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Beginning Flutter

You're reading from Beginning Flutter A hands-on guide to app development

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2019

Publisher Wiley

ISBN-13 9781119550822

Length 528 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Flutter

Concepts

Application Development

Author (1):

Marco L. Napoli

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Table of Contents (7) Chapters

1. COVER FREE CHAPTER

2. INTRODUCTION

3. PART I: The Foundations of Flutter Programming

4. PART II: Intermediate Flutter: Fleshing Out an App

5. PART III: Creating Production‐Ready Apps

6. INDEX

7. END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

13
Saving Data with Local Persistence

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER

How to persist saving and reading data locally
How to structure data by using the JSON file format
How to create model classes to handle JSON serialization
How to access local iOS and Android filesystem locations using the path provider package
How to format dates by using the internationalization package
How to use the Future class with the showDatePicker to present a calendar to choose dates
How to use the Future class to save, read, and parse JSON files
How to use the ListView.separated constructor to section records with a Divider
How to use List().sort to sort journal entries by date
How to use textInputAction to customize keyboard actions
How to use FocusNode and FocusScope with the keyboard onSubmitted to move the cursor to the next entry's TextField
How to pass and receive data in a class by using the Navigator

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Authors (1)

Marco L. Napoli

Marco L. Napoli

Marco L. Napoliis the CEO of Pixolini Inc. and an experienced mobile, web and desktop app developer. He has a strong proven record in developing visually elegant and simple to use systems. His work and published apps can be seen at pixolini.com.

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