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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

Creating a responsive app leveraging Flutter Web

Running a web app with Flutter might be as simple as running the flutter run -d chrome command on your Terminal. In fact, most of the apps you create with Flutter may also run on the web without any change, but some plugins might only work for specific platforms, and you may need to adjust the UI for larger screens.

In this recipe, you will see how to make your layout responsive, building your app so that it can later be published to any web server. You will also see how to solve a Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) issue when loading images.

You will build an app that retrieves data from the Google Books API and shows text and images. After running it on your mobile emulator or device, you will then make it responsive so that when the screen is large, the books will be shown in two columns instead of one.

Getting ready

There are no specific requirements for this recipe, but in order to debug your Flutter apps for...