Flutter Syllabus

Create your flutter projects by using the sample resources, and get your web/apk/ios builds right away

Getting Started

flutter create <project_name>

Copy the necessary resource files from the repo

flutter build web

flutter build web --web-renderer html

Run the build in an emulator or chrome or press crtl+F5 for debubbing and run or just F5 to run without debugger attached.

flutter run

IOS Setting Up

Go inside IOS folder

cd ios

Deintegrate IOS if needed

pod Deintegrate

Update the latest Pod Version

pod Update

Key Generation

• Debug Key Generation Get to terminal and enter

keytool -list -v -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore -storepass android

• Signed Key Generation

keytool -alias key0 -keystore your_keystore_name -storepass your_keystore_password -keypass your_key_password -list -v

Firebase Setting Up

• Setup All firebase Features

1. Firebase AppCheck
2. Firebase Authencation (Add Gmail as new provider inside sign-in-method)
3. Firebase Remoteconfig
4. Firebase Database
5. Firebase Cloudstorage
6. Firebase Functions (Only for blaze plan)

• Add keys into the Firebase Projects

1. Add a IOS project with com.companyname.appname
2. Add an Android project with com.companyname.appname

Bundle Name/ AppName

• The app name or bundle name is used as identifier in playstore and appstore
• Make sure you also purchase the domain companyname.com for better integration
• If you have companyname.in domain, it's also fine, but its better to take .com also for future proofing
• The default name would be com.example.flutterprojectname

Changing the appname in Android

• Also change build.gradle inside the app folder inside android Go to android>> app >> build.gradle and change the applicationId to your own com.companyname.appname

defaultConfig {
        // TODO: Specify your own unique Application ID (https://developer.android.com/studio/build/application-id.html).
        applicationId "com.companyname.appname"

        minSdkVersion flutter.minSdkVersion
        targetSdkVersion flutter.targetSdkVersion
        versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
        versionName flutterVersionName
    }

• Also change in

android {
    namespace "com.companyname.appname"
    .....
    .....
}

• Also add google sign-in in build.gradle above android namespace

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

android {
    namespace "com.companyname.appname"
    .....
    .....
    multiDexEnabled true //Make sure you add multi dex
}

Changing the appname in IOS

• Open the ios folder inside your flutter folder
• right click on the folder, and choose open in xcode
• Open the runner, change the package name to com.companyname.appname

Quick Change

• ctrl+shift+H for find and replace
• find com.example.flutterprojectname to com.companyname.appname

Copy the Firebase service files

Make sure you enable the firebase services and also added your dev SHA1-key into the firebase console

• Then download google-services.json and paste it inside android/app/ alongside build.gradle
• Then download GoogleService-info.plist and paste it inside ios/runner alongside info.plist
• Also check the content inside each to verify, your production-sha-key and developer-sha-key are inside the json file
• Make sure to write gitignore on public projects files, as these files holds the api key acccess for clientside.

# Ignore Google Services JSON files for Android in all Flutter projects
**/android/app/google-services.json

# Ignore Google Service Info plist files for iOS in all Flutter projects
**/ios/Runner/GoogleService-Info.plist

Firebase Setting-up in IOS

• Refer https://pub.dev/packages/google_sign_in
• Copy the REVERSED_CLIENT_ID from GoogleService-info.plist
• If you cant find the REVERSED_CLIENT_ID, make sure you created and enabled google signin from authentication inside firebase console
• If you are still facing error, make sure the bundle ID is same in the xcode and the fireabase console
• Make sure you chane all profiles , debug, release and profile to the same bundle id
• Change the bundle id through out the app using find and replace option.

<key>REVERSED_CLIENT_ID</key>
	<string>com.googleusercontent.apps.3232323223-1urjaf9ia017upf6lsdfsfk3sekdfs9gq0c9d</string>

• Add the whole code into info.plist and also change the REVERSED_CLIENT_ID with copied value

<!-- Put me in the [my_project]/ios/Runner/Info.plist file -->
<!-- Google Sign-in Section -->
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
	<dict>
		<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
		<string>Editor</string>
		<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
		<array>
			<!-- TODO Replace this value: -->
			<!-- Copied from GoogleService-Info.plist key REVERSED_CLIENT_ID -->
			<string>com.googleusercontent.apps.861823949799-vc35cprkp249096uujjn0vvnmcvjppkn</string>
		</array>
	</dict>
</array>
<!-- End of the Google Sign-in Section -->

• If get error impeller not connected, taking longer
• Paste this code inside info.plist

<key>FLTEnableImpeller</key>
  <false/>

• If you get error [FirebaseCore][I-COR000005] No app has been configured yet., make sure you add WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized(); in main()

Future<void> main() async {
  
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized(); // Ensure initialisation
  await Firebase.initializeApp();
  // await Get.put(Database()).initStorage();

  runApp(const MyApp()); // This should be called after calling firebase and binding
}

Multidex Error

Change the build.gradle main file.

android {
    namespace "com.companyname.appname"
    .....
    .....
    multiDexEnabled true //Make sure you add multi dex
}

PlatformException in Android

• Make sure you have added google-services.json in android/app

• Make sure you have added apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services' in build.gradle (app)

• Make sure you have added classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.15' in build.gradle (main)

• build.gradle (app)

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services' //Add this to ensure the google-services intialisation

android {
    namespace "com.companyname.appname"

    compileSdkVersion flutter.compileSdkVersion
    ndkVersion flutter.ndkVersion

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }

• build.gradle (main)

buildscript {
    ext.kotlin_version = '1.7.10'
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.0'

        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.15' // Add this inside dependency for firebase

        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
    }
}

Error: FirebaseApp has not been correctly initialized in IOS

• Even tho you have copied the file GoogleService-info.plist into the folder, it won't work
• You need to manually add to runner via xcode, reffer to the following link

https://firebase.flutter.dev/docs/manual-installation/ios/

Error: SHAkey or gsm-service error while gmail Sign-In

If you find yourself having gsm.google.service errors, its probably because your debug, production key are not updated on the cloud.google console, even tho you have added in firebase.google.com. If thats the case, you have to do the following steps

1. Select the project and go to API and services>
2. Credentials > Android key (Edit this auto created by firebase)
3. Add the new Key (SHA-1 of the debug) and save
4. Wait for 5 seconds

Datamodels

• Goto json to dart converter

https://javiercbk.github.io/json_to_dart/

• Make the json for the datamodel

{
    "name":"something",
    "email":"something@gmail.com",
    "date":"15/06/1999",
    "time": "3:00 AM",
    "timeinmill":5656565
}

• Name the datamodel class as dm_user
• Generate the code
• Copy paste the code to dm_user.dart under the DataModels folder.
• Remember to change the fromJson , dm_user.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) to dynamic,dynamic>
• Genereated Version

    dm_user.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
    name = json['name'];
    email = json['email'];
    date = json['date'];
    time = json['time'];
    timeinmill = json['timeinmill'];
  }

• Right version

    dm_user.fromJson(Map<dynamic, dynamic> json) {
    name = json['name'];
    email = json['email'];
    date = json['date'];
    time = json['time'];
    timeinmill = json['timeinmill'];
  }

Lint Yellow Signs

• To disbale yellow warning signs when using print functions
• go to analysis_options.yaml and uncomment avoid_print: false to not show the warning

linter:
  # producing the lint.
  rules:
    avoid_print: false  # Uncomment to disable the `avoid_print` rule

Upgrading Compile SDK to 33

• Upgrade the ext.kotlin_version inside build.gradle to

ext.kotlin_version = '1.7.10'

• Upgrade the tools.build:gradle inside build.gradle to

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.0'

Using imagepicker

• Add the following permission code inside the info.plist in ios to get access to photo library

    <!-- Start of photo gallery Permisison -->
    <key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
    <string>We need access to your photo library to pick images for your profile.</string>
    <!-- End of photo gallery Permisison -->

Notification

• add in pubspec.yaml

# show notification
flutter_local_notifications: ^16.1.0

# listen for notification
rxdart: ^0.27.7

• add this to ios >>Runner>> AppDelegate.swift
• also add import function on top of the AppDelegate.swift

import flutter_local_notifications

• add this code inside the bool function, above the return callback

FlutterLocalNotificationsPlugin.setPluginRegistrantCallback { (registry) in
    GeneratedPluginRegistrant.register(with: registry)}

• just above the return statement

// For notification
if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
         UNUserNotificationCenter.current().delegate = self as? UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate
      }

• sample code

import UIKit
import Flutter

import flutter_local_notifications //Import for notification

@UIApplicationMain
@objc class AppDelegate: FlutterAppDelegate {
  override func application(
    _ application: UIApplication,
    didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?
  ) -> Bool {
    // For notification
    FlutterLocalNotificationsPlugin.setPluginRegistrantCallback { (registry) in
    GeneratedPluginRegistrant.register(with: registry)}

    GeneratedPluginRegistrant.register(with: self)
    // For notification
    if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
      UNUserNotificationCenter.current().delegate = self as? UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate
    }
    return super.application(application, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: launchOptions)
  }
}

• add the initialisation in the main.dart
• it shoulde be inside the main function above runApp(const MyApp());

await NotificationService().initNotification();

runApp(const MyApp());

• add to android manifest, for API 33 or greater

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS"/> 

• add to main function, to request the acess, above runApp(const MyApp()); function

await Permission.notification.isDenied.then((value) {
        if (value) {
          Permission.notification.request();
        }
      });

runApp(const MyApp());

Error with file_version_info

• change the file at /Users/name/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dev/package_info_plus_windows-2.1.0/lib/src/file_version_info.dart
• from this

class _LANGANDCODEPAGE extends Struct {
  @Uint16()
  external int? wLanguage;

  @Uint16()
  external int? wCodePage;
}

• to this

class _LANGANDCODEPAGE extends Struct {
  @Uint16()
  external int wLanguage;

  @Uint16()
  external int wCodePage;
}

Google Maps

• In Android, Specify your API key in the application manifest android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

<manifest ...
  <application ...
    <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
               android:value="YOUR KEY HERE"/>

• In IOS, go to AppDelegate.swift and also import GoogleMaps

import GoogleMaps

GMSServices.provideAPIKey("YOUR KEY HERE")

Refresh View after adding new data

• There is no method to actually refresh the page
• It can be done on Oninit or Build state
• So the work arround is to use async on ontap method
• and calling setstate after the await

InkWell(
  onTap: () async {
    await Navigator.push(
      context,
      MaterialPageRoute(
          builder: (context) => ActAddChapters(
              widget.coursesdata.crKey.toString())),
    );
    setState(() {});
  },
  child: AddChaptersButton(),
),

Adding open dial, chrome, whatsap, telegram links

• Add these to manifest.xml on android
• Above the application tag

<queries>
        <!-- <package android:name="com.whatsapp" /> -->
        <package android:name="com.android.chrome" />
        <!-- <package android:name="org.telegram.messenger" /> -->
        <package android:name="com.google.android.youtube" />
        <!-- <package android:name="com.twitter.android" /> -->
        <!-- <package android:name="com.instagram.android" />
        <package android:name="com.facebook.katana" />
        <package android:name="com.facebook.lite" /> -->

        <intent>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <data android:scheme="https" />
        </intent>
        <intent>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.DIAL" />
            <data android:scheme="tel" />
        </intent>
        <intent>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
            <data android:mimeType="*/*" />
        </intent>
</queries>

Creating app logo

• Update the pubspec.yaml
• Change the icon_background to any color if you want

dev_dependencies:
  flutter_test:
    sdk: flutter
  flutter_launcher_icons: ^0.9.2 


flutter_icons:
  android: true
  ios: true
  remove_alpha_ios: true
  image_path: "assets/images/stockexlogo.png"
  min_sdk_android: 21 # android min sdk min:16, default 21
  adaptive_icon_background: "#000000"
  adaptive_icon_foreground: "assets/images/logo_foreground.png"

• Create logo_foreground.png from

https://romannurik.github.io/AndroidAssetStudio/icons-launcher.html

• Then finish by running

flutter pub run flutter_launcher_icons:main

Get IOS Simulator UUID

• find the uuid and add the simulator as test device in google mobile ads

xcrun simctl list

• Update the AndroidManifest.xml under <application> tag

<meta-data
  android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID"
  android:value="@string/admob_app_id" />

• Update info.plist

<!-- Google Mobile Ads Section -->
<key>GADApplicationIdentifier</key>
<string>ca-app-pub-93453535353535~1243242424</string>
<!-- End of the Google Ads Section -->