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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...

Let's define a repository interface and then implement a version of that interface as an in-memory cache:

  1. In the repositories folder, create a new file called repository.dart and add the following interface:
import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';

abstract class
Repository {
Model create();

List<Model> getAll();
Model get(int id);
void update(Model item);

void
delete(Model item);
void clear();
}
  1. We also need to define a temporary storage class called Model that can be used in any implementation of our repository interface. Since this model is strongly coupled to the repository concept, we can add it to the same file:
class Model {
final int id;
final Map data;

const Model({
@required this.id,
this.data = const {},
});
}
  1. The repository interface can be implemented in several ways, but for the sake of simplicity, we are just going to implement an in-memory cache. In the repositories folder, create a new file called...