stream-chat-flutter/packages/stream_chat_flutter/lib/platform_widget_builder

platform_widget_builder

This package is a more specialized version of the flutter_platform_widgets package. It provides two specialized widget builders:

• PlatformWidgetBuilder
• DesktopWidgetBuilder

PlatformWidgetBuilder

This widget differs from the PlatformWidgetBuilder found in the flutter_platform_widgets package in that it provides three builders:

• mobile
• desktop
• web

This allows developers to build different widgets for their generalized platform targets (Android + iOS = mobile, macOS + Windows + Linux = desktop). This is advantageous when requirements call for one set of widgets that are identical across mobile, a different set of widgets that are identical across desktop, and another that are required for web.

DesktopWidgetBuilder

This widget is more specialized than PlatformWidgetBuilder in that it allows for more targeted widget-building for desktop platforms. It provides three builders:

• macOS
• windows
• linux

This allows developers to build different widgets for the various desktop platforms. This is advantageous when building native-looking desktop applications using the macos_ui, fluent_ui, and yaru_widgets packages.