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Package detailsv0.3.2

social_embed_webview

Provide a widget to easily embed social media post in flutter using web embed feature by the platform.

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Install package

flutter pub add social_embed_webview

Package Overview

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The social_embed_webview package enables Flutter developers to easily embed social media posts within their apps using the platform's native web embedding features. It provides a simple widget that renders social content—such as tweets, Instagram posts, or Facebook updates—directly in the app by leveraging WebView components. This approach ensures compatibility with dynamic social media content while maintaining a seamless user experience across Android and iOS platforms. The package is ideal for apps that integrate social feeds or shareable content.

Use cases

  • Embedding tweets in news apps
  • Displaying Instagram posts in social feeds
  • Integrating Facebook posts in community apps
  • Showing YouTube videos in content platforms
  • Creating shareable social content previews

Key features

  • Simple widget for social media embedding
  • Uses platform-native web embedding
  • Supports Android and iOS
  • Lightweight and easy to integrate
  • Handles dynamic social media content

Suitable for

  • Apps with social media integrations
  • News and content aggregation platforms
  • Social networking applications
  • Marketing and promotional apps
  • Apps requiring shareable media previews

Considerations

  • Relies on internet connectivity
  • May require additional permissions for web access
  • Performance depends on network speed
  • Limited customization of embedded content
  • Potential security considerations with external web content

Original README

Original README snapshot from the linked source repository. Visit the repository for the latest content.

Social Embed WebView (Developers Preview)

Currently non of the major social media platform provides support to embed their post in a flutter app. This flutter package provides widgets to embed posts of various social media platforms using webview_flutter in the background.

Please note

  • version < 0.3.0 is not backward compatiable from this version. So please go through examples before upgrading

Content

Why Us

They are not many solutions in the community to solve this problem. All the packages use the same webview_flutter in the background but have a major issue of a predefined height. While this package adjusts the heights of the webview automatically according to the size of the embedded post.

Supported Platforms:

How to use?

1: Add this to your package's pubspec.yaml file:

dependencies:
  social_embed_webview: 0.3.1

2: You can install packages from the command line:

$ flutter packages get

Alternatively, your editor might support flutter packages get. Check the docs for your editor to learn more.

3: Please visit webview_flutter and follow the steps required for implementations in Android and iOS respectively.

Example

Please make sure to remove <script>...</script> added by the platform with other embed code. Please visit examples for more detailed examples corresponding to each platform

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:social_embed_webview/platforms/twitter.dart';
import 'package:social_embed_webview/social_embed_webview.dart';

/// <srcipts>...</scripts> tag has been removed
String tweetContent = r"""
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s an edit I did of one of my drawings. I tend to draw a lot of aot stuff when each chapter is released. Sorry about that!<br>Song: polnalyubvi кометы<br>Character: Annie Leonhart <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/annieleonhart?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#annieleonhart</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aot131spoilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aot131spoilers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aot?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aot</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AttackOnTitan131?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AttackOnTitan131</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AttackOnTitans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AttackOnTitans</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/snk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#snk</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/snk131?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#snk131</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/shingekinokyojin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#shingekinokyojin</a> <a href="https://t.co/b4z48ruCoD">pic.twitter.com/b4z48ruCoD</a></p>&mdash; evie (@hazbin_freak22) <a href="https://twitter.com/hazbin_freak22/status/1291884358870142976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2020</a></blockquote> """;

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({super.key});

  // This widget is the root of your application.
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Flutter Demo',
      theme: ThemeData(
        primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
        visualDensity: VisualDensity.adaptivePlatformDensity,
      ),
      home: SafeArea(
        child: Scaffold(
          appBar: AppBar(
            title: const Text('Social Embed WebView Example'),
          ),
          body: SingleChildScrollView(
            child: Padding(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
              child: Column(
                children: [
                  SocialEmbed(
                      socialMediaObj:
                          TwitterEmbedData(embedHtml: tweetContent)),
                ],
              ),
            ),
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

Output

Known Bugs

  • Media playback continuous incase of router.push() for all platform
  • Media playback continuous incase of app going in background for all platform except Youtube

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