Version Widget #

A Flutter widget that displays version information with optional changelog date and link. This widget is designed to be used across multiple apps to maintain consistent version display and changelog access.

Features #

• Display version information
• Optional release date display
• Automatic date extraction from CHANGELOG.md files
• Clickable link to view the full changelog
• Customizable styling
• Fallback date support

Installation #

Add this to your package's pubspec.yaml file:

dependencies:
  version_widget:
    git:
      url: https://github.com/yourusername/version_widget.git

Usage #

Basic usage:

import 'package:version_widget/version_widget.dart';

// In your widget tree:
VersionWidget(
  version: '1.0.0',
)

With changelog support:

VersionWidget(
  version: '1.0.0',
  changelogUrl: 'https://github.com/yourusername/yourrepo/raw/main/CHANGELOG.md',
  showDate: true,
  defaultDate: '20240101',
)

CHANGELOG.md Format #

The widget expects the CHANGELOG.md file to have dates in the following format:

## [1.0.0 20240101]
- Initial release

Properties #

• version (required): The version string to display
• changelogUrl (optional): URL to the CHANGELOG.md file
• showDate (optional): Whether to show the release date (defaults to true)
• defaultDate (optional): Default date to show if changelog cannot be fetched (format: YYYYMMDD)

Contributing #

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License #

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.