Top 15 packages one should not miss — Flutter💙
There are lots of packages available on our beloved website pub.dev. But there are always some of the packages that one should check out without being missed!
Started learning Flutter recently? There are tons of packages available in Flutter that you should try. This article contains a list of the top 10 packages that will help you in your Flutter journey.
1. http
http is a package that you will use almost in all the projects that you do. It helps to create HTTP requests (get, post, put, etc) and deal with data. This package is mainly used for API Calls and is the most common and simple package used for this task.
2. dio
Dio is another package widely used for API Calls. It is created on top of the http package. It provides functionalities of the http package and some additional functionalities like download, interceptors, cookie manager, handling errors, etc.
3. provider
Provider is one of the most widely used and simplest state management techniques recommended by the Flutter team. Once you get comfortable with Provider, there are many other state management packages you can get your hands dirty with.
5. flutter_bloc
After Provider, the bloc is another widely used State Management technique that is used in production level apps too. It is created on top of the provider and works on the concept of event and state.
6. riverpod
Riverpod is also one of the widely used state management packages that catch programming errors at compile time rather than at runtime, removes nesting for listening/combining objects and ensures that the code is testable.
7. device_preview
device_preview provides rich functionality to check your app on various devices and get to know how your app will look on different screen size!
8. flutter_lints
Rules are always important no matter where you apply! It’s equally important in development. flutter_lints package allows you to define rules so that you or your team can have a better coding standard.
9. google_fonts
This package helps you to provide different font families and styles to your text. The other way is to download the font family file, add it to assets and then add the same to pubspec.yaml. On the other hand, google_fonts will help you to change the font of a text wherever you need without any additional work!
12. cached_network_image
You will always encounter the use where you need to show an image from any URL. This package helps you to cache the image which you get from URL so that next time you can show the same instance of that image without taking much time to load.
11. path_provider
path_provider is also one of the most widely used packages that allow you to get the most commonly used locations on the file system.
12. shared_preferences
This package allows you to store a small amount of data (not critical data) into the persistent storage of the platform.
13. sqflite
SQFLite is a package that will allow you to store data in the local system at any path that you want. It provides SQL based queries and functions to do the task.
14. url_launcher
url_launcher is a package that allows you to launch different URLs through your Flutter app. You can also use this to move the user to SMS, WhatsApp, Phone, Mail, etc. services!
15. webview_flutter
This package allows you to open an in-app browser and load a webpage in the browser.
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