With Flutter, you can quickly and easily develop beautiful, powerful apps for both Android and iOS, without the need to learn multiple programming languages or juggle more than one code base. This book walks you through the process step by step.

Beginning Flutter

Beginning Flutter ® : A Hands On Guide To App Development

Preface

Introducing Flutter and Getting Started

Creating a Hello World App

Learning Dart Basics

Creating a Starter Project Template

Understanding the Widget Tree

Using Common Widgets

Creating an App's Navigation

Building Layouts

Applying Interactivity

Writing Platform‐Native Code

Saving Data with Local Persistence

Adding the Firebase and Firestore Backend

Adding State Management to the Firestore Client App

Adding BLoCs to Firestore Client App Pages

A abstract class, 414–415, 424, 427, 450 accessing main() function, 64 actions property, 104 adding animation to apps, 151–175 AppBar widgets, 105–107 authentication to client journal app, 395–403 AuthenticationBloc class, 432–434 AuthenticationBlocProvider class, 435–436 basic layout to client journal app, 403–406 BLoC pattern, 432–449 BLoCs to Firestore client app pages, 453–487 classes to client journal app, 406–408 Cloud Firestore database to journal app, 391–395 Cloud Firestore packages to client journal app, 395–403 drag and drop, 275–277 edit journal page, 472–484 Firebase to journal app, 375–410 Firestore to journal app, 375–410 HomeBloc class, 441–443 HomeBlocProvider class, 443–444 Journal model class, 422–424 JournalEditBloc class, 444–447 JournalEditBlocProvider class, 447–449 login page, 454–460 LoginBloc class, 436–440 service classes, 424–430 state management to Firestore client app, 411–451 Validators class, 430–432 addOrEditJournal() method, 338–339, 362–364, 368, 371, 467, 471, 472 addOrUpdateJournal() method, 476 ahead‐of‐time (AOT), 44 Android Emulator setting up on Linux, 19 setting up on macOS, 15 setting up on Windows, 17 Android host platform channel, implementing, 318–321 Android Studio about, 23 configuring editor for, 20 installing on Linux, 19 installing on macOS, 14–15 installing on Windows, 16–17 animatedBalloon() method, staggered animations and, 172, 174 AnimatedBuilder widget, 176 AnimatedContainer widget about, 176 using, 152–155 AnimatedCrossFade widget about, 176 using, 155–159 animatedOpacity() method, 160–163 AnimatedOpacity widget about, 176 using, 160–163 animation adding to apps, 151–175 using AnimatedContainer widget, 152–155 using AnimatedCrossFade widget, 155–159 using AnimatedOpacity widget, 160–163 using AnimationController class, 164–170 using staggered animation, 170–175 AnimationController class about, 176 using, 164–170 AOT (ahead‐of‐time), 44 AppBar widgets, 77, 78, 104, 105–107 applying interactivity, 267–305 themes, 42 apps adding animation to, 151–175 creating, 26–30 creating navigation for, 177–219 running, 30–32 styling using themes, 33–36 arithmetic operators, 49 arrays, declared in JSON, 328–329 askToOpen() method, 53 assert statement, 58 AssetBundle class, 130–131 assignment operators, 50 asynchronous programming, implementing, 64 authentication capabilities adding to client journal app, 395–403 Firebase, 380–381, 410 AuthenticationBloc class, 432–434, 465–472, 486 AuthenticationBlocProvider class, 435–436, 460–464, 486 AuthenticationService class, 414–415, 424–430 

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Beginning Flutter®: A Hands On Guide To App Development

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