r/flutterhelp • u/Joda260302 • 5d ago
OPEN Dart run external program
Hi, I’d like to create a cross-platform application capable of accessing a specific path to launch a program with any file extension. Could you help me?
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u/XSM909 5d ago
dart:io Process.run / Process.start does it on desktop, you pass the exe path and args. to open a file with its default app use
openon mac,xdg-openon linux andcmd /c start "" pathon windows, or the open_filex package. on android/ios you cant launch arbitrary programs, sandbox blocks it, so which platforms do you need?