One set of widgets that feels native on both phones — Material on Android, Cupertino on iOS — without a single Platform.isIOS check in your own code.

You write PlatformButton once. Android users get a real Material button, iOS users get a real CupertinoButton, and neither group feels like they wandered into the other platform's app. When a platform genuinely needs special treatment, there's a typed knob for it — used only when you reach for one.

• Why you'd want it
• How it compares
• Getting started
• See it live
• Widget catalog
  • Dialogs
  • Interaction
  • Layout
  • Painting
    • Generic Platform Widgets
    • Platform Theme
    • Platform value selectors
    • Other Extensions
    • Models
• Customizing per platform
  • Base Classes
• Compile-time platform pruning, verified
• Coming from flutter_platform_widgets?
• Contributing
  • Optional: AI-agent discovery symlinks
• Contributors
• Authors
• Used By

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Why you'd want it

Flutter ships both Material and Cupertino widgets, but it leaves the choosing to you. So apps tend to drift one of two ways: all-Material everywhere (which looks a little off on iOS), or a slowly growing tangle of if (Platform.isIOS) branches you'll be maintaining for years.

This package makes that call for you, one widget at a time. Each PlatformXxx checks the platform and builds the right native widget underneath, so your tree stays readable and the branching lives in one tested place instead of sprinkled across the codebase.

Two things it goes out of its way to avoid:

• Lock-in. The shared parts (your callbacks, values, controllers) sit right on the widget. Anything platform-specific goes in optional MaterialXxxData / CupertinoXxxData records you can happily ignore until you actually want to tweak one side.
• Dead weight. Release builds leave behind the platform you're not on: no Cupertino code tags along on Android, no Material code on iOS. And that isn't wishful thinking — CI checks it on every PR.

// The usual way: branch by hand, and remember to do it everywhere.
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  if (defaultTargetPlatform == TargetPlatform.iOS) {
    return CupertinoButton(onPressed: _save, child: const Text('Save'));
  }
  return ElevatedButton(onPressed: _save, child: const Text('Save'));
}

// With this package: one widget, the right look on each platform.
PlatformButton(onPressed: _save, child: const Text('Save'));

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How it compares

These packages all fill the same gap — Flutter ships Material and Cupertino but won't choose between them for you. They fall into two camps: pure-Dart dispatch (render Flutter's own Material/Cupertino widgets per platform) and native bridging (embed real platform UI through platform views + channels). This package is firmly pure-Dart.

Landscape as of June 2026 — pub.dev moves fast; check each package for its current state.

Package	How it adapts	Status & notes
platform_adaptive_widgets (this)	Pure-Dart PlatformXxx dispatch on defaultTargetPlatform; *Data per-platform overrides; release builds AOT-prune the unused platform (CI-verified)	Active · Android + iOS
flutter_platform_widgets	Same pure-Dart PlatformXxx idea — the spiritual predecessor	Discontinued — retired when Flutter split Material/Cupertino into separate packages, the very split this package is built on
adaptive_platform_ui	Renders real UIKit via UiKitView + platform channels for iOS 26 Liquid Glass; pure-Dart Cupertino as the ≤ iOS 18 fallback	Pre-1.0 · needs native iOS setup · some native components flagged experimental
Flutter SDK .adaptive constructors	First-party: Switch.adaptive, Slider.adaptive, showAdaptiveDialog, …	Stable, but only a handful of widgets — no app / scaffold / navigation level

The real fork is adaptive_platform_ui, and it's a difference in philosophy rather than better-or-worse. It reaches through to native UIKit, so you get pixel-authentic iOS 26 Liquid Glass that Flutter's Cupertino widgets can't reproduce today — at the cost of platform-view compositing, method-channel round-trips, an iOS-version gate, required native setup, and a native dependency that can't be tree-shaken. platform_adaptive_widgets takes the opposite trade: it renders Flutter's Cupertino (not real UIKit) and stays pure Dart — no channels, no native setup, and the unused platform pruned out of your binary. Want the latest native iOS chrome? Go native. Want a light, no-bridge, prunable adaptive layer across a broad widget set? That's this.

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Getting started

flutter pub add platform_adaptive_widgets

Wrap your app in a PlatformApp and start using PlatformXxx widgets anywhere you'd normally reach for a Material or Cupertino one:

import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
import 'package:platform_adaptive_widgets/platform_adaptive_widgets.dart';

void main() => runApp(const MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) => PlatformApp(
    title: 'Adaptive Demo',
    home: PlatformScaffold(
      appBarData: const PlatformAppBar(title: Text('Adaptive Demo')),
      body: Center(
        child: PlatformButton(
          onPressed: () {},
          child: const Text('Tap me'),
        ),
      ),
    ),
  );
}

Run that on an Android phone, and it's Material from top to bottom. Run the exact same code on an iPhone and it's Cupertino. That's the whole trick.

Heads up: this one's for Android and iOS. Web and desktop are out of scope on purpose — APPENDIX.md has the reasoning.

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See it live

Honestly, the quickest way to get a feel for it is to play with it. The example/ app is a little interactive catalog: every widget gets its own card, and most come with a built-in property editor so you can flip isEnabled, drag a slider, or pick a color and watch the widget react right there on the device. There's also an About tab that swaps the rendered platform and theme on the fly, which makes it easy to hold Material and Cupertino up next to each other without ever rebuilding.

Material (Android)	Cupertino (iOS)

cd example
flutter run

It comes with two entry points, depending on how you like to route: lib/main.dart for plain navigator routing, and lib/main_go_router.dart for the declarative router.

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Widget catalog

Here's everything in the box. Each widget renders the native counterpart listed, and the *Data column shows what you can pass to tune each side — see Customizing per platform for how those work.

Dialogs

Widget / Function	Material	Cupertino	Data Classes
showPlatformDatePicker()	showDatePicker	CupertinoDatePicker + showCupertinoModalPopup	MaterialDatePickerData, CupertinoDatePickerData
showPlatformTimePicker()	showTimePicker	CupertinoDatePicker (time mode) + showCupertinoModalPopup	MaterialTimePickerData, CupertinoDatePickerData
PlatformMenuPicker<T>	DropdownMenu + DropdownMenuEntry	CupertinoMenuAnchor + CupertinoMenuItem (≤5 items) or CupertinoPicker + showCupertinoModalPopup (>5 items)	MaterialMenuPickerData, CupertinoMenuPickerData
showPlatformDialog<T>()	showDialog + Dialog	showCupertinoDialog + CupertinoPopupSurface	MaterialDialogData
showPlatformFullscreenDialog<T>()	showDialog + Dialog.fullscreen	showCupertinoDialog + CupertinoPopupSurface (no native iOS fullscreen-dialog concept)	MaterialFullscreenDialogData
showPlatformAlertDialog<T>() + PlatformDialogAction	AlertDialog + TextButton	CupertinoAlertDialog + CupertinoDialogAction	MaterialAlertDialogData, CupertinoAlertDialogData
showPlatformRawDialog<T>()	showDialog (no surface wrap)	showCupertinoDialog (no surface wrap)	— (caller owns the surface)
showPlatformModalBottomSheet<T>()	showModalBottomSheet	showCupertinoModalPopup + CupertinoPopupSurface	MaterialModalBottomSheetData, CupertinoModalPopupData
showPlatformRawModalBottomSheet<T>()	showModalBottomSheet (native Material)	showCupertinoModalPopup (no surface wrap)	MaterialModalBottomSheetData, CupertinoModalPopupData
showPlatformToast()	SnackBar via ScaffoldMessenger	Custom HUD-style banner overlay (built in the package — iOS has no native toast)	MaterialToastData, CupertinoToastData
showPlatformAcknowledge()	AlertDialog + single OK action	CupertinoAlertDialog + single OK action	MaterialAlertDialogData, CupertinoAlertDialogData

Interaction

Widget	Material	Cupertino	Data Classes
PlatformButton	TextButton, ElevatedButton, OutlinedButton, FilledButton, FilledButton.tonal (via MaterialButtonVariant) — .icon factories selected by PlatformButton.icon	CupertinoButton, CupertinoButton.filled, CupertinoButton.tinted (via CupertinoButtonVariant) — PlatformButton.icon wraps the icon + label in a Row	MaterialButtonData, CupertinoButtonData
PlatformCheckbox	Checkbox (.tristate constructor → tristate: true)	CupertinoCheckbox	MaterialCheckboxData, CupertinoCheckboxData
PlatformExpansionTile	ExpansionTile	CupertinoExpansionTile	MaterialExpansionTileData, CupertinoExpansionTileData
PlatformRadio<T>	Radio	CupertinoRadio	MaterialRadioData, CupertinoRadioData
PlatformRadioGroupBuilder<T>	RadioGroup + Wrap (convenience layout)	same	— (flat params; no data classes)
PlatformScrollbar	Scrollbar	CupertinoScrollbar	MaterialScrollbarData, CupertinoScrollbarData
PlatformSearchBar	SearchBar	CupertinoSearchTextField	MaterialSearchBarData, CupertinoSearchBarData
PlatformSegmentButton<T>	SegmentedButton + ButtonSegment	CupertinoSlidingSegmentedControl	MaterialSegmentButtonData, CupertinoSegmentButtonData<T>
PlatformSlider	Slider	CupertinoSlider	MaterialSliderData, CupertinoSliderData
PlatformSwitch	Switch	CupertinoSwitch	MaterialSwitchData, CupertinoSwitchData
PlatformTextField	TextField	CupertinoTextField	MaterialTextFieldData, CupertinoTextFieldData

Layout

Widget	Material	Cupertino	Data Classes
PlatformApp / PlatformApp.router	MaterialApp / MaterialApp.router	CupertinoApp / CupertinoApp.router	MaterialAppData, CupertinoAppData (shared config is flat on the widget)
PlatformAppBar	AppBar	CupertinoNavigationBar	MaterialAppBarData, CupertinoNavigationBarData
PlatformScaffold	Scaffold	CupertinoPageScaffold	MaterialScaffoldData, CupertinoScaffoldData
PlatformTabScaffold	Scaffold + NavigationBar + NavigationDestination	CupertinoTabScaffold + CupertinoTabBar + CupertinoTabView	MaterialTabScaffoldData, TabDestination

Painting

Widget	Material	Cupertino	Data Classes
PlatformListTile	ListTile	CupertinoListTile / CupertinoListTile.notched	MaterialListTileData, CupertinoListTileData
PlatformProgressIndicator	CircularProgressIndicator	CupertinoActivityIndicator	MaterialProgressIndicatorData, CupertinoProgressIndicatorData

Utilities — generic platform widgets, theme access, value selectors, extensions, and models

Generic Platform Widgets

Widget	Description
PlatformWidget	Takes materialBuilder and cupertinoBuilder callbacks to render any custom widget per platform.
PlatformWidgetBuilder	Same as PlatformWidget but also passes a shared child widget to both builders.

Platform Theme

PlatformTheme.of(context) — provides unified access to theme properties across platforms:

Property	Material	Cupertino
barBackgroundColor	Theme.of(context).appBarTheme.backgroundColor	CupertinoTheme.of(context).barBackgroundColor
primaryColor	Theme.of(context).primaryColor	CupertinoTheme.of(context).primaryColor
primaryContrastingColor	Theme.of(context).colorScheme.onPrimary	CupertinoTheme.of(context).primaryContrastingColor
scaffoldBackgroundColor	Theme.of(context).scaffoldBackgroundColor	CupertinoTheme.of(context).scaffoldBackgroundColor
selectionHandleColor	Theme.of(context).colorScheme.onSurface	CupertinoTheme.of(context).selectionHandleColor

Platform value selectors

The value selectors are top-level functions (no BuildContext); platformIcon is a BuildContext extension. The selectors evaluate the unused-platform arm too, so its code is not tree-shaken from release builds (empirically ≈342 KB for one Cupertino widget) — prefer an inline switch (defaultTargetPlatform) when an arm builds a platform-specific widget:

Helper	Description
platformValue<T>(material:, cupertino:)	Returns the value matching the current platform.
platformValueNullable<T>(material:, cupertino:)	Nullable variant of platformValue.
platformLazyValue<T>(material:, cupertino:)	Lazily evaluates only the callback for the current platform.
platformLazyNullable<T>(material:, cupertino:)	Nullable variant of platformLazyValue.
platformIcon(material:, cupertino:)	BuildContext extension for platform-specific IconData.

Other Extensions

Extension	Description
DateTimeExtensions.toDate()	Converts DateTime → Date.
TimeOfDayExtensions.toDateTime()	Converts TimeOfDay → DateTime.

Models

Model	Description
Date	An immutable gregorian calendar date (year, month, day) with comparison, arithmetic, and conversion utilities.
PlatformAdaptiveIcons	A class that provides adaptive icons based on the current platform.

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Customizing per platform

The mental model is short. Whatever both platforms share — your callbacks, values, controllers, plus the odd visual that genuinely means the same thing on each side (a tint color, say) — lives right on the widget, so there's one source of truth and nothing to keep in sync. Whatever is truly platform-specific lives in optional typed records: hand a MaterialXxxData to the Android branch, a CupertinoXxxData to the iOS one. For most widgets, most of the time, you'll touch neither — they're there for the moments you want one platform to behave a little differently.

PlatformButton.icon(
  onPressed: _add,
  icon: const Icon(Icons.add),
  label: const Text('Add'),
  materialButtonVariant: .filled,   // Android: FilledButton.icon
  cupertinoButtonVariant: .filled,  // iOS: CupertinoButton.filled
  cupertinoButtonData: const CupertinoButtonData(pressedOpacity: 0.6), // iOS-only tuning
)

If you're ever unsure where a given property belongs, APPENDIX.md spells out the rule the package follows.

Base Classes

All platform widgets extend one of these base classes, which use compile-time defaultTargetPlatform resolution:

Base Class	Description
PlatformWidgetBase	Core abstract StatelessWidget with buildMaterial() and buildCupertino().
PlatformWidgetKeyedBase	Adds an optional widgetKey for the underlying platform widget.
PlatformWidgetBuilderBase	Adds a required child widget passed through to the platform builder.
PlatformWidgetKeyedBuilderBase	Combines both widgetKey and child.

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Compile-time platform pruning, verified

This is the part people tend not to believe at first: the platform you're not on actually disappears from your release build. Under AOT, defaultTargetPlatform is a compile-time constant, so on Android the Cupertino branches are simply dead code that the compiler tree-shakes away — and the same in reverse on iOS.

Since "trust me" is a weak engineering argument, two CI checks keep it honest on every PR:

• a static AST guard (test/aot_pruning_regression_test.dart) that fails the build if anyone reintroduces the closure-style dispatch that quietly defeats pruning, and
• a real size benchmark (tool/check_size_regression.dart) that compiles an Android-only app with --analyze-size and trips if any Cupertino-pathed bytes slip past a calibrated budget.

Want the full mechanism and the actual byte counts? They're in APPENDIX.md#aot-pruning-rules.

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Coming from flutter_platform_widgets?

You'll feel right at home. This package is a spiritual continuation of flutter_platform_widgets, and the PlatformXxx naming carries straight over. What's changed is mostly under the hood: per-platform tweaks now go through typed MaterialXxxData / CupertinoXxxData records (see Customizing per platform), the scope is intentionally Android + iOS, and the AOT-pruning promise is checked by CI rather than taken on faith. Skim the widget catalog to find the equivalent of whatever you're using today.

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Contributing

Issues and PRs welcome at https://github.com/LahaLuhem/platform_adaptive_widgets. Before sending a non-trivial change, read CODESTYLE.md for the house style, .ai/AGENTS.md for the hard rules and contributor / AI-agent guidelines, and APPENDIX.md for the design rationale.

Optional: AI-agent discovery symlinks

The canonical text for AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md lives under .ai/. The repo root holds gitignored symlinks (AGENTS.md → .ai/AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md → .ai/CLAUDE.md, example/AGENTS.md → example/.ai/AGENTS.md) so coding agents that auto-discover root-level guidance files (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, …) find them without polluting the file tree with two extra Markdown files at each level. The arrangement is opt-in per contributor:

• If you use a coding agent, set the symlinks up once from the repo root:

  ln -s .ai/AGENTS.md AGENTS.md
  ln -s .ai/CLAUDE.md CLAUDE.md
  ln -s .ai/AGENTS.md example/AGENTS.md

• If you don't use one, skip the step entirely. The canonical files under .ai/ are committed; nothing in the build, lint, or test pipeline depends on the symlinks existing.

• If you want different agent guidance for your own workflow, drop a real AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md at the repo root. A real file beats the symlink convention — your agent reads the root file you put there instead of the canonical one under .ai/. The committed .ai/ copies remain the project default for everyone else.

The CODESTYLE.md files are not symlinked — they sit directly at the repo root and at example/, since style serves humans and agents alike and is not AI-specific. See APPENDIX.md for the rationale behind the .ai/ arrangement.

Contributors

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Authors

• @LahaLuhem

Used By

This project is used by the following companies:

• Didata Automatisering B.V
• Dimerce B.V