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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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How to do it...

In order to create a responsive app that also targets the web, follow these steps:

  1. Create a new Flutter project, and call it books_universal.
  2. In the project's pubspec.yaml file, in the dependencies section, add the latest version of the http package:
 http: ^0.13.0
  1. In the lib directory of your project, create three new directories, called models, data, and screens.

  2. In the models directory, create a new file, called book.dart.

  3. In the book.dart file, create a class called Book, with the fields specified here:

 class Book {
String id;
String title;
String authors;
String thumbnail;
String description;
}
  1. In the Book class, create a constructor that sets all the fields:
 Book(this.id, this.title, this.authors, this.thumbnail, 
this.description);
  1. Create a named factory constructor, called fromJson, that takes a Map and returns a Book, as shown in the code sample:
 factory Book.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> parsedJson) {
final String...