How to create hyperlink icon in flutter?

Question

I want to create a hyperlink in Icon:

IconButton(
  icon: Icon(Icons.ac_unit,),
  onPressed: ()=>launch('https://github.com/himanshusharma89'),
)

How can we achieve this?

Error:

Exception has occurred.
MissingPluginException (MissingPluginException(No implementation found for method launch on channel plugins.flutter.io/url_launcher))

`Exception has occurred. MissingPluginException (MissingPluginException(No implementation found for method launch on channel plugins.flutter.io/url_launcher))` — Himanshu Sharma, Dec 29 '19 at 14:15
You can see this it can help you: https://stackoverflow.com/a/55129517 — shubhgkr, Dec 29 '19 at 14:15
It seems that you have added dependency in pubspec.yaml and then hot-reloaded the app. The problem is that native dependencies aren't added during hot reload. You should fully stop and start the app again — Pavel, Dec 29 '19 at 14:16

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 29 '19 at 14:31

Here is the solution, thanks to: Pavel

IconButton(
 icon: Icon(Icons.ac_unit,),
 onPressed: () async {
  const url = 'https://github.com/himanshusharma89';
  if (await canLaunch(url)) {
   await launch(url);
  } else {
   throw 'Could not launch $url';
  }
 }
)

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 29 '19 at 14:36

The problem is that you have added dependency in pubspec.yaml and then just hot-reloaded the app. Native dependencies aren't added during hot reload. MissingPluginException means exactly that native (Android/iOS) plugin implementation is missed.

You should fully stop and start the app again

How to create hyperlink icon in flutter?

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