Platform channels huma l-mekkaniżmu ta' Flutter għal komunikazzjoni bejn kodiċi Dart u kodiċi nattiv tal-platafforma (iOS/Android) — li jippermetti lil Flutter jaccessa karatteristiċi nattivi jew kodiċi nattiv eżistenti mhux disponibbli permezz ta' Dart packages. Huma jgħaqqdu lil Flutter mal-platafforma sottostante.
Għaliex platform channels jeżistu
Flutter (Dart) can't directly access every native platform feature. Platform channels
let Dart call NATIVE code (Kotlin/Java on Android, Swift/Objective-C on iOS):
→ access native APIs/SDKs not covered by existing plugins
→ use existing native libraries or platform-specific functionality
→ integrate with native code in a hybrid app
→ The bridge between Flutter and the native platform.
