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Flutter Projects

By : Simone Alessandria
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Flutter Projects

By: Simone Alessandria

Overview of this book

Flutter is a modern reactive mobile framework that removes a lot of the complexity found in building native mobile apps for iOS and Android. With Flutter, developers can now build fast and native mobile apps from a single codebase. This book is packed with 11 projects that will help you build your own mobile applications using Flutter. It begins with an introduction to Dart programming and explains how it can be used with the Flutter SDK to customize mobile apps. Each chapter contains instructions on how to build an independent app from scratch, and each project focuses on important Flutter features.From building Flutter Widgets and applying animations to using databases (SQLite and sembast) and Firebase, you'll build on your knowledge through the chapters. As you progress, you’ll learn how to connect to remote services, integrate maps, and even use Flare to create apps and games in Flutter. Gradually, you’ll be able to create apps and games that are ready to be published on the Google Play Store and the App Store. In the concluding chapters, you’ll learn how to use the BLoC pattern and various best practices related to creating enterprise apps with Flutter. By the end of this book, you will have the skills you need to write and deliver fully functional mobile apps using Flutter.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
12
Assessment

Hello Flutter!

Welcome to this adventure learning Flutter!

The approach that we'll be following during this book is learn by doing. In each chapter of the book, you'll create a project from scratch, and in each project you'll learn something new and build an app that you'll be able to use immediately on your Android or iOS device.

The first project that most developers encounter while learning a new language or framework is a Hello World app, and this book is no exception. This Hello World project assumes that you have no knowledge whatsoever of Flutter or Dart. If you have already created apps with Flutter before, you can probably skip this chapter and go straight to the next one. By the end of this chapter, you'll be able to build the presentation screen of the Hello World Travel company, as shown here:

In order to create the app, you'll have to complete several steps. We will go through them in this chapter, one by one:

  • Understanding the Dart language basics
  • Creating your first Flutter app:
  • Using some basic widgets: Scaffold, AppBar, RaisedButton, and Text
  • Downloading an image and showing it to the user
  • Responding to a button click and showing a dialog

So during this project, you'll learn all this and more.

This project should take no longer than 2 hours to complete. You should probably add 2 more hours to complete the setup process described in the appendix if you haven't completed it yet, but this estimate may vary a lot, depending on your system.