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Flutter Cookbook

By : Simone Alessandria, Brian Kayfitz
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Book Image

Flutter Cookbook

4 (1)
By: Simone Alessandria, Brian Kayfitz

Overview of this book

“Anyone interested in developing Flutter applications for Android or iOS should have a copy of this book on their desk.” – Amazon 5* Review Lauded as the ‘Flutter bible’ for new and experienced mobile app developers, this recipe-based guide will teach you the best practices for robust app development, as well as how to solve cross-platform development issues. From setting up and customizing your development environment to error handling and debugging, The Flutter Cookbook covers the how-tos as well as the principles behind them. As you progress, the recipes in this book will get you up to speed with the main tasks involved in app development, such as user interface and user experience (UI/UX) design, API design, and creating animations. Later chapters will focus on routing, retrieving data from web services, and persisting data locally. A dedicated section also covers Firebase and its machine learning capabilities. The last chapter is specifically designed to help you create apps for the web and desktop (Windows, Mac, and Linux). Throughout the book, you’ll also find recipes that cover the most important features needed to build a cross-platform application, along with insights into running a single codebase on different platforms. By the end of this Flutter book, you’ll be writing and delivering fully functional apps with confidence.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Windows command-line setup


These instructions assume you are using Windows 10.

You will now set up your environment variables for Flutter on Windows:

  1. In the search bar at the bottom of the desktop, type env. You should see an Edit the system environment variables option appear. Select the icon to open the System Properties window, and at the bottom of the screen click the Environment Variables... button:

  1. In the next dialog, select the Path variable in the User variables for User section and click the Edit... button:

  1. Finally, add the location where you installed Flutter to your path:

  1. Type C:\Users\{YOUR_USER_NAME}\flutter\bin, then select OK. Flutter should now be added to your path.
  2. Restart your system.
  3. Type flutter in the command line. You should see a message with some Flutter command-line interface (CLI) instructions. Flutter might optionally download more Windows-specific tools at this time.