Description:

flutter instagram stories

flutter_instagram_stories #
If you need a help to implement stories in your app, contact me https://github.com/awaik #
A Flutter package for displaying stories just like Whatsapp & Instagram. Built-in groups (multiple stories with one icon), cache, video, gifs.
The package can be used in any app for displaying news, educational content and etc. Look the sample app here.
Note: This package is under active development, and there are some known bugs and a lot of features to implement. Please, add issues or feature requests here: issue
The project was initially copied from https://github.com/blackmann/story_view - great thanks for this excellent package. In case, you need more flexible functionality, you can check the original repository.

Important notes:

For now, the package works with Firebase only.
This is a first beta version, please add all issues and feature requests here: issue

Features #

Only one line of code to implement this package to the app.
Display images, gifs, videos.
Adjustable titles on icons.
Preliminary caching after app started.
Multilanguage support.
Callback when a user closed stories - helps to implement subscriptions after first launch and etc.

Installing #
Look how to install here https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_instagram_stories#-installing-tab-
Now in your Dart code, you can use:
import 'package:flutter_instagram_stories/flutter_instagram_stories.dart';
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iOS #
For playing video, the package uses official video_player https://pub.dev/packages/video_player
From documentation:


Warning: The video_player plugin doesn’t work on iOS simulators. You must test videos on real iOS devices.


For iOS, add the following to the Info.plist file found at


<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
<key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
<true/>
</dict>
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Usage #
You can find a complete working example here https://github.com/awaik/flutter_instagram_stories/tree/master/example
Dart code
Connect to the collection where you keep stories
static String collectionDbName = 'instagram_stories_db';
CollectionReference dbInstance =
Firestore.instance.collection(collectionDbName);
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And add stories full functionality to your app.
FlutterInstagramStories(
collectionDbName: collectionDbName,
showTitleOnIcon: true,
backFromStories: () {
_backFromStoriesAlert();
},
iconTextStyle: TextStyle(
fontSize: 14.0,
color: Colors.white,
),
iconImageBorderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(15.0),
iconBoxDecoration: BoxDecoration(
borderRadius: BorderRadius.all(Radius.circular(15.0)),
color: Color(0xFFffffff),
boxShadow: [
BoxShadow(
color: Color(0xff333333),
blurRadius: 10.0,
offset: Offset(
0.0,
4.0,
),
),
],
),
iconWidth: 150.0,
iconHeight: 150.0,
textInIconPadding:
EdgeInsets.only(left: 8.0, right: 8.0, bottom: 12.0),
//how long story lasts in seconds
imageStoryDuration: 7,
progressPosition: ProgressPosition.top,
repeat: true,
inline: false,
languageCode: 'en',
backgroundColorBetweenStories: Colors.black,
closeButtonIcon: Icon(
Icons.close,
color: Colors.white,
size: 28.0,
),
closeButtonBackgroundColor: Color(0x11000000),
sortingOrderDesc: true,
lastIconHighlight: true,
lastIconHighlightColor: Colors.deepOrange,
lastIconHighlightRadius: const Radius.circular(15.0),
captionTextStyle: TextStyle(
fontSize: 22,
color: Colors.white,
),
captionMargin: EdgeInsets.only(
bottom: 50,
),
captionPadding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(
horizontal: 24,
vertical: 8,
),
),
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Firestore database
The package works with Firestore database and package https://pub.dev/packages/cloud_firestore already included into the package.
You can use example with the sample database in the example folder, or, create your own database.
Steps to create:

Add Firebase to your app


Android https://firebase.google.com/docs/flutter/setup?platform=android
iOS https://firebase.google.com/docs/flutter/setup?platform=ios


Create Firestore database


Create a collection with any name. After you will use this name in dart code only once.
Create documents inside the collection with exact structure, like on the image below


Important! Pay attention to array, map types. Otherwise you will have a null error
https://github.com/awaik/flutter_instagram_stories/issues/20

That's it! Now your app has instagram stories with caching and other powerful features.
Use cases in real apps #
App for Android and iOS - https://lifext.app/

License

For personal and professional use. You cannot resell or redistribute these repositories in their original state.

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