

You can do something similar in flutter:

import 'package:url_launcher/url_launcher.dart';

try {
  launch("market://details?id=" + appPackageName);
} on PlatformException catch(e) {
    launch("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + appPackageName);        
} finally {
  launch("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + appPackageName);        
}

The exception/catch does not seem to work for some reason so adding 'finally' did the trick, finally :)

Answer 4

This is like the most popular answer to this question, but without the need of saying the Android package. In addition, this solution doesn't show a toast on Android saying "Please Rate Application".

It depends on open_store and package_info_plus.

const appStoreId = "1234567890"; // Your app's App Store ID
final packageName = (await PackageInfo.fromPlatform()).packageName;

OpenStore.instance.open(
  androidAppBundleId: packageName,
  appStoreId: appStoreId,
);

Answer 5

You can use the url_launcher package for opening the appstore/playstore as follows :

      _launchURL(String url) async {
         if (await canLaunch(url)) {
             await launch(url);
         } 
         else {
             throw 'Could not launch $url';
         }
       }

Answer 6

You can use this plug in. here

Super simple. To use this pulg in, just write the package name (app id) on your dart code like this.

OpenAppstore.launch(androidAppId: "com.facebook.katana&hl=ko", iOSAppId: "284882215")

Answer 7

You can also try store_launcher

Example

StoreLauncher.openWithStore(appId);

Answer 8

Function to open the App Store or Play Store URL in yo flutter app

Future<void> _openStore() async {
String packageName = 'put your_package_name';
String appStoreUrl = 'https://apps.apple.com/app/$packageName';
String playStoreUrl = 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=$packageName';

if (await canLaunch(appStoreUrl) && !Platform.isAndroid) {
  await launch(appStoreUrl);
} else if (await canLaunch(playStoreUrl) && Platform.isAndroid) {
  await launch(playStoreUrl);
} else {
  throw 'Could not launch store';
}

}