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Responsive and Adaptive UI in Flutter

Gain insights into responsive and adaptive UI in Flutter, explore powerful widgets, external packages, and hands-on coding to build user-friendly, cross-platform applications.

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Flutter is an open-source software development kit (SDK) created by Google to support cross-platform application development for online and in the most popular consumer operating systems. Understanding Flutter’s user interface (UI) approach can help unlock robust application development across all these environments. This course will introduce you to the core concepts of responsive and adaptive UI in Flutter. You’ll start with common layout widgets before exploring application development using the most powerful widgets. Next, you’ll explore external packages that can extend responsiveness and adaptiveness beyond the core Flutter UI. At each step, you’ll see examples comparing and contrasting responsive and adaptive UIs with applications that do not invoke these principles. Finally, you’ll build functional widgets and application UI with hands-on coding environments By the end of this course, you’ll be able to build user-friendly applications in Flutter using responsive and adaptive UI principles.

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

A strong understanding of user interface design best practices, particularly responsive and adaptive applications

A working knowledge of Flutter and its UI widgets

A deep familiarity with Flutter’s expansive external packages to improve UI design

Hands-on experience building responsive and adaptive UI using Flutter

A strong understanding of user interface design best practices, particularly responsive and adaptive applications

Content

50 Lessons16 Quizzes

Introduction

3 Lessons

Learn how to use Flutter for adaptive and responsive UI across various devices.

Course Overview

Prerequisites and Objectives

Why Adaptive and Responsive UI Matters

Basic Single-Child Layout Widgets

7 Lessons

Get started with single-child layout widgets to enhance your responsive UI designs.

Single-Child Widgets for Responsive Layout

The Align Widget

The AspectRatio Widget

The ConstrainedBox Widget

The Expanded Widget

The Flexible Widget

Quiz Yourself: Single-Child Layout Widgets

Basic Multi-Child Layout Widgets

9 Lessons

Examine multi-child widgets in Flutter, enhancing responsive UIs across various layouts and screen sizes.

Multi-Child Widgets for Responsive Layout

Quiz: Multi-child Layout Widgets

The Problem of Starting with a Smartphone

3 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of adapting responsive UIs for various devices in Flutter applications.

A Classic Flutter App

There’s More Space on a Tablet

What About Web and Desktop?

Measure your Sizes - Responsive UI Widgets

5 Lessons

Take a closer look at using MediaQuery and LayoutBuilder for responsive Flutter UIs.

The MediaQuery Widget

The LayoutBuilder Widget

Challenge: Measure your Sizes - Responsive UI Widgets

Solution: Measure your Sizes - Responsive UI Widgets

Quiz Yourself: Measure your Sizes - Responsive UI Widgets

Different Widgets for Different Sizes

5 Lessons

Simplify complex topics to adapt and optimize UIs for varying screen sizes in Flutter.

Show a Widget Depending on the Available Space

Add a Widget on Larger Screens

Add More if There’s Enough Space

Challenge: Different Widgets for Different Sizes

Solution: Different Widgets for Different Sizes

Avoid Gigantic Widgets

8 Lessons

Approach responsive layout strategies to ensure optimal display across various screen sizes.

Limit the Size of a Widget

Use Wrap to Fill the Space

Use GridView to Layout a Grid

Custom Grid for Special Cases

Challenge: Resize the Settings Page

Solution: Resize the Settings Page

Challenge: Fill the Settings Page

Solution: Fill the Settings Page

Adaptive Design

4 Lessons

Try out adaptive design techniques for mobile, desktop, and visual density in Flutter.

Adaptive Design for Mobile

Adaptive Design for Desktop

Visual Density

Quiz Yourself: Adaptive Design

External Packages

3 Lessons

Get started with responsive and adaptive UIs in Flutter using effective external packages.

Easy Responsive Design with responsive_framework

Get Device Breakpoints with responsive_builder

Add More Adaptive Widgets to Flutter

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Conclusion

1 Lessons

Examine key principles of responsive and adaptive Flutter applications for improved user experience.

Summary and Next Steps

11.

Appendix: Other Resources

2 Lessons

Find out about essential skills, useful packages, and official resources for Flutter development.

What You Need to Know

Useful Packages

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

Course Author:

Michele Volpato

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