Flutter tutorial part 1: How to build a flutter app

Ying Chen
2 min readApr 19, 2019

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To create a flutter app, check yours have installed the flutter properly.

flutter doctor
flutter doctor
  1. Run the following command line
flutter create hello_world

You will see the following output:

2. Enter the directory, check available emulators:

cd hello_world
flutter emulators

Find your device identifier and lunch one of the simulator

flutter emulators --launch apple_ios_simulator

Create your flutter main class.

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:english_words/english_words.dart';
void main() => runApp(MyApp());class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
title: 'Startup Name Generator',
home: RandomWords(),
);
}
}
class RandomWordsState extends State<RandomWords> {
final _suggestions = <WordPair>[];
final _biggerFont = const TextStyle(fontSize: 18.0);
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text('Startup Name Generator'),
),
body: _buildSuggestions(),
);
}
Widget _buildSuggestions() {
return ListView.builder(
padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16.0),
itemBuilder: /*1*/ (context, i) {
if (i.isOdd) return Divider(); /*2*/
final index = i ~/ 2; /*3*/
if (index >= _suggestions.length) {
_suggestions.addAll(generateWordPairs().take(10)); /*4*/
}
return _buildRow(_suggestions[index]);
});
}
Widget _buildRow(WordPair pair) {
return ListTile(
title: Text(
pair.asPascalCase,
style: _biggerFont,
),
);
}
}
class RandomWords extends StatefulWidget {
@override
RandomWordsState createState() => new RandomWordsState();
}

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