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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

Showing database data to the user

Now that we have added some data into our shopping.db database, it's time to show that data to the user. We'll begin by showing the available shopping lists on the first screen, in a ListView. After the user taps on any item of the list, they'll get to the second screen of the app, which will show all the items in the shopping list.

First, we'll create a function that retrieves the content of the lists table in our database, using a sqflite helper method, as follows:

  1. In the DbHelper class, add a new method called getLists() that will return a Future of a List, containing a ShoppingList. As usual, this will be asynchronous. The following code snippet illustrates this:
Future<List<ShoppingList>> getLists() async {}
  1. Inside the function, call the query helper method on the database. As this will retrieve all the...