Develop a Global Hotkey Desktop App with Flutter
This tutorial will guide you through developing a macOS desktop application using Flutter that can be invoked with global hotkeys.
Project Overview
We will develop a simple yet practical desktop application with the following features:
- Quick show/hide with global hotkeys
- Customizable hotkey combinations
- Elegant window management
- Native macOS experience
Tech Stack
- Flutter: Cross-platform UI framework
- window_manager: Window management
- hotkey_manager: Global hotkey management
Requirements
- macOS operating system
- Flutter development environment
- VS Code or other editors
Contents
Note
This tutorial uses macOS as an example. While Flutter is cross-platform, Windows and Linux might require slightly different configurations.
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