flutter background service example

Example 1: allow background service in flutter app

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
  AppLifecycleState _notification; 
  @override
  void didChangeAppLifecycleState(AppLifecycleState state) {
    setState(() {
      _notification = state;
    });
  }

  @override
  initState() {
    super.initState();
    WidgetsBinding.instance.addObserver(this);
    ...
  }

  @override
  void dispose() {
    WidgetsBinding.instance.removeObserver(this);
    super.dispose();
  }
}

Example 2: flutter run in background every second

Timer timer;

@override
void initState() {
  super.initState();
  timer = Timer.periodic(Duration(seconds: 15), (Timer t) => checkForNewSharedLists());
}

@override
void dispose() {
  timer?.cancel();
  super.dispose();
}