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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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About Packt

Making the app state visible across multiple screens

One phrase that is thrown around a lot in the Flutter community is "Lift State Up." This mantra, which originally came from React, refers to the idea that State objects should be placed higher than the widgets that need it in the widget tree. Our InheritedWidget, which we created in the previous recipe, works perfectly for a single screen, but it is not ideal when you add a second. The higher in the tree your state object is stored, the easier it is for your children widgets to access it.

In this recipe, you are going to add another screen to the Master Plan app so that you can create multiple plans. Accomplishing this will require our State provider to be lifted higher in the tree, closer to its root.