Desktop support

[Sesa1988]

Checklist

• I have looked into the README and have not found a suitable solution or answer.
• I have looked into the API documentation and have not found a suitable solution or answer.
• I have searched the issues and have not found a suitable solution or answer.
• I have searched the Auth0 Community forums and have not found a suitable solution or answer.
• I agree to the terms within the Auth0 Code of Conduct.

Describe the problem you'd like to have solved

Desktop support especially with social providers would be awesome, there is currently no package that supports this.

Describe the ideal solution

Everything should work like now but there is probably more work to be done because windows does not support url redirects.
Other packages start a http server and listen for callbacks but they are all specific to a product.

Alternatives and current workarounds

No response

Additional context

No response

[Widcket]

Hi @Sesa1988, thanks for raising this.

Is this feature request for Windows support specifically?

[Sesa1988]

Hi @Sesa1988, thanks for raising this.

Is this feature request for Windows support specifically?

This was just my preference but web support would be nice as well.

Im looking for a auth package that can be used on all Flutter platforms that support azure ad b2c and similar services.

[Widcket]

We already have #169 for tracking web support. As mentioned there:

Since Flutter for web supports interop with JS, you could use our SDK for SPAs: https://github.com/auth0/auth0-spa-js/.

Would that work for you?

[Sesa1988]

We already have #169 for tracking web support. As mentioned there:

Since Flutter for web supports interop with JS, you could use our SDK for SPAs: https://github.com/auth0/auth0-spa-js/.

Would that work for you?

Im not sure how well this plays with Flutter web but Im looking more for desktop support.

[Widcket]

Thanks. We have no plans in the near term but I'll leave this issue open for future planning and reference.

[sir-dunxalot]

+1 to providing desktop support or making is clearer in the readme, tutorials, and quickstart that desktop is not supported.

Alternatively, it would be helpful to have a clearer error message. Trying to run auth0-flutter in a MacOS app results in the following error, which is misleading:

MissingPluginException(No implementation found for method webAuth#login on channel auth0.com/auth0_flutter/web_auth)

Thanks!

[stevehobbsdev]

@sir-dunxalot I think that's an error surfaced by the Flutter runtime rather than our plugin.

We're always happy to look at ways to make our support clearer. Currently the package on pub.dev is accurate in that it shows iOS and Android as supported platforms:

And we mention supported in the readme for this repo:

[keepersmith]

+1 to providing desktop support.
One of the main reasons to use flutter in the first place is to chase the dream of one codebase for all (relevant) platforms.
Please add desktop (and web) support.
Thanks!

[steve-winter]

As I see it there are a few options:

Loopback: - potential MiTM risks

1. Login triggers opening browser
2. Perform normal login in browser
3. Run server on loopback address
4. Browser redirects to a loopback address (e.g. 127.0.0.1:1234)
5. Close browser
6. Loopback address broadly follows; https://github.com/auth0/auth0-flutter/blob/main/auth0_flutter/lib/src/web/auth0_flutter_plugin_real.dart
7. Close loopback server and listen for login in initState.

Embedded Webview

1. Open login in embedded webview
2. Listen for relevant redirect and extract values

MacOS only
1. Package redirect (e.g. https://auth0.com/docs/quickstart/native/ios-swift/interactive)

Keen for any feedback re recommended/agreeable direction, and I will begin to put a PR together.

[Xylez01]

Any updates on this topic? We are currently using https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_appauth (as it was used in previous Auth0 blogs on how to integrate with Auth0 and flutter).

Since then macOS support has been added which we are using quite intensely. Do you have any idea on the timeline for macOS support for this lib? I think ideally we'd like to move over to this lib but no macOS support is blocking us currently.

[raphibolliger]

For me, it would be also really nice to have Auth0 support on desktop platforms. Any chance that this will be implemented in the near future? Especially macOS should be almost the same as iOS.

[Anish-Chanda]

+1

[Xylez01]

@Widcket are there any plans currently to support this?

[Widcket]

Hi @JordyLangen, we are currently working on adding support for macOS, though I can't share a specific ETA yet.

[Xylez01]

@Widcket thats good to hear! Do you have a time window? This year? Q1 next year?

[esDotDev]

Hi folks, will be discussing this internally with our team to check when we can include this in our roadmap. Thank you for your patience

Any clarification on this? We're trying to decide whether we need to devise our own workaround, or if we can potentially wait for windows support in this lib.

[pmathew92]

Hi everyone, apologies on the delayed response. We plan to pick this up in the third quarter.

[esDotDev]

Thanks for the clarity, much appreciated.

[hkroger]

@pmathew92 any updates on the timeline?

[MrTadeu]

Hi everyone, I saw Windows desktop support was mentioned for Q3. I also lost some time due to the “Desktop” wording (please change to only macOS). Are there any updates on the Windows timeline? Thanks!

"Mobile/Desktop" -> "Mobile/MacOS"

[NandanPrabhu]

@hkroger @MrTadeu macOS support is already available as part of the plugin. Windows support will take some more time. We are actively working on it in current sprint. We are aiming to release Windows support by end of Q3

[Vild]

I've published a package that extends the platform interface to add Linux and Windows support. Which is required for project that I'm working on.

Should be pretty easy to add to project, as all you need to do is call initDesktopAuth0Flutter on windows and linux.
After that auth0_flutter works as expected ™️.

In-case anyone needs it:
https://pub.dev/packages/desktop_auth0_flutter

[Dispersia]

Sorry to badger, but is there any update on this? I will look at what Vild did, but built in would be nice

[NandanPrabhu]

Hi @Dispersia, the feature request has been worked on in the current quarter. We will update you with a confirmed release date soon.

[eivihnd]

Really looking forward to enabling Auth0 login in our Windows Flutter app. How is the work progressing?
Will it be part of the new v2?

[NandanPrabhu]

Hi @eivihnd , work is in progress. Code review and security review will be completed this week. We will be releasing first beta next week. v2.0 wont have flutter desktop support but v2.1-beta would

[NandanPrabhu]

Hi Everyone, We have some exciting news. We have released auth0-flutter v2.1.0-beta.1 adding windows desktop support v2.1.0-beta.1. It currently supports Web authentication and we will be adding more features to it and also stabilization fixes as we close the beta release and go GA. Please try it out and share your feedback in our discussion forum or Auth0 support channel

[NandanPrabhu]

Flutter desktop is GA now with v2.1.0 release 🚀. Please try it out and let us know your feedback!

[eivihnd]

Thank you so much for adding Windows support! Implementing it now, and having the following issue:

The hasValidCredentials in CredentialsManager throws
MissingPluginException(No implementation found for method credentialsManager#hasValidCredentials on channel auth0.com/auth0_flutter/credentials_manager)

I do realize that the docs says I have to handle storing the credentials myself. What are the reason behind this?

The hasValidCredentials available on MacOS and mobile is certainly a convenient function!

[NandanPrabhu]

Hi @eivihnd, since we wanted to first release web authentication and gather feedback, the first release only has web authentication. Credentials management is something which we are working on and you can expect a release on the same in a sprint's time.

[Dispersia]

ya, I ran into it as well, I added that and linux support to my fork. If I could make a request, cpprestsdk had already been deprecated, and is incredibly hard to build. Is it possible to use something more like httplib.h, which is just a drop-in header file that doesn't need external dependencies to build? Cpprestsdk and Boost are extremely expensive for CI servers.

Definitely appreciate the effort put into it, and excited to see what it becomes

[NandanPrabhu]

yes @Dispersia. We released first version with cpp rest sdk and boost but it doesn't stop here. We are exploring other options to optimise it further and definitely httplib is one of them. We will be taking networking layer optimisation as well as adding credential management together as part of new release. I cannot commit an exact ETA but we are prioritising implementation next week. You can expect it to be out by end of June

[Dispersia]

That would be great, not having to maintain a fork and using just the official implementation would be fantastic. Thank you!