Flutter for Beginners

A step-by-step guide to learning Flutter and Dart 2 for creating Android and iOS mobile applicationsKey FeaturesGet up to speed with the basics of Dart programming and delve into Flutter developmentUnderstand native SDK and third-party libraries for building Android and iOS applications using FlutterPackage and deploy your Flutter apps to achieve native-like performanceBook DescriptionGoogle 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.What you will learnUnderstand the fundamentals of the Dart programming languageExplore the core concepts of the Flutter UI and how it compiles for multiple platformsDevelop Flutter plugins and widgets and understand how to structure plugin code appropriatelyStyle your Android and iOS apps with widgets and learn the difference between stateful and stateless widgetsAdd animation to your UI using Flutter's AnimatedBuilder componentIntegrate your native code into your Flutter codebase for native app performanceWho this book is forThis 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. About the Author 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.