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For more information, see the documentation for async and await.<topic_end> |
<topic_start> |
The basics |
<topic_end> |
<topic_start> |
How do I create a Flutter app? |
To create an app using React Native, |
you would run create-react-native-app from the command line.To create an app in Flutter, do one of the following:For more information, see Getting started, which |
walks you through creating a button-click counter app. |
Creating a Flutter project builds all the files that you |
need to run a sample app on both Android and iOS devices.<topic_end> |
<topic_start> |
How do I run my app? |
In React Native, you would run npm run or yarn run from the project |
directory.You can run Flutter apps in a couple of ways:Your app runs on a connected device, the iOS simulator, |
or the Android emulator.For more information, see the Flutter Getting started |
documentation.<topic_end> |
<topic_start> |
How do I import widgets? |
In React Native, you need to import each required component.In Flutter, to use widgets from the Material Design library, |
import the material.dart package. To use iOS style widgets, |
import the Cupertino library. To use a more basic widget set, |
import the Widgets library. |
Or, you can write your own widget library and import that. |
<code_start>import 'package:flutter/cupertino.dart'; |
import 'package:flutter/material.dart'; |
import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart'; |
import 'package:my_widgets/my_widgets.dart';<code_end> |
Whichever widget package you import, |
Dart pulls in only the widgets that are used in your app.For more information, see the Flutter Widget Catalog.<topic_end> |
<topic_start> |
What is the equivalent of the React Native “Hello world!” app in Flutter? |
In React Native, the HelloWorldApp class extends React.Component and |
implements the render method by returning a view component.In Flutter, you can create an identical “Hello world!” app using the |
Center and Text widgets from the core widget library. |
The Center widget becomes the root of the widget tree and has one child, |
the Text widget. |
<code_start>// Flutter |
import 'package:flutter/material.dart'; |
void main() { |
runApp( |
const Center( |
child: Text( |
'Hello, world!', |
textDirection: TextDirection.ltr, |
), |
), |
); |
}<code_end> |
The following images show the Android and iOS UI for the basic Flutter |
“Hello world!” app.Now that you’ve seen the most basic Flutter app, the next section shows how to |
take advantage of Flutter’s rich widget libraries to create a modern, polished |
app.<topic_end> |
<topic_start> |
How do I use widgets and nest them to form a widget tree? |
In Flutter, almost everything is a widget.Widgets are the basic building blocks of an app’s user interface. |
You compose widgets into a hierarchy, called a widget tree. |
Each widget nests inside a parent widget |
and inherits properties from its parent. |
Even the application object itself is a widget. |
There is no separate “application” object. |
Instead, the root widget serves this role.A widget can define:The following example shows the “Hello world!” app using widgets from the |
Material library. In this example, the widget tree is nested inside the |
MaterialApp root widget. |
<code_start>// Flutter |
import 'package:flutter/material.dart'; |
void main() => runApp(const MyApp()); |
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget { |
const MyApp({super.key}); |
@override |
Widget build(BuildContext context) { |
return MaterialApp( |
title: 'Welcome to Flutter', |
home: Scaffold( |
appBar: AppBar( |
title: const Text('Welcome to Flutter'), |
), |
body: const Center( |
child: Text('Hello world'), |
), |
), |
); |
} |
}<code_end> |
The following images show “Hello world!” built from Material Design widgets. |
You get more functionality for free than in the basic “Hello world!” app.When writing an app, you’ll use two types of widgets: |
StatelessWidget or StatefulWidget. |
A StatelessWidget is just what it sounds like—a |
widget with no state. A StatelessWidget is created once, |
and never changes its appearance. |
A StatefulWidget dynamically changes state based on data |
received, or user input.The important difference between stateless and stateful |
widgets is that StatefulWidgets have a State object |
that stores state data and carries it over |
across tree rebuilds, so it’s not lost.In simple or basic apps it’s easy to nest widgets, |
but as the code base gets larger and the app becomes complex, |
you should break deeply nested widgets into |
functions that return the widget or smaller classes. |
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