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Flutter for Beginners: An introductory guide to building cross-platform mobile applications with Flutter and Dart 2

Biessek

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3.9 (11 Ratings)

eBook Sep 2019 512 pages 1st Edition

Biessek

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Get up to speed with the basics of Dart programming and delve into Flutter development
Understand native SDK and third-party libraries for building Android and iOS applications using Flutter
Package and deploy your Flutter apps to achieve native-like performance

Description

Google Flutter is a cross-platform mobile framework that makes it easy to write high-performance apps for Android and iOS. This book will help you get to grips with the basics of the Flutter framework and the Dart programming language. Starting from setting up your development environment, you’ll learn to design the UI and add user input functions. You'll explore the navigator widget to manage app routes and learn to add transitions between screens. The book will even guide you through developing your own plugin and later, you’ll discover how to structure good plugin code. Using the Google Places API, you'll also understand how to display a map in the app and add markers and interactions to it. You’ll then learn to improve the user experience with features such as map integrations, platform-specific code with native languages, and personalized animation options for designing intuitive UIs. The book follows a practical approach and gives you access to all relevant code files hosted at github.com/PacktPublishing/Flutter-for-Beginners. This will help you access a variety of examples and prepare your own bug-free apps, ready to deploy on the App Store and Google Play Store. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed with Dart programming and have the skills to develop your own mobile apps or build a career as a Dart and Flutter app developer.

Who is this book for?

This book is for developers looking to learn Google's revolutionary framework Flutter from scratch. No prior knowledge of Flutter or Dart is required; however, basic knowledge of any programming language will be helpful.

What you will learn

Understand the fundamentals of the Dart programming language
Explore the core concepts of the Flutter UI and how it compiles for multiple platforms
Develop Flutter plugins and widgets and understand how to structure plugin code appropriately
Style your Android and iOS apps with widgets and learn the difference between stateful and stateless widgets
Add animation to your UI using Flutter s AnimatedBuilder component
Integrate your native code into your Flutter codebase for native app performance

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Product Details

Publication date : Sep 12, 2019

Length: 512 pages

Edition : 1st

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781788990523

Category :

Mobile

Languages :

Dart

Concepts :

Cross Platform Mobile Development

Tools :

Flutter

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20 Chapters

Section 1: Introduction to Dart

An Introduction to Dart

Getting started with Dart

Understanding why Flutter uses Dart

Introducing the structure of the Dart language

Introduction to OOP in Dart

Summary

Further reading

Intermediate Dart Programming

Dart classes and constructors

Interfaces, abstract classes, and mixins

Understanding Dart libraries and packages

Introducing async programming with Futures and Isolates

Introducing unit testing with Dart

Summary

An Introduction to Flutter

Comparisons with other mobile app development frameworks

Flutter compilation (Dart)

Section 2: The Flutter User Interface - Everything is a Widget

Widgets: Building Layouts in Flutter

Stateful versus stateless widgets

Built-in widgets

Understanding built-in layout widgets

Creating a UI with widgets (favor manager app)

Creating custom widgets

Summary

Handling User Input and Gestures

Handling user gestures

Input widgets

Validating Input (Forms)

Custom input and FormField

Putting it all together

Theming and Styling

Dynamic styling with MediaQuery and LayoutBuilder

Summary

Routing: Navigating between Screens

Understanding the Navigator widget

Section 3: Developing Fully Featured Apps

Firebase Plugins

Firebase overview

Firebase authentication

NoSQL database with Cloud Firestore

Cloud Storage with Firebase Storage

Ads with Firebase AdMob

ML with Firebase ML Kit

Summary

Developing Your Own Flutter Plugin

Creating a package/plugin project

A plugin project structure

Adding documentation to the package

Publishing a package

Plugin project development recommendations

Summary

Accessing Device Features from the Flutter App

Launching a URL from the app

Managing app permissions

Importing a contact from the phone

Integrating the phone's camera

Summary

Platform Views and Map Integration

Displaying a map

Adding markers to the map

Adding map interactions

Using the Google Places API

Summary

Section 4: Advanced Flutter - Resources to Complex Apps

Testing, Debugging, and Deployment

Flutter testing – unit and widget testing

Debugging Flutter apps

Profiling Flutter apps

Inspecting the Flutter widget tree

Preparing apps for deployment

Summary

Improving User Experience

Accessibility in Flutter and adding translations to apps

Communication between native and Flutter with platform channels

Creating background processes

Adding Android-specific code to run Dart code in the background

Adding iOS-specific code to run Dart code in the background

Summary

Widget Graphic Manipulations

Transforming widgets with the Transform class

Exploring the types of transformations

Applying transformations to your widgets

Using custom painters and canvas

Summary

Animations

Introducing Animations

Using animations

Using AnimatedBuilder

Using AnimatedWidget

Summary

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About the author

Biessek

Alessandro Biessek was born in the beautiful city of Chapecó, in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, in 1993. He is currently working on mobile application development for Android and iOS in his hometown. He has more than 9 years of experience in development, from desktop development with Delphi to backend with PHP, Node.js, Golang, mobile development with Apache Flex, and Java/Kotlin. Most of his time is devoted to the development of Android apps. Always interested in new technologies, he has been following the Flutter framework for a long time, shown through its growth and adoption in recent months.

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