What are packages and plugins in Flutter?

Packages and plugins are both ways to share code in Flutter, but they differ in their functionality and structure:

Packages are general Dart packages that contain only Dart code. They can be used to share functionality across multiple Flutter apps. Packages can depend on other packages, including plugin packages[1][2].

Plugins are a specialized type of package that contain an API written in Dart code combined with one or more platform-specific implementations. Plugin packages can contain native code for Android (Kotlin/Java), iOS (Swift/Objective-C), web, macOS, Windows, or Linux[1][3].

Some key differences:

• Packages contain only Dart code, while plugins also contain native code for different platforms[3]
• Plugins allow Flutter apps to access native device functionality, while pac...