flutter_foreground_task
🇰🇷 pravera.me · v10.0.0
This plugin is used to implement a foreground service on the Android platform.
A head-to-head of two Background Tasks packages on pub.dev, by daily downloads, GitHub activity, and maintenance.
flutter_foreground_task edges isolated_object on usage, roughly 23% more daily downloads (4,903 vs 4,000 per day). isolated_object has the larger GitHub following (3,232 vs 185 stars).
🇰🇷 pravera.me · v10.0.0
This plugin is used to implement a foreground service on the Android platform.
🇸🇪 serverpod.dev · v0.1.0
Wraps an object in a dedicated isolate and forwards method calls to it, so timer- or event-loop-driven work (e.g. progress spinners) keeps running even when the calling isolate's event loop is blocked. Dependency-free.
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| Metric | flutter_foreground_task | isolated_object |
|---|---|---|
| Downloads / day | 4,903 | 4,000 |
| Rank in Background Tasks | #3 | #5 |
| GitHub stars | 185 | 3,232 |
| Likes | 579 | 5 |
| Pub points | 140 / 160 | 140 / 160 |
| Issue response (median) | — | 2 days |
| Contributors | 19 | 85 |
| Last commit | 23 days ago | 9 days ago |
| CI | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| First published | 5 years ago | 2 months ago |
| Platforms | android, ios | android, ios, windows, linux, macos |
Highlighted cell wins each comparable metric. For rank, issue response, and last commit, lower is better.