pocketbase_server_flutter

Pocketbase Server Flutter

Run Pocketbase Server directly from Android/IOS with flutter

Usage

Checkout Pocketbase Server example app

Start pocketbaseServer

PocketbaseServerFlutter.start(
  superUserEmail: "test@user.com",
  superUserPassword: "password",
  hostName: await PocketbaseServerFlutter.localIpAddress,
  port: "8080",
);

Advanced Usage

// Get path to load resources using `path_provider`
final Directory staticDir = await getTemporaryDirectory();

// Directory to load static files (Optional)
final String staticFolder = "${staticDir.path}/pb_static/";

// Directory to load js hook files (Optional)
final String hooksFolder = "${staticDir.path}/pb_hooks/";

// Directory to save sqlite files and default data
final String dataFolder = "${staticDir.path}/pb_data/";

// add `pb_static` and `pb_hooks` folder in assets of your project, and load all files from assets to given path
await PocketbaseServerFlutter.copyAssetsFolderToPath(
  path: staticFolder,
  assetFolder: "pb_static",
  overwriteExisting: true,
)

await PocketbaseServerFlutter.copyAssetsFolderToPath(
  path: hooksFolder,
  assetFolder: "pb_hooks",
  overwriteExisting: true,
);

PocketbaseServerFlutter.start(
  superUserEmail: "test@user.com",
  superUserPassword: "password",
  hostName: await PocketbaseServerFlutter.localIpAddress,
  port: "8080",
  enablePocketbaseApiLogs: true,
  dataPath: dataFolder,
  staticFilesPath: staticFolder,
  hookFilesPath: hooksFolder,
);

Stop pocketbaseServer

PocketbaseServerFlutter.stop();

Listen to pocketbaseServer events, setup eventCallback

PocketbaseServerFlutter.setEventCallback(
    callback: (event, data){
        // Handle event and data
    },
);

Some helper methods

// To check if pocketBase is running (not reliable)
PocketbaseServerFlutter.isRunning

// To check pocketbaseMobile version
PocketbaseServerFlutter.pocketbaseMobileVersion

// To get the ipAddress of mobile ( to run pocketbase with this hostname )
PocketbaseServerFlutter.localIpAddress

Mobile Setup

• IOS

If getting error related to Undefined symbol, Make sure to run pod install on ios directory, open IOS project in XCode

Click on Pods, Then select pocketbase_server_flutter from Targets list, and select Build Phases

Then in Link Binary With Libraries section, click on + button and search for libresolv.tbd and choose from result and click on Add

• Android

Should work out of the box

Desktop Setup

Desktop requires pocketbaseExecutable path in start()

To get pocketbaseExecutable in app, add the executable in Assets and on runtime copy it from assets to another path using path_provider Or download the executable on Runtime

• MacOS

Edit your Runner/**.entitlements file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
	<dict>
		<key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key>
		<false />
		<key>com.apple.security.cs.allow-jit</key>
		<true />
		<key>com.apple.security.network.client</key>
		<true />
		<key>com.apple.security.network.server</key>
		<true />
	</dict>
</plist>

• Windows, Linux

Should work out of the box

Resources

https://pocketbase.io/

Built with: pocketbase_mobile

Note

This is for running Pocketbase server from mobile, to connect with pocketbase server, use official pocketbase client plugin