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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

Creating a responsive UI

On the home page of our app, we want to show the user a text field to search for any book from the Google Books API library. The results will be shown under the search box, and the appearance of the results will depend on the screen. From here, the user will be able to add a book to their favorites. Let's look at the steps, as follows:

  1. Replace the default example code in the main.dart file with the following:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart'; 
import './data/bookshelper.dart';

void main() => runApp(MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title...