media_cache_manager

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📦 media_cache_manager

⚡ Helps you to cache and encrypt media (Audio 🎵, Video 🎬, Image 🖼️, etc...) Permanently or for a specific time.

With just a URL, the DownloadMediaBuilder widget will:

• 🔍 Search locally for the file.
• 📂 If found → File will be returned in a snapshot.
• ⬇️ If not found → File will be downloaded and stored locally, then returned in a snapshot.

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✨ What’s New?

• 🗓️ daysToExpire behavior improved.
• ⚙️ autoDownload option to enable/disable auto download.
• 📝 Renamed onInit ➝ onInitialize.
• 🔄 Added initial state to DownloadMediaStatus.
• 🔐 Encrypt & decrypt files with AES.
• ⏹️ Cancel downloads anytime.
• 🔁 Retry failed downloads.
• 🔄 Added Encrypting / Decrypting states.
• 🧩 Refactored DownloadMediaBuilder widget.
• 🚀 Optimized plugin imports.

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📥 Install

Add to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  media_cache_manager: 

⚙️ Android Setup

1. Open android → app → build.gradle
2. Add this inside defaultConfig:

multiDexEnabled true
minSdkVersion 20

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🚀 Initializing Plugin (Required)

void main() async {
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
  await MediaCacheManager.instance.init();
  runApp(const MyApp());
}

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🔐 Encrypted Files (Optional)

Encrypt media files using AES (OFB mode).

✅ Enable encryption globally

await MediaCacheManager.instance.setEncryptionPassword("I love flutter");

or directly on init:

await MediaCacheManager.instance.init(encryptionPassword: 'I love flutter');

⚠️ Notes:

• 🐢 Large files may take more time to en/decrypt.
• 🔒 Files are stored in Temporary Directory, so users & other apps can’t access them.
• 🔑 Keep passwords safe! The plugin does not cache your file passwords.

🔐 Encrypt single file

DownloadMediaBuilder(
  url: "https://example.com/sample.jpg",
  encryptionPassword: "this is a password",  
  onSuccess: (snapshot) {
    return Image.file(File(snapshot.filePath!));
  }
)

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⏳ File Expiration (Optional)

Make cached files expire automatically after specific days.

await MediaCacheManager.instance.setExpireDate(daysToExpire: 10);

or via init:

await MediaCacheManager.instance.init(daysToExpire: 1);

📌 Behavior: If a file is accessed before its expiration → expiration will extend automatically.

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⚡ General Usage

DownloadMediaBuilder(
  url: 'https://example.com/sample.jpg',
  onSuccess: (snapshot) {
    return Image.file(File(snapshot.filePath!));
  },
  onLoading: (snapshot) {
    return LinearProgressIndicator(value: snapshot.progress);
  },
),

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⏯️ Disable Auto Download

By default, autoDownload = true. You can disable it and control downloads manually:

late DownloadMediaBuilderController controller;

DownloadMediaBuilder(
  url: 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
  autoDownload: false,
  onInitialize: (ctrl) => controller = ctrl,
  onInitial: (_) {
    return ElevatedButton(
      onPressed: controller.getFile,
      child: const Text('Load file'),
    );
  },
  onSuccess: (snapshot) => BetterPlayer.file(snapshot.filePath!),
  onLoading: (snapshot) => LinearProgressIndicator(value: snapshot.progress),
),

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⚠️ Handle Loading & Error States

DownloadMediaBuilder(
  url: 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
  onLoading: (snapshot) => LinearProgressIndicator(value: snapshot.progress),
  onSuccess: (snapshot) => BetterPlayer.file(snapshot.filePath!),
  onError: (_) => const Text('❌ Error!'),
),

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⏹️ Cancel & 🔄 Retry Downloads

late DownloadMediaBuilderController controller;

DownloadMediaBuilder(
  url: 'https://example.com/video.mp4',
  onInitialize: (ctrl) => controller = ctrl,
  onLoading: (snapshot) {
    return Column(
      children: [
        LinearProgressIndicator(value: snapshot.progress),
        ElevatedButton(
          onPressed: controller.cancel,
          child: const Text('Cancel Download'),
        ),
      ],
    );
  },
  onSuccess: (snapshot) => BetterPlayer.file(snapshot.filePath!),
  onError: (_) => const Text('❌ Error!'),
  onCancel: (_) {
    return ElevatedButton(
      onPressed: controller.retry,
      child: const Text('Retry'),
    );
  },
),

📌 Notes:

• ❌ You can only call cancel() if status = loading.
• 🔁 You can only call retry() if status = canceled.

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📊 Snapshot Explained

DownloadMediaSnapshot contains 3 fields:

1. Status → Initial, Success, Loading, Error, Canceled, Encrypting, Decrypting.
2. FilePath → Available if file is downloaded.
3. Progress → Download progress (0 → 1).

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