Plist parser - A Plist parser for Flutter supports XML and binary Apple Property list (plist) formats

Last update: Nov 17, 2022

Related tags

Templates plist_parser

Overview

Plist Parser for Flutter 📋

A Flutter Plugin for Plist parser supporting XML and Binary formats.

It's written xml and binary parser from scratch for Dart and this is not dependent other native libraries.

This was inspired by some libraries. please see below details.

Installation 🔧

dependencies:
  plist_parser: "^0.0.1"

Usage 🐕

import 'package:plist_parser/plist_parser.dart';
import 'dart:io';

const xml = '''
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>string_type</key>
  <string>hello plist</string>
  <key>int_type</key>
  <integer>12345</integer>
  <key>double_type</key>
  <real>12.345</real>
  <key>bool_type_true</key>
  <true/>
  <key>bool_type_false</key>
  <false/>
  <key>date_type</key>
  <date>2022-02-11T18:27:45Z</date>
  <key>data_type</key>
  <data>VGVzdCBWYWx1ZQ==</data>
  <key>dict_type</key>
  <dict>
    <key>key1</key>
    <string>value1</string>
    <key>key2</key>
    <integer>2</integer>
    <key>long_key_item_name_aaaaa_bbbbb_ccccc_ddddd_eeeee</key>
    <string>long_key_item_value_11111_22222_33333_44444_55555</string>
  </dict>
  <key>array_type</key>
  <array>
    <string>array item1</string>
    <string>array item2</string>
  </array>
  <key>array_type2</key>
  <array>
    <string>array2 item1</string>
    <dict>
      <key>nest_array</key>
      <array>
        <string>nest_array_item</string>
      </array>
      <key>nest_dict</key>
      <dict>
        <key>nest_dict_item</key>
        <integer>12345</integer>
      </dict>
    </dict>
  </array>
</dict>
</plist>
''';

void main() {
  // parse from xml string
  var result = PlistParser().parse(xml);
  print(result);
  print("int_type: ${result["int_type"]}");
  print("array_type[1]: ${result["array_type"][1]}\n");

  // parse from binary file sync
  filePath = "${Directory.current.path}/example/example_binary.plist";
  print("parseBinaryFileSync\n${PlistParser().parseBinaryFileSync(filePath)}\n"); 
}

The output are these:

// ※ Formatted for readability
{
    string_type: hello plist, 
    int_type: 12345, 
    double_type: 12.345, 
    bool_type_true: true, 
    bool_type_false: false, 
    date_type: 2022-02-11 18:27:45.000Z, 
    data_type: Test Value, 
    dict_type: {
        key1: value1, 
        key2: 2, 
        long_key_item_name_aaaaa_bbbbb_ccccc_ddddd_eeeee: long_key_item_value_11111_22222_33333_44444_55555
    }, 
    array_type: [
        array item1, 
        array item2
    ], 
    array_type2: [
        array2 item1, 
        {
            nest_array: [nest_array_item], 
            nest_dict: {
                nest_dict_item: 12345
            }
        }
    ]
}

int_type: 12345
array_type item2: array item2

parseBinaryFileSync
{array_type2: [array2 item1, {nest_dict: {nest_dict_item: 12345}, nest_array: [nest_array_item]}], date_type: 2022-02-11 18:27:45.000, double_type: 12.345, string_type: hello plist, bool_type_true: false, array_type: [array item1, array item2], bool_type_false: true, dict_type: {key1: value1, key2: 2, long_key_item_name_aaaaa_bbbbb_ccccc_ddddd_eeeee: long_key_item_value_11111_22222_33333_44444_55555}, data_type: Test Value, int_type: 12345}

Other examples are stored in /example/plist_parser_example.dart

Inspiration ✨

References 💡

https://medium.com/@karaiskc/understanding-apples-binary-property-list-format-281e6da00dbd

Imports resource files as string or binary literals in Dart code.

resource_importer Imports resource files as string or binary literals in Dart code. What? resource_importer probably is best described with an example

Dec 3, 2022

Flutter widget library containing buttons for authenticating with popular social networks: Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft.

Flutter Auth Buttons This library is now in maintenance mode I'm no longer actively using Flutter and don't have the time to keep this library maintai

Nov 3, 2022

[Flutter package] An easy and quick way to check if the local app is updated with the same version in their respective stores (Play Store / Apple Store ).

Retrieve version and url for local app update against store app Android and iOS Features Using as reference packages like in_app_update , version_chec

Nov 9, 2022

A loading more list which supports ListView,GridView,WaterfallFlow and Slivers.

loading_more_list A loading more list which supports ListView,GridView,WaterfallFlow and Slivers. Language: English | 中文简体 Web demo for LoadingMoreLis

Dec 19, 2022

🚗 Apple CarPlay for Flutter Apps. Aims to make it safe to use apps made with Flutter in the car by integrating with CarPlay.

CarPlay with Flutter 🚗 Flutter Apps now on Apple CarPlay! flutter_carplay aims to make it safe to use iPhone apps made with Flutter in the car by int

Dec 26, 2022

Comments

Binary plist improvements
Fix error with int decoding

Validate binary plist version before parsing

Return binary data as Uint8List rather than as an invalid string (breaking change)

30%+ performance improvement for binary parsing
opened by Jon-Salmon 3
Please upgrade xml dependency

Hi Is it possible to upgrade xml dependency to the latest ? I'm using that xml dependency in my project, in addition to your parser. there is a huge performance improvement in xml package, it could be nice to be able to use it.

Actually flutter complains about xml dependency in your package and does not allow to use latest xml package. Thanks Jerome

opened by jeromeDms 2