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AhmedAbogameel/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.

✨ What’s New?

  • 🗓️ daysToExpire behavior improved.
  • ⚙️ autoDownload option to enable/disable auto download.
  • 📝 Renamed onInitonInitialize.
  • 🔄 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.

📥 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

🚀 Initializing Plugin (Required)

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

🔐 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!));
  }
)

⏳ 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.


⚡ General Usage

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

⏯️ 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),
),

⚠️ 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!'),
),

⏹️ 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.

📊 Snapshot Explained

DownloadMediaSnapshot contains 3 fields:

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