Flutter and Dart: Up and Running: Build native apps for both iOS and Android using a single codebase

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
About the Authors
Acknowledgement
Preface
Errata
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Flutter
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Introduction to Flutter
    Features of Flutter
    Architecture of Flutter
    Advantages of Flutter
    Disadvantages of Flutter
    Capabilities that make Flutter more powerful over other tools
    Conclusion
    Questions
2. Installing the Flutter SDK
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Setting up environment for Flutter
        Installation of Flutter SDK on Windows
            Update the Path
            Run Flutter Doctor
            Setting up Android Device
            Set up Android Emulator-
            Licenses of Android SDK Platform-
            Setting up an Editor
        Installing Flutter and Dart Plugins
            Linux or Windows
        Validating the setup with the Flutter Doctor
    Tools for Building Flutter Based Application
    Conclusion
    Questions
3. Introduction to Dart
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Introduction to Dart
    Need for Dart Coding for Flutter
    Declaring and referencing variables
    Operators in Dart
        Arithmetic operators
        Relational Operators
        Type test operators
        Bitwise operators
        Assignment Operators
        Logical operators
        Conditional operators
        Cascade Notation Operator
    Control statements in Dart
        Break statement
        Continue statement
        Decision making statements
            if Statement
            if…else Statement
            else…if… Statement
            Nested if Statement
            Switch
            For Loop
            While Loop
            Do-while loop
    Conclusion
    Questions
4. Classes and Functions in Dart
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Classes and Functions in Dart
        Declaration of class
        Creating an instance of the class
        Dart Constructors
        Named Constructors
        The ‘this’ Keyword
        Getters and Setters in Dart class
        Class Inheritance
        Types of Inheritance
        Class Inheritance and Method Overriding
        The static keyword
        The Super Keyword
    Import Packages
        Dart Package Manager
        Dart Libraries
            Importing a library
        Name alias of Library
    Implementing Asynchronous Programming
    Conclusion
    Questions
5. Introduction to Widgets
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Creating files and folders using widgets
    Installation of File Manager
    Structuring Widgets
    Understanding Widget Tree
        Inherited Widget
    Conclusion
    Questions
6. Using Common Widgets
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Using common widgets
    Adding Animation to App
        AnimatedAlign Widget
        AnimatedBuilder Widget
            Performance optimizations
        AnimatedBuilder
        AnimatedContainer Widget
        AnimatedCrossFade Widget
        AnimatedDefaultTextStyle Widget
        AnimatedListState class Null safety
        AnimatedModalBarrier class Null safety
        AnimatedPhysicalModel Widget
        AnimatedPositioned Widget
            Code-based animations
            Drawing-based animations
    Creating an App’s Navigation
        Build two routes
        Use Navigator.push() to navigate to second route
        Use Navigator.pop() method to return to the first route
    Conclusion
    Questions
7. Building Flutter Application
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Building Flutter application using Android specific code
        Install Flutter and set up an editor
        Create a new Flutter project
        Designing the app’s UI
        Implement app logic
        Test the app
        Deploy the app
        Implement the platform channel on Android
        Invoke the platform channel from Flutter
        Handle the method call on Android
        Return a result from Android
    Building Flutter application using iOS specific code
    Conclusion
    Questions
8. Introduction to Packages
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Type of packages using Dart Packages
        Types of Packages
            Library packages
            Application packages
            Command-line packages
            Plugin packages
            Experimental packages
            Web
            Mobile
            Desktop
            Testing
            Utilities
            Dart Package
            Generic dart code
            Flutter Plugin
        Develop a Flutter Plugin Package
            Create a new package
            Define the plugin's API
            Add platform-specific code
            Test the plugin
            Publish the plugin
        Dart Package Manager
        Installing a Package
        Flutter Plugin Package
        Steps for developing Dart packages
            Creating a package
            Implementing the package
        Publishing packages
    Conclusion
    Questions
9. Building Layouts
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    Introduction to Layout
        Container
        Row and Column
        Expanded
        ListView
        Stack
        Card
        Creating a text, image or icon
            Selection of a layout widget
            Creation of a Visible Widget
            Addition of layout widget to page
            Material apps
    Type of Layout Widgets
        Single Child Widgets
    Layout Application
        Padding in Flutter
        Align Widget
        Container
        Stacks
        GridView
        Scaffold
    Conclusion
    Questions
10. Flutter Database Concepts
    Introduction
    Structure
    Objectives
    SQLite
    Adding Firebase
        Adding Firestore Backend
    JSON, XML, HTML
    Hive
    Moor
    Conclusion
    Questions
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