How to modify class name when creating a Flutter plugin - plugins

Question

I'm creating a new Flutter plugin
I named it my_flutter_plugin when I created it. But now I want to change the main class name.
Currently it is this:
// lib/my_flutter_plugin.dart
import 'dart:async';
import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
class MyFlutterPlugin {
static const MethodChannel _channel =
const MethodChannel('my_flutter_plugin');
static Future<String> get platformVersion async {
final String version = await _channel.invokeMethod('getPlatformVersion');
return version;
}
}
I'd like to change MyFlutterPlugin to AnotherName, but when I look in pubspec.dart it says:
# The following section is specific to Flutter.
flutter:
# This section identifies this Flutter project as a plugin project.
# The androidPackage and pluginClass identifiers should not ordinarily
# be modified. They are used by the tooling to maintain consistency when
# adding or updating assets for this project.
plugin:
androidPackage: com.example.my_flutter_plugin
pluginClass: MyFlutterPlugin
I want to keep the package name as my_flutter_plugin but this seems to indicate that I can't (or shouldn't) change the plugin class name.
How do I change the class name?

Answer 1

The pluginClass in pubspec.yaml is not the same as your class with the method channel. In fact, if you had named your project my_flutter instead of my_flutter_plugin, the pluginClass in pubspec.yaml would still say myFlutterPlugin but your lib class with the method channel would be MyFlutter.
How to change the class name
In your lib folder class (in this case lib/my_flutter_plugin.dart), just refactor the class name as you would normally rename any class. You can rename it to AnotherName. As long as you are refactoring using the IDE tools, this should also update the class name in the example and test folders.
How to change the method channel name
Just change the string name everywhere that it is used. In a new plugin project, this would be in the lib folder and the test folder. Rather than
static const MethodChannel _channel =
const MethodChannel('my_flutter_plugin');
You can give it a unique name like
static const MethodChannel _channel =
const MethodChannel('com.example.my_flutter_plugin/another_name');