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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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Other Books You May Enjoy
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Index

Allowing multiple stream subscriptions

By default, each stream allows only a single subscription. If you try to listen to the same subscription more than once, you get an error. Flutter also has a specific kind of stream, called a broadcast stream, which allows multiple listeners. In this recipe, you will see a simple example of using a broadcast stream.

Getting ready

In order to follow along with this recipe, you should have completed the code in the previous recipe, Subscribing to stream events.

How to do it...

For this recipe, we’ll add a second listener to the stream that we built in the previous recipes in this chapter:

  1. At the top of the _StreamHomePageState class, in the main.dart file, declare a second StreamSubscription, called subscription2, and a string, called values:
    late StreamSubscription subscription2;
    String values = '';
    
  2. In the initState method, edit the first subscription and listen to the stream with...