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