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Expand Up @@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ published package would be misleading:
| [`google_sign_in`](https://pub.dev/packages/google_sign_in) | No GoogleSignIn watchOS SDK; sign-in is delegated to the paired iPhone |
| [`image_picker`](https://pub.dev/packages/image_picker) | No camera and no photo-picker UI on the watch |
| [`google_maps_flutter`](https://pub.dev/packages/google_maps_flutter) | No Google Maps SDK for watchOS (an Apple MapKit backend would not honestly implement the interface) |
| [`wakelock_plus`](https://pub.dev/packages/wakelock_plus) | No public watchOS API keeps the display lit. `WKExtendedRuntimeSession` keeps the app running, not the screen, and needs a session type that matches the app's use, so giving every app one is an App Review risk (guideline 2.5.4); see [#10](https://github.com/flutterwatch/plugins/pull/10) |

Note the difference from tvOS: **CoreLocation, HealthKit, CoreMotion,
StoreKit purchasing, and (watchOS 9+) LocalAuthentication all exist on the
Expand All @@ -115,13 +116,11 @@ watch** — plugins built on those are portable, not excluded.

These have a watchOS-viable native backend and are good future additions;
they are simply out of scope for now (large surface or partial support):
`sqflite` (SQLite), `flutter_tts` (AVFoundation),
`wakelock_plus` (only a session-typed `WKExtendedRuntimeSession`, not a
general idle-timer disable), and `cloud_firestore` (the Firebase Apple SDK
ships Firestore's core as a prebuilt binary with no watchOS slice, so a
port needs Firebase's from-source Firestore build; the rest of the
network-viable Firebase family — core, auth, storage, messaging — is
ported above).
`sqflite` (SQLite), `flutter_tts` (AVFoundation) and `cloud_firestore`
(the Firebase Apple SDK ships Firestore's core as a prebuilt binary with no
watchOS slice, so a port needs Firebase's from-source Firestore build; the
rest of the network-viable Firebase family — core, auth, storage,
messaging — is ported above).

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