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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, |
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