Issue 239 - Flutter Tap Weekly Newsletter
Discover community insights, tutorials, and videos to elevate your Flutter skills this edition!
From the community
This is a new section where people of the community share their thoughts about anything Flutter.
We have @Hillel Coren, Co-Founder of InvoiceNinja, Google Developer Expert:
I was fortunate to start working with Flutter back in its beta days in 2018. Even then it was clear Flutter offered something special... an elegant combination of performance, flexibility, and developer experience that set it apart. I expected other platforms to catch up, but here we are in 2025, and Flutter remains in a league of its own. Its ability to build beautiful, high-performance apps across mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase continues to push the boundaries of what's possible for developers.
Hillel wants to recommend that you visit the Flutter Forum, https://forum.itsallwidgets.com/
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Tutorials
Flutter: How I optimized my ListView of images from URL. This is a two-part tutorial by SatendraPal:
How to Secure Mobile APIs in Flutter. Atuoha Anthony teaches us about common Flutter vulnerabilities, best practices, and how to build a secure API call with an example.
11 Flutter Techniques to Build a Store Locator That Loads 5x Faster Than Native Apps. Seungchul Jeff Ha teaches us the secret to building high-performance Flutter store locators leveraging Flutter’s functional programming capabilities through lambda techniques.
Videos
Shorebird Dev Review - 2025 | Update Your Flutter App Instantly!. By Daniel. In this Shorebird.dev review, I explore how Shorebird lets Flutter developers push instant updates to apps without app store delays. I walk through the setup, demo the update process, and share a real-world case study showing how it’s transforming app deployment.
🔄 How to Change App Icon & App Name in Flutter Step-by-Step💡. By Manoj Kulkarni. Learn how to change the app icon and app name in your Flutter project with this step-by-step tutorial.
MCP Explained for Flutter Developers: Everything You Should Know. By Yash Makan. In this video, we dive deep into Model Context Protocol (MCP) – an emerging open standard designed to seamlessly connect large language models (LLMs) with external tools, APIs, and context sources. 🚀
FCAIC #2 – Prompting, Tools, Rules, and Dev Insights. By Flutter Community. We’re back for our second community livestream — diving deeper into the real questions and practical workflows of building AI-powered Flutter apps. This episode brings a powerful mix of prompting techniques, ethical design, and hands-on tooling insights.
Packages
flutter_native_splash. Customize Flutter's default white native splash screen with background color and splash image. Supports dark mode, full screen, and more.
internet_connection_checker. A library designed for seamless internet connectivity checks. This library enables you to verify your internet connection and can also detect slow internet connectivity.
timezone. Time zone database and time zone aware DateTime.