I'd like to integrate my websites tawk.to chat button into my Flutter app in some way. Maybe loading a webview at all times only showing the icon? But then when it's clicked I want it to maximize over the current content, and also for the user to receive a vibration or notification when a message is received in the chat.
Here's the widget code for tawk.to:
<!--Start of Tawk.to Script-->
<script type="text/javascript">
var Tawk_API=Tawk_API||{}, Tawk_LoadStart=new Date();
(function(){
var s1=document.createElement("script"),s0=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];
s1.async=true;
s1.src='https://embed.tawk.to/5c8306ab101df77a8be1a645/default';
s1.charset='UTF-8';
s1.setAttribute('crossorigin','*');
s0.parentNode.insertBefore(s1,s0);
})();
</script>
<!--End of Tawk.to Script-->
I want to use tawk.to as that's what I'm using on my website right now aswell, having 2 different chat systems would make everything a lot harder. Any other suggestions for solutions to the problem are also welcome.
Main.dart here:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'home_widget.dart';
import 'package:firebase_analytics/firebase_analytics.dart';
import 'package:firebase_analytics/observer.dart';
void main() => runApp(App());
class App extends StatelessWidget {
static FirebaseAnalytics analytics = FirebaseAnalytics();
static FirebaseAnalyticsObserver observer =
FirebaseAnalyticsObserver(analytics: analytics);
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
title: 'My Flutter App',
navigatorObservers: <NavigatorObserver>[observer],
home: Home(
analytics: analytics, //
observer: observer, //
),
);
}
}
My home widget currently looks like this:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'placeholder_widget.dart';
import 'homepage.dart';
import 'reader.dart';
import 'package:firebase_analytics/firebase_analytics.dart';
import 'package:firebase_analytics/observer.dart';
class Home extends StatefulWidget {
Home({Key key, this.title, this.analytics, this.observer}) //
: super(key: key); //
final String title; //
final FirebaseAnalytics analytics; //
final FirebaseAnalyticsObserver observer; //
@override
State<StatefulWidget> createState() {
return _HomeState(analytics, observer);
}
}
class _HomeState extends State<Home> {
_HomeState(this.analytics, this.observer); //
final FirebaseAnalyticsObserver observer; //
final FirebaseAnalytics analytics; //
int _currentIndex = 0;
final List<Widget> _children = [
Homepage(),
MyApp(),
PlaceholderWidget(Colors.green) // TODO: I want my chat button here
];
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
body: _children[_currentIndex], // new
bottomNavigationBar: BottomNavigationBar(
onTap: onTabTapped, // new
currentIndex: _currentIndex, // new
items: [
new BottomNavigationBarItem(
icon: Icon(Icons.home),
title: Text('Home'),
),
new BottomNavigationBarItem(
icon: Icon(Icons.photo_camera),
title: Text('blah'),
),
new BottomNavigationBarItem(
icon: Icon(Icons.person),
title: Text('Chat')
)
],
),
);
}
void onTabTapped(int index) {
setState(() {
_currentIndex = index;
});
}
}
I solved it. The best way I found was using javascript inside of the webview, and then you can evaluate javascript in the webview through the webview controller.
I made Tawk.to default to hiding on my website, and to show it you simply do the following:
Declare a controller for the webview. At the start of your class add:
WebViewController _controller;
Then inside of your WebView() widget:
new WebView(
initialUrl: 'google.com',
javascriptMode: JavascriptMode.unrestricted,
onWebViewCreated: (WebViewController webViewController) async {
_controller = webViewController;
//I've left out some of the code needed for a webview to work here, fyi
},
),
And finally you can make a button in your appbar run the javascript code to open tawk:
IconButton(
icon: Icon(Icons.message),
onPressed: () {
_controller.evaluateJavascript('Tawk_API.showWidget();');
_controller.evaluateJavascript('Tawk_API.maximize();');
},
),