Make a Video Conference Tools App with Flutter

What This App Does

A Video Conference Tools app serves a specific and growing need in today's mobile-first world. Building one with Flutter means you ship to iOS, Android, and the web from a single codebase, cutting development time dramatically while keeping a native-quality experience.

In this guide we walk through the essential features of a Video Conference Tools app, the packages that handle the heavy lifting, and the Dart code that ties everything together.

Main Features

Feature	Why It Matters
Peer-to-Peer Video	WebRTC-based real-time video and audio streams
Screen Sharing	Broadcast the device screen or a specific app window
Chat Overlay	In-call text chat that appears as a side panel or overlay

How to Make a Video Conference Tools App with Flutter

1. Peer-to-Peer Video

WebRTC-based real-time video and audio streams

Reach for flutter_webrtc for peer-to-peer media to implement this without reinventing the wheel.

2. Screen Sharing

Broadcast the device screen or a specific app window

Reach for app_links for deep-linking to implement this without reinventing the wheel.

3. Chat Overlay

In-call text chat that appears as a side panel or overlay

Reach for app_links for deep-linking to implement this without reinventing the wheel.