Flutter device_type: The Essential Guide

Mar 05, 2024

Features

A new Flutter plugin is used to determine whether the device is a Phone, Phablet, Tablet, or a Larger Device like a Desktop.

Get started

To get started, add device_type to your pubspec.yaml. In this article we’ll be using ^0.0.6.

dependencies:
  device_type: ^0.0.6

Depend on it #

Run this command:

With Flutter:

$ flutter pub add device_type

Configuration

After doing that let's add device_type configuration to your app:

import 'package:device_type/device_type.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

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

class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
  const MyApp({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  State<MyApp> createState() => _MyAppState();
}

class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
  late String deviceType;

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
  }

  String _getDeviceType(BuildContext context) {
    return DeviceType.getDeviceType(context);
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    deviceType = _getDeviceType(context);
    return MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: const Text('Plugin Device Type'),
        ),
        body: Center(
          child: Text('Running on: $deviceType\n'),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

Find here the project example 👇🏿👇🏿

A simple Flutter project with sample code about how to work with device_type. To get…

https://pub.dev/packages/device_type