A Flutter starter kit for beginner learns with Bloc pattern, RxDart, sqflite

flutter starter kit – app store example

a starter kit for beginner learns with bloc pattern, rxdart, sqflite, fluro and dio to architect a flutter project. this starter kit build an app store app as a example

feature

• bloc pattern
• navigate pages by fluro
• local cache by using sqflite
• restful api call by using dio
• database debugging (android only) by using flutter_stetho
• loading network image
• localization by using gen_lang
  and lang_table
• environment variable & project config (like app name, bundle id) based on different project flavour (development, staging & production)
• build pojo by using json_serializable
• update each list item instead of re-rendering whole list view when data set has changed on a list item
• hero animation
• show empty view when the list view is empty

install

1. follow flutter official setup guide to set up flutter environment
2. download flutter version 1.17.3

remark: this starter kit support flutter version – 1.17.3. it is because flutter may have breaking change on latest version.

run config

1. click ‘edit configuration’
2. create different run configs for flavours

useful command

run flutter_starter_kit

for development,

flutter run --flavor development -t lib/config/main_development.dart

for staging,

flutter run --flavor staging -t lib/config/main_staging.dart

for production,

flutter run --flavor production -t lib/config/main_production.dart

generate json serialize and deserialize functions

flutter packages pub run build_runner build --delete-conflicting-outputs

lang_table

flutter packages pub run lang_table:generate --platform=airtable --input=https://api.airtable.com/v0/appzmh0wmg3y6apag/example --api-key={your api key} --target=flutter

gen_lang

flutter packages pub run gen_lang:generate