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Flutter Cookbook, Second Edition - Second Edition

By : Simone Alessandria
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Book Image

Flutter Cookbook, Second Edition - Second Edition

5 (3)
By: Simone Alessandria

Overview of this book

Are you ready to tap into the immense potential of Flutter? With over 1,000 new mobile apps published every day on the Apple and Google Play stores, Flutter is transforming the landscape of app development. It's time for you to join the revolution. Introducing the second edition of Flutter Cookbook, a step-by-step guide designed exclusively for you. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting your coding journey, this book is your ultimate companion. Dive into the latest features of Flutter 3.10 and unlock the secrets to building professional-grade, cross-platform applications. With our recipe-based approach, we'll not only show you how to implement Flutter's features but also explain why they work. Through practical examples and real-world execution, you'll gain a deeper understanding of Flutter's inner workings. From crafting stunning UI/UX with widgets to leveraging hot reload and restart techniques, we'll equip you with best practices and invaluable knowledge. As you progress, you'll learn to efficiently manage data, add interactivity and animations, and integrate essential Flutter plugins like maps, camera, voice recognition and more. And let's not forget the dedicated chapter on implementing MLkit powered by TensorFlow Lite. We'll guide you through building custom machine learning solutions, expanding the capabilities of your apps. By the time you reach the end of this comprehensive Flutter book, you'll have the skills and confidence to write and deliver fully functional apps.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Index

Installing the Flutter SDK

Before you can build anything, you need to download the Flutter SDK.

On the main Flutter website at https://docs.flutter.dev/get-started/install, you’ll find the prebuilt packages for Windows, macOS, Linux, or ChromeOS—the currently supported platforms to create Flutter apps.

Figure 1.1: The Flutter installation page

Once you select your operating system, whatever your choice, you will find a section called Get the Flutter SDK. Here, you will find a compressed file (.zip for Windows and macOS, and .tar.gz for Linux and ChromeOS).

You should then create a directory for the Flutter SDK, and extract the contents of the compressed file into that directory; for instance, this could be c:\dev\flutter on a Windows machine or ~/development on other platforms.

There is another tool, called FVM (Flutter Version Management), that allows managing multiple versions of Flutter SDKs on your development machine.

If...