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Google Flutter Mobile Development Quick Start Guide

By : Prajyot Mainkar, Salvatore Giordano
Book Image

Google Flutter Mobile Development Quick Start Guide

By: Prajyot Mainkar, Salvatore Giordano

Overview of this book

<p>Flutter is a cross-platform mobile application development framework. It uses the Dart programming language, which was created by Google, and aims to make development easier, faster, and more efficient. This book is going to be your guide, from introducing Flutter to successfully developing a cross platform application.</p> <p>In the first few chapters, we will learn what Flutter is and how to get started with it. We will also take a dive into the widgets world, explore the widget catalog, and learn how to navigate through it. In the next few chapters, we will widen our horizon by learning about networking and accessibility with Flutter. We'll learn what Silvers are and how to use them, and we'll also learn how to use constraints and animations. Before we take a look at how to deploy our applications in Flutter, we will use Firebase for cloud messaging and remote configuration.</p> <p>By the end of the book, you will have learned everything you need to know to get started with your journey of cross-platform mobile development with Flutter.</p>
Table of Contents (10 chapters)

Firebase Remote Config

Using Firebase's Remote Config API, you can make changes to the app without the user actually downloading an app update. One example of this is when you push a new update to the app in production, you can show the pop-up message to the user when they launch the app about the update. 

To set up Firebase Remote Config, head over to the Grow tab in the Firebase console and click on Remote Config as shown in the following screenshot:

Add the Parameter key and the Default value. There is an optional field for adding the description. Click Add Parameter to proceed. Avoid storing any confidential information in the remote config. Firebase also allows the setting of conditions for the parameter. For example, if you want to show a specific welcome message to a user in India and a different message to a user in the USA, remote configuration can come in...