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Flutter Cookbook

By : Simone Alessandria, Brian Kayfitz
4 (1)
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

How to do it...

You will create an app that connects to the Google Books API to retrieve a Flutter book's data from the web service, and you will show part of the result on the screen as shown in the screenshot:

The steps required in order to retrieve and show the data using a Future are outlined here:

  1. Create a new app and, in the pubspec.yaml file, add the html dependency (always make sure you are using the latest version, checking at https://pub.dev/packages/http/install):
dependencies:
flutter:
sdk: flutter
http: ^0.13.1
  1. The starting code in the main.dart file contains an ElevatedButton, a Text containing the result, and a CircularProgressIndicator. You can download the beginning code at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Flutter-Cookbook/tree/master/chapter_07. Otherwise, type the following code:
import 'dart:async';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:http/http.dart';
import 'package:http/http.dart&apos...