Issue 240 - Flutter Tap Weekly Newsletter
Discover the latest updates in Dart and Flutter, including AI integrations and Flutter 3.32 features!
Articles
Dart & Flutter momentum at Google I/O 2025. At Google I/O 2025, it was announced that Flutter remains the most used multi-platform app framework, trusted by major brands and growing significantly in new iOS apps. The Dart language and developer experience has seen significant updates, including new syntax, tooling, and improved platform integrations across mobile and web. Finally, AI integration with Gemini is enhancing code assistance and development tools within the Flutter and Dart ecosystem.
You can also find the sessions of Flutter here:
Explore Google I/O 2025
What’s new in Flutter 3.32. Flutter 3.32 is a significant release that focuses on accelerating development and enhancing applications, featuring 1,024 commits from a diverse community of contributors.
Here are the highlights of the new features and significant enhancements in Flutter 3.32:
Web Hot Reload (Experimental)
Native Fidelity Improvements
Powerful New AI Integrations: With Gemini in Android Studio, Firebase AI Logic (formerly Vertex AI in Firebase), Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Impeller on Android
Developer Tooling: A new Flutter Property Editor is available in VS Code, Android Studio, and IntelliJ.
Android Stylus/Scribe Support
Desktop Multi-Window Support Progress.
Framework Updates
Flutter for Decision Makers: A Mobile Business Perspective and Technical Product View. Ali Guedda gives us an introduction about why to use Flutter from a business perspective.
Announcing Dart 3.8. This release brings formatter updates, null-aware elements for collections, new cross-platform development capabilities, a better way to find trending packages on pub.dev, availability of hot reload on the web, and more!.
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Tutorials
Build an AI-Powered Meditation App with Genkit, Flutter, and ElevenLabs Voice. Amazing tutorial by Chamika Dilshan on how to build this app from scratch and with all the source code available.
How to intercept API traffic on android (and how to avoid such headshot). Dimil Kalathiya shows us how to view the communication between an app and an API, along with some tips to enhance the security of your app's communication.
On Flutter Overlays | A Tutorial. Michael Christenson II shows us how to create a widget with overlay from scratch.
Videos
What's new in Flutter. Check out the latest release of Dart and Flutter! You'll learn about how Dart and Flutter are evolving to meet the needs of modern app developers, plus learn about updates to the Flutter framework and new ways to build high-quality, performant apps across platforms.
Flutter Intro/Onboarding Screen with Carousel & Animated Dots - NO Package. By The Flutter Way. You're going to learn how to create an Intro/Onboarding page in your Flutter app. We are not going to use any kind of package. It has all the features like a Carousel and also Animated dots. You won't believe even you can create animated dots in just less than 10 lines of code.
Flutter - Mastering animated_text_kit & Custom Animations. By Dannndi. Want to make your Flutter app more dynamic? In this video, you’ll learn how to use the animated_text_kit library to create eye-catching text animations.
Humpday Q&A/AMA with Craig Labenz :: 28th May 2025 :: #HumpdayQandA #Flutter #FlutterCommunity. 1 hour with Craig Labenz, discussing the latest Flutter release 3.32 !
Packages
animated_text_kit. A flutter package project which contains a collection of cool and beautiful text animations.
particles_network. A performant and customizable interactive particle network widget for Flutter. Ideal for background animations, landing pages, and visual effects.
time_plus. Stop wrestling with DateTime and Duration. time_plus gives you the tools you wish Dart had built in—add time units, break durations down, convert across scales, and do it all with a clear, predictable API. No dependencies. Just useful extensions that make working with time easier.