Top 8 Announcements from Flutter Interact
So the Flutter Interact 19 is ended with amazing cool stuffs and announcements therefore I bring you the Top 8.
1. Flutter 1.12
This new release bring some cool features.
iOS 13 Dark mode available | Cupertino app now support with dark mode.
AndroidX included | All flutter projects are now AndroidX supported so you don’t need to worry about.
Add-to-App support | With Android Studio you can add fully Flutter module/screen/feature in your Android and iOS apps.
Google Fonts Support | Now you can use google fonts in flutter, new package is publish with amazing font reload like hot relead capablity.
Flutter Galley | The app is update with new widgets so you can have a look at codebase.
2. Flutter for Web
Flutter for web is now in beta, means it’s ready for get your hands dirty. Page routing, native text controls and mobile accessibility are new features and many cool plugins.
3. Flutter for Desktop
Flutter For Desktop is now in alpha for macos. Flutter Gallery app also has the Desktop support. Plus there are a lot of improvements for keyboard accessibility and more
4. Supernova
WYSIWYG editor is here for flutter, supernova now supports flutter, you can use your sketch of adobe xd file to generate flutter widgets.
And the awesome part is you can link your project with supernova then you can see your code changing in IDE as well as Hot Reload on emulator while you are editing UI in supernova. Cool Yeah!
5. Rive
Rive previously know as flare making animations in flutter more powerful and added support for features like drop shadows, flows, blurs and masks to make your animations stand out. Also you can import your adobe after effect files thanks to lottie support.
6. Adode XD
With Flutter Plugin for adobe xs you can directly export your UI to DartCode plus it supports hot reload, cool year! mean when you change anything in XD the changes will take effect in your emulator in real time.
7. Dartpad.dev
Dartpad.dev allows you to write and run pure dart, web and flutter app directly in browser. You don’t need to download flutter sdk, setup IDE and setup emulator, it’s all in your browser.
8. Android Studio Tools
With Hot UI tool for Android Studio we can preview our Flutter app UI directly from Android Studio IDE, you can make chances on Hot UI and see those changes via Hot Reload without touching the code.
Conclusion
Flutter is makes tremendous progress in 2019 and for me it is the smoothest solutions for writing cross platform applications comparing to Ionic or React Native.
If you are from Pakistan, many local events are planned to bring Flutter Interact experience to you so checkout https://devncode.tech/events for links.
I will be co-hosting Flutter Interact — View Party in Hyderabad so join me and learn together.
Event Link: https://devncode.tech/events/5df1e171fb242c001080b5fc
