Importing packages and dependencies

This recipe shows you how to get packages and plugins from https://pub.dev and integrate them into your app’s pubspec.yaml file.

Specifically, you will check the version and package name from pub.dev, import a package into the pubspec.yaml file in your project, download it, and use it in your classes.

By the end of this recipe, you will know how to import any package available in the pub.dev hub into your apps.

Getting ready

In this recipe, you will create a new project. There are no prerequisites to follow along.

How to do it...

When you install a package from pub.dev, the process is very simple. For this example, we will install the http package and connect to a Git repository:

1. Create a new Flutter project, called plugins.
2. Go to https://pub.dev.
3. In the search box, type http.
4. Click on the http package on the results page.
5. From the http package’s home page, click on the Installing...