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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

Using Flutter Packages

Packages are certainly one of the greatest features that Flutter offers. Both the Flutter team and third-party developers add and maintain packages in the Flutter ecosystem daily. This makes building apps much faster and more reliable, as you can focus on the specific features of your app while leveraging classes and functions that have been created and tested by other developers.

Packages are published at https://pub.dev. This is the hub where you can go to search for packages and verify their platform compatibility (iOS, Android, web, and desktop), popularity, versions, and use cases. Chances are that you’ve already used pub.dev several times before reading this chapter.

Here is the current home of the pub.dev repository, with the search box at the center of the screen:

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Figure 11.1: pub.dev home page

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Importing packages and dependencies
  • Using dev packages
  • ...