Issue 196 - Flutter Tap Weekly Newsletter
Learn how to build a robust Flutter app initialization flow, package and distribute Flutter desktop apps, plus more tutorials, videos, and packages in this edition.
He is the latest news from last week:
Tutorials
How to Build a Robust Flutter App Initialization Flow with Riverpod. Andrea shows us how to create robust startup logic for your app using Riverpod in this tutorial.
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Packaging and Distributing Flutter Desktop Apps: The Missing Guide for Open Source & Indie Developers. A fantastic three-part series from Ashita Prasad:
Flutter and Dart: Unleash the Picasso within you with CustomPainter. Loïc Yabili teaches us how to create an animated world clock from scratch using the Custom Painter.
Videos
DropdownMenu (Widget of the Week). Use the DropdownMenu widget when you have a menu with items, and need them to be searchable and filterable.
Customize Your Flutter Environment with Dart Define | Step-by-Step Tutorial. By CodeX. Unlock the full potential of Flutter development by learning how to customize your environment using the powerful Dart Define feature! In this comprehensive tutorial, we'll guide you through the step-by-step process of changing your Flutter environment variables with Dart Define.
Serverpod 1.2 Release Keynote - Cyberpunk. Serverpod is an open-source framework written in Dart that allows Flutter developers to use Dart as their single language across the whole stack. The 1.2 release is a significant update, more man hours have been put into 1.2 than all other updates combined.
Humpday Q&A/AMA and Live Coding :: 17th January 2024 :: #HumpdayQandA #Flutter #FlutterCommunity. Join Simon Lightfoot, Scott Stoll, Randal Schwartz and John Wiese for this week’s Humpday Q&A AMA for answers to your #dart and #flutter questions and some live coding!
Packages
photo_view. Photo View provides a gesture sensitive zoomable widget. Photo View is largely used to show interactive images and other stuff such as SVG.
pinput. Flutter Pinput is a package that provides an easy-to-use and customizable Pin code input field. It offers several features such as animated decoration switching, form validation, SMS autofill, custom cursor, copying from clipboard, and more. It also provides beautiful examples that you can choose from.
in_app_review. Flutter plugin for showing the In-App Review/System Rating pop up on Android, iOS and MacOS. It makes it easy for users to rate your app.