How to make a webserver in a flutter app? - flutter

Question

I want to make a webserver locally on the flutter android app that can serve a website. Like that i can connect from any computer using the android device's local IP and the website will appear in the browser.
If you are familiar with Airdroid, it has this feature and i want apply it to my app.
My question is: Is this possible using dart code or do i need to use MethodChannel with existing android libraries? If so what is the best one out there that i can use?

Answer 1

It is possible to do. Take a look at the http_server library that was developed by the Dart team.
Here is a code snippet to get you going.
HttpServer.bind('0.0.0.0', 8080).then((server) {
server.transform(HttpBodyHandler()).listen((HttpRequestBody body) async {
switch (body.request.uri.toString()) {
case '/':
String _content = await _loadStatic('index.html');
body.request.response.statusCode = 200;
body.request.response.headers.set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8");
body.request.response.write(_content);
body.request.response.close();
break;
default:
body.request.response.statusCode = 404;
body.request.response.write('Not Found');
body.request.response.close();
}
});
});