Flutter Webview two way communication with Javascript
Solution 1
Here is an example of communication from Javascript code to flutter.
In Flutter build your WebView like :
WebView(
initialUrl: url,
javascriptMode: JavascriptMode.unrestricted,
javascriptChannels: Set.from([
JavascriptChannel(
name: 'Print',
onMessageReceived: (JavascriptMessage message) {
//This is where you receive message from
//javascript code and handle in Flutter/Dart
//like here, the message is just being printed
//in Run/LogCat window of android studio
print(message.message);
})
]),
onWebViewCreated: (WebViewController w) {
webViewController = w;
},
)
and in Your HTMLfile:
<script type='text/javascript'>
Print.postMessage('Hello World being called from Javascript code');
</script>
When you run this code, you shall be able to see log "Hello World being called from Javascript code" in the LogCat/Run window of android studio.
Solution 2
You can try my plugin flutter_inappbrowser (EDIT: it has been renamed to flutter_inappwebview) and use addJavaScriptHandler({@required String handlerName, @required JavaScriptHandlerCallback callback}) method (see more here).
An example is presented below. On Flutter side:
...
child: InAppWebView(
initialFile: "assets/index.html",
initialHeaders: {},
initialOptions: InAppWebViewWidgetOptions(
inAppWebViewOptions: InAppWebViewOptions(
debuggingEnabled: true,
)
),
onWebViewCreated: (InAppWebViewController controller) {
webView = controller;
controller.addJavaScriptHandler(handlerName: "mySum", callback: (args) {
// Here you receive all the arguments from the JavaScript side
// that is a List<dynamic>
print("From the JavaScript side:");
print(args);
return args.reduce((curr, next) => curr + next);
});
},
onLoadStart: (InAppWebViewController controller, String url) {
},
onLoadStop: (InAppWebViewController controller, String url) {
},
onConsoleMessage: (InAppWebViewController controller, ConsoleMessage consoleMessage) {
print("console message: ${consoleMessage.message}");
},
),
...
On JavaScript side (for example a local file assets/index.html inside the assets folder):
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, user-scalable=no, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
<title>Flutter InAppBrowser</title>
...
</head>
<body>
...
<script>
// In order to call window.flutter_inappwebview.callHandler(handlerName <String>, ...args)
// properly, you need to wait and listen the JavaScript event flutterInAppWebViewPlatformReady.
// This event will be dispatched as soon as the platform (Android or iOS) is ready to handle the callHandler method.
window.addEventListener("flutterInAppWebViewPlatformReady", function(event) {
// call flutter handler with name 'mySum' and pass one or more arguments
window.flutter_inappwebview.callHandler('mySum', 12, 2, 50).then(function(result) {
// get result from Flutter side. It will be the number 64.
console.log(result);
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
On Android Studio logs you will get:
I/flutter (20436): From JavaScript side:
I/flutter (20436): [12, 2, 50]
I/flutter (20436): console message: 64
Solution 3
I want to tell you about how to send messages from flutter WebView to JS:
- In JS code you need to bind your function you need to fire to window
const function = () => alert('hello from JS');
window.function = function;
- In your code in WebView widget implementation you need to declare onWebViewCreated method like this
WebView(
onWebViewCreated: (WebViewController controller) {},
initialUrl: 'https://url.com',
javascriptMode: JavascriptMode.unrestricted,
)
- In class widget declare
var _webViewController;
class App extends State<MyApp> {
final _webViewController;
}
- In onWebViewCreated write this code
onWebViewCreated: (WebViewController controller) {
_webViewController = controller;
},
Then you can run code like this:
class App extends StatelessWidget {
var _webViewController;
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
title: 'Flutter Demo',
home: Scaffold(
body: WebView(
onWebViewCreated: (WebViewController controller) {
_webViewController = controller;
},
initialUrl: 'https://url.com',
javascriptMode: JavascriptMode.unrestricted,
),
floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
onPressed: () {
// When you click at this button youll run js code and youll see alert
_webViewController
.evaluateJavascript('window.function ()');
},
child: Icon(Icons.add),
backgroundColor: Colors.green,
),
),
);
}
}
But what if we want to share this _webViewController instance to other widgets like drawer?
In this case I decided to implement Singleton pattern and store _webViewController instance in it.
So
Singleton class
class Singleton {
WebViewController webViewController;
static final Singleton _singleton = new Singleton._internal();
static Singleton get instance => _singleton;
factory Singleton(WebViewController webViewController) {
_singleton.webViewController = webViewController;
return _singleton;
}
Singleton._internal();
}
Then
onWebViewCreated: (WebViewController controller) {
var singleton = new Singleton(controller);
},
And finally in our Drawer widget i.e. (here you can use whatever widget you want)
class EndDrawer extends StatelessWidget {
final singleton = Singleton.instance;
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Drawer(
child: Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.end,
children: <Widget>[
SizedBox(
width: 200,
child: FlatButton(
onPressed: () {
singleton.webViewController.evaluateJavascript('window.function()');
Navigator.pop(context); // exit drawer
},
child: Row(
children: <Widget>[
Icon(
Icons.exit_to_app,
color: Colors.redAccent,
),
SizedBox(
width: 30,
),
Text(
'Exit',
style: TextStyle(color: Colors.blueAccent, fontSize: 20),
),
],
),
)),
],
),
);
}
}
If you want to receive messages from JS code to your flutter App you need:
- In your js code
window.CHANNEL_NAME.postMessage('Hello from JS');
- In your flutter code.
When you're running JavascriptChannel(name: 'CHANNEL_NAME', ...)
flutter bind to your window WebView new MessageChannel with name you wrote in constructor (in this caseCHANNEL_NAME)
so when we callwindow.CHANNEL_NAME.postMessage('Hello from JS');we recieve a message we sent
WebView(
javascriptChannels: [
JavascriptChannel(name: 'CHANNEL_NAME', onMessageReceived: (message) {
print(message.message);
})
].toSet(),
initialUrl: 'https://url.com',
)
So here we are.
I'm new in flutter code
So if you have another better experience about this you can write in comments to help other people!
Solution 4
Full code example of Javascript callbacks using package flutter_inappwebview:
import 'dart:async';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter_inappwebview/flutter_inappwebview.dart';
Future main() async {
WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
runApp(new MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_MyAppState createState() => new _MyAppState();
}
class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
InAppWebViewController _webViewController;
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
home: Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: const Text('InAppWebView Example'),
),
body: Container(
child: Column(children: <Widget>[
Expanded(
child: InAppWebView(
initialData: InAppWebViewInitialData(data: """
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, user-scalable=no, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0">
</head>
<body>
<h1>JavaScript Handlers (Channels) TEST</h1>
<button id='test' onclick="window.flutter_inappwebview.callHandler('testFunc');">Test</button>
<button id='testargs' onclick="window.flutter_inappwebview.callHandler('testFuncArgs', 1);">Test with Args</button>
<button id='testreturn' onclick="window.flutter_inappwebview.callHandler('testFuncReturn').then(function(result) { alert(result);});">Test Return</button>
</body>
</html>
"""),
initialOptions: InAppWebViewGroupOptions(
crossPlatform: InAppWebViewOptions(
debuggingEnabled: true,
)),
onWebViewCreated: (InAppWebViewController controller) {
_webViewController = controller;
_webViewController.addJavaScriptHandler(
handlerName: 'testFunc',
callback: (args) {
print(args);
});
_webViewController.addJavaScriptHandler(
handlerName: 'testFuncArgs',
callback: (args) {
print(args);
});
_webViewController.addJavaScriptHandler(
handlerName: 'testFuncReturn',
callback: (args) {
print(args);
return '2';
});
},
onConsoleMessage: (controller, consoleMessage) {
print(consoleMessage);
},
),
),
])),
),
);
}
}
Solution 5
There are two ways to communicate the answer:
First way From Flutter to the webview (javascript, react...)
From the flutter side (using a button or in a trigger method):
webViewController.evaluateJavascript('fromFlutter("pop")');
This fromFlutter will be the name of the method in your javascript, react, whatever and also you can send text, in this case "pop".
From the javascript side inside the html, in your body label:
<script type="text/javascript">
function fromFlutter(data) {
// Do something
console.log("This is working now!!!");
}
</script>
Second way From your webview (javascript, react...) to Flutter
In your Webview attribute javascriptChannels you can add:
javascriptChannels: Set.from([
JavascriptChannel(
name: 'comunicationname',
onMessageReceived: (JavascriptMessage message) async {
// Here you can take message.message and use
// your string from webview
},
)
]),
From the webview using the same communication name "communicationname" (your can use another name in both places):
window.communicationname.postMessage("native,,,pop,");
shrad
Updated on November 02, 2021Comments
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shrad over 2 years
I have an html file that I am loading in Flutter webview using flutter_webview_plugin. I am using evalJavascript to call function in my javascript code, meaning flutter(dart)->js. However, I also need some way to communicate back something to flutter(dart) layer, meaning js->flutter(dart).
I have tried using - webkit.messageHandlers.native - window.native to support both platforms(Android,iOS) checking if those are available in JS. But, those comes as undefined. Using following code to get instance of native handler in JS.
typeof webkit !== 'undefined' ? webkit.messageHandlers.native : window.native;And even if I get that instance and post message using it, not sure how to handle it in flutter(dart) layer. I may need to use platform channels. Not sure, if I am in the right direction.
Is there any way through which I can do that? I have evaluated interactive_webview plugin. It works fine on Android. But, it has swift versioning issue and don't want to proceed further with that.
Any help would be appreciated.