Ares Bridge

Cross-platform USB peer discovery and verified, bidirectional file transfer for Flutter applications.

The Flutter package lives in ares_bridge/. Start with the package documentation, then use the documentation index for setup, API reference, event semantics, protocol details, and troubleshooting.

Platform status

Platform	USB role	Status
Android	Accessory	Implemented with Android Open Accessory
macOS	Host	Implemented for Android (AOA) and paired iOS devices (usbmuxd)
iOS	Accessory	Foreground listener reached by the macOS host
Windows	Host	API registered; transport not yet linked
Linux	Host	API registered; transport not yet linked
Web	—	Capability reporting only; transfer unsupported

Quick start

dependencies:
  ares_bridge:
    path: ../ares_bridge/ares_bridge

final bridge = AresBridge();
final capabilities = await bridge.getCapabilities();

if (capabilities.isSupported) {
  await bridge.initialize();
  await bridge.startListening();
}

See Getting started for a complete, production-ready lifecycle example.

Ares Bridge

Platform status

Quick start

Libraries

ares_bridge package