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Modern Way to Launch Flutter Desktop Apps on Boot (opens in new tab)

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Imagine building a brilliant productivity tool, a system monitor, or a sleek menu bar utility in Flutter, only for users to forget to open it. If your desktop application relies on seamless, background availability, integrating a "Launch at Startup" feature is essential. While doing this natively requires writing platform-specific code (C++ for Windows, Swift for macOS, and C for Linux), the Flutter ecosystem has a fantastic package that handles the heavy lifting: launch_at_startup. Why Launc...

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