Mastering Flutter App Development

Flutter is an open-source UI software development kit created by Google. It is used to develop applications for Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, Linux, Google Fuchsia and the web.

What you will learn ?

• Learn Flutter and Dart from the ground up, step-by-step
• Build engaging native mobile apps for both Android and iOS
• Use features like Google Maps, the device camera, authentication and much more!
• Learn how to upload images and how to send manual and automated push notifications
• Learn all the basics without stopping after them: Dive deeply into Flutter & Dart and become an advanced developer

Pre-Requirements:

• There is no pre-requirement for this course. If you are interested in Mobile Application Development for Android and iOS then in this course, I will be explaining everything from the scratch step by step with whole lots of demos and with multiple projects so that by the end of this course you will become a professional mobile app developer.

Course Agenda: (~40 Hours)

Dart Language:

• An Introduction to Dart
• Getting started with Dart
• Understanding why Flutter uses Dart
• Introducing the structure of the Dart language
• Variables, Datatypes and Functions
• Lists and Maps
• Introduction to OOP in Dart
• Dart classes and constructors
• Interfaces, abstract classes, and mixins
• Understanding Dart libraries and packages
• Introducing async programming with Futures and Isolates

Flutter Introduction :

• Basic requirements
• Setting up the development environment
• Using Android Studio and VS Code
• Running a flutter project on Android and iOS
• Flutter compilation (Dart)
• Flutter rendering
• Hot reload and full-restart
• Understand how it all works
• Working with the Flutter CLI
• Comparisons with other mobile app development frameworks
• Widgets introduction
• Hello Flutter

Widgets :

• What are widgets?
• The build() method
• Stateful and Stateless widgets
• Understanding built-in layout widgets
• Creating a UI with widgets
• Layout widgets like Container, Column, Row, Card and Stack
• Expanded and Flex Widgets
• ListViews and ListView Builder
• Creating custom widgets

More Widgets and Navigation

• Scaffold, AppBar, FloatingActionButtons
• More Buttons, Icons and Images
• User input widgets - Form, TextField, Switch, RangeSlider
• Snackbars and Dialogs
• BottomSheet and ModalBottomSheet

Handling User Input and Gestures

• Handling User Input and Gestures
• Handling user gestures
• Input widgets
• Validating Input (Forms)
• Custom input and FormField

Theming and Styling

• Theming and Styling
• Theme widgets
• Material Design
• iOS Cupertino
• Using custom fonts
• Dynamic styling with MediaQuery and LayoutBuilder

Routing: Navigating between Screens

• Routing: Navigating between Screens
• Understanding the Navigator widget
• Named routes
• Screen transitions
• Hero animations

Architecture – Business Logic Component (Bloc) Pattern

• BLOC's vs Stateful Widgets
• The Purpose of Streams with Blocs
• Generating a New Project
• App Boilerplate
• Annotating Stream Types
• Issues with Bloc Access
• Shortcut Access with Getters
• Public vs Private Fields
• Improving the BLOC API
• Cleaning Up Controllers
• Bloc Application
• Application implementing the Bloc Pattern

Firebase Plugins

• Firebase Plugins
• Firebase overview
• Firebase authentication
• NoSQL database with Cloud Firestore
• Cloud Storage with Firebase Storage

Developing Your Own Flutter Plugin

• Developing Your Own Flutter Plugin
• Creating a package/plugin project
• A plugin project structure
• Adding documentation to the package
• Publishing a package
• Plugin project development recommendations

Accessing Device Features from the Flutter App

• Accessing Device Features from the Flutter App
• Launching a URL from the app
• Managing app permissions
• Importing a contact from the phone
• Integrating the phone's camera

Platform Views and Map Integration

• Platform Views and Map Integration
• Displaying a map
• Adding markers to the map
• Adding map interactions
• Using the Google Places API

Improving User Experience

• Improving User Experience
• Accessibility in Flutter and adding translations to apps
• Communication between native and Flutter with platform channels
• Creating background processes
• Adding Android-specific code to run Dart code in the background
• Adding iOS-specific code to run Dart code in the background

Widget Graphic Manipulations

• Widget Graphic Manipulations
• Transforming widgets with the Transform class
• Exploring the types of transformations
• Applying transformations to your widgets
• Using custom painters and canvas

Animations

• Animations
• Introducing Animations
• Using animations
• Using AnimatedBuilder
• Using AnimatedWidget

Testing, Debugging, and Deployment

• Testing, Debugging, and Deployment
• Flutter testing – unit and widget testing
• Debugging Flutter apps
• Profiling Flutter apps
• Inspecting the Flutter widget tree
• Preparing apps for deployment