I want to access my systems ringtones in flutter

Question

Is there any way to get all the Ringtones of the phone using flutter, and set the chosen one as the default ringtone of my app?

thanks in advance

Solution

I managed to get it done using native code

1. First you would create those things on the Flutter side.

   
   // here where your ringtones will be stored
   List<Object?> result = ['Andromeda'];
   
   // this is the channel that links flutter with native code
   static const channel = MethodChannel('com.example.pomo_app/mychannel');
   
   // this method waits for results from the native code 
   Future<void> getRingtones() async {
       try {
         result = await channel.invokeMethod('getAllRingtones');
       } on PlatformException catch (ex) {
         print('Exception: $ex.message');
       }
     }
   
   

2. Know you need to implement the native code. Go to MainActivity.kt

   // add the name of the channel that we made in flutter code
   private val channel = "com.example.pomo_app/mychannel"
   
   // add this method to handle the calls from flutter
   MethodChannel(flutterEngine.dartExecutor.binaryMessenger, channel)
     .setMethodCallHandler { call, result ->
               when (call.method) {
                   "getAllRingtones" -> {
                       result.success(getAllRingtones(this))
                   }
   
   
   
   // this function will return all the ringtones names as a list
   private fun getAllRingtones(context: Context): List<String> {
   
     val manager = RingtoneManager(context)
     manager.setType(RingtoneManager.TYPE_RINGTONE)
   
     val cursor: Cursor = manager.cursor
   
     val list: MutableList<String> = mutableListOf()
     while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
       val notificationTitle: String = cursor.getString(RingtoneManager.TITLE_COLUMN_INDEX)
       list.add(notificationTitle)
     }
     return list
   }
   

that's it I hope this is helpful. any questions let me know.

Comments

[Diwyansh]

you may refer to this link pub.dev/packages/flutter_ringtone_player

[zaynOm]

I tried it but it plays the default ones. what I want instead is to get them all and let the user choose which one he wants.

[Diwyansh]

then I think you have to use MethodChannel to write platform specific code to get the llst.

[zaynOm]

thanks, man that's what I'm gonna do.

[Diwyansh]

pleased to help...