Apple Pencil Double Tap #

A Flutter plugin for detecting Apple Pencil interactions including double-tap and squeeze gestures.

Simple and easy to use plugin for Apple Pencil interaction detection in any Flutter application.

Features #

Detect Apple Pencil double-tap gestures (Apple Pencil 2nd generation and later)
Detect Apple Pencil squeeze gestures (Apple Pencil Pro only)
Real-time event streaming with hover pose information
Access user's preferred action settings from iOS Settings app
Support for iOS 12.1+ and iPadOS 12.1+
Swift Package Manager support

Requirements #

iOS/iPadOS 12.1 or later
Apple Pencil (2nd generation) for double-tap
Apple Pencil Pro for squeeze gesture (requires iPadOS 17.5+)
Flutter 3.38.0 or later

Installation #

In the dependencies: section of your pubspec.yaml, add the following line:

apple_pencil_double_tap: <latest_version>

Then run:

flutter pub get

Swift Package Manager #

This plugin supports both CocoaPods and Swift Package Manager for iOS integration.

To use Swift Package Manager (available in Flutter 3.24.0+), you can enable it by running:

flutter config --enable-swift-package-manager

Usage #

Basic Setup #

import 'package:apple_pencil_double_tap/apple_pencil_double_tap.dart';

final applePencil = ApplePencilDoubleTap();

applePencil.listen(
    // For iPadOS <17.5 (legacy API)
    v1Callback: (PreferredAction preferredAction) {
        print('Double tap detected. Preferred user action: $preferredAction');
    },
    // For iPadOS >=17.5 (new API with hover pose)
    onTapAction: (TapAction action) {
        print('TapAction: $action');
        print('Preferred action: ${action.preferredAction}');
        if (action.zOffset != null) {
            print('Hover z-offset: ${action.zOffset}');
        }
    },
    // For iPadOS >=17.5 - Apple Pencil Pro squeeze gesture
    onSqueeze: (SqueezeAction action) {
        print('SqueezeAction: $action');
        print('Phase: ${action.squeezePhase}');
        print('Preferred action: ${action.preferredAction}');
    },
    onError: (e) {
        print('Error: $e');
    },
);

// Don't forget to dispose when done
applePencil.dispose();

Handling Squeeze Events #

The squeeze gesture is a continuous interaction available only on Apple Pencil Pro. It provides phase information to track the gesture lifecycle:

applePencil.listen(
    onSqueeze: (SqueezeAction action) {
        switch (action.squeezePhase) {
            case SqueezePhase.began:
                print('Squeeze started');
                break;
            case SqueezePhase.changed:
                print('Squeeze ongoing');
                break;
            case SqueezePhase.ended:
                print('Squeeze completed - perform action');
                break;
            case SqueezePhase.cancelled:
                print('Squeeze was cancelled');
                break;
            case SqueezePhase.unknown:
                print('Unknown phase');
                break;
        }
    },
);

API Reference #