In 2017, consumers downloaded 178 billion apps, and analysts predict growth to 258 billion by 2022. Mobile customers are demanding more--and better--apps, and it's up to developers like you to write them! Flutter, a revolutionary new cross-platform software development kit created by Google, makes it easier than ever to write secure, high-performance native apps for iOS and Android.

Flutter in Action teaches you to build awesome, full-featured mobile applications with Flutter. Author Eric Windmill walks with you every step of the way as you build apps that get you coding as you learn. With the engaging hands-on examples, you'll create a basic user interface, learn about state management, and integrate a database with a Dart web app.

Key features

- Understanding the basic Flutter UI

- Integrating platform-specific functionality for iOS and Android

- Building layouts in Flutter

- Testing and debugging

Audience

For developers familiar with the basics of programming web applications. No experience with Dart or Flutter needed!

About the technology

Flutter apps are blazingly fast because this open source solution compiles your Dart code to platform-specific programs with no JavaScript bridge! Flutter also supports hot reloading to update changes instantly. And thanks to its built-in widgets and rich motion APIs, Flutter's apps are not just highly responsive, they're stunning!

Eric Windmill is a professional Dart developer, a contributor to opensource Flutter projects, and the author of FlutterByExample.com. His work is featured on Flutter's own showcase page, https: //flutter.io/showcase.