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Flutter Workmanager. This plugin allows you to schedule background work on Android and iOS.
Last release 27 days ago
07 Sep 2026
Release timing varies
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Nearly every release is documented
notes for 57 of the last 60 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
7 years old
69 releases · first in 2019
This version is the first version to support iOS with the help of the Background Fetch API.
Workmanager.iOSBackgroundTask to your switch case.Workmanager.defaultCallbackDispatcher becomes Workmanager.executeTaskThis version is the first version to support iOS with the help of the Background Fetch API.
Workmanager.iOSBackgroundTask to your switch case.Workmanager.defaultCallbackDispatcher becomes Workmanager.executeTaskOne column per quarter.
[‼️ BREAKING change] A user should extend a custom Application and register it in its AndroidManifest.xml
EchoCallbackFunction.
Fixes #6
Fixes #4
[‼️ BREAKING change] A user should extend a custom Application and register it in its AndroidManifest.xml
class App : FlutterApplication(), PluginRegistry.PluginRegistrantCallback {
override fun onCreate() {
super.onCreate()
WorkmanagerPlugin.setPluginRegistrantCallback(this)
}
override fun registerWith(reg: PluginRegistry?) {
GeneratedPluginRegistrant.registerWith(reg)
}
}
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
package="dev.fluttercommunity.workmanager_example">
<!-- io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication is an android.app.Application that
calls FlutterMain.startInitialization(this); in its onCreate method.
In most cases you can leave this as-is, but you if you want to provide
additional functionality it is fine to subclass or reimplement
FlutterApplication and put your custom class here. -->
<application
android:name=".App" <!-- Replace io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication with .App -->
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="workmanager_example"
tools:replace="android:name">
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
android:launchMode="singleTop"
android:theme="@style/LaunchTheme"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
<!-- This keeps the window background of the activity showing
until Flutter renders its first frame. It can be removed if
there is no splash screen (such as the default splash screen
defined in @style/LaunchTheme). -->
<meta-data
android:name="io.flutter.app.android.SplashScreenUntilFirstFrame"
android:value="true" />
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Expose a WorkManagerHelper to the native.
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* Add Dart documentation
Remove the need to register a custom Application on Android side. (Everything still works in testing)
* Initial Release: * Schedule One off task * Schedule Periodic task * Fixed delay * Initial delay * Constraints * Support for 1 network type * require
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