Build, test, and deploy production-ready Flutter apps for mobile, web, and desktop, while adding AI features using ML Kit, Gemini, and agentic workflows
Key Features:
- Integrate ML Kit and Gemini APIs to build AI-powered features into your Flutter apps
- Cover state management, architecture, testing, and debugging for production-ready apps
- Build and deploy cross-platform apps for mobile, web, and desktop from one codebase
Book Description:
"Anyone interested in developing Flutter applications for Android or iOS should have a copy of this book on their desk." - Amazon 5-star review
Lauded as the 'Flutter bible' for mobile app developers, this recipe-based guide teaches best practices for building robust, production-ready applications and solving cross-platform development challenges.
From setting up your development environment to error handling, debugging, and testing, Flutter Cookbook covers both the how-tos and the principles behind them. You'll tackle UI/UX design, API integration, animations, application state management, routing, web services, and local data persistence.
A dedicated section covers Firebase and its machine learning capabilities, including building AI-powered features with ML Kit and the Gemini APIs. You'll go beyond simple AI interactions to build agentic apps with agent loops, plan-act-reflect workflows, multi-agent routing, tool use with the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and runtime-generated UIs.
You'll also learn to build apps for iOS and Android from a single codebase, extend them to web and desktop platforms including Windows, macOS, and Linux, and deploy cross-platform apps to the App Store and Google Play. By the end, you'll be equipped to build, test, and deliver fully functional Flutter applications.
What You Will Learn:
- Build apps for iOS, Android, web, and desktop
- Add AI-powered features using ML Kit and Gemini APIs
- Build agentic apps with agent loops, multi-agent routing, and MCP tool use
- Manage application state with Provider and Riverpod
- Handle asynchronous programming with Future and Stream
- Integrate Firebase for authentication, storage, and ML capabilities
- Structure apps using layered architecture patterns
- Write unit, widget, and integration tests for Flutter apps
- Deploy to the App Store and Google Play, and deliver over-the-air updates without a store release
Who this book is for:
This book is for developers who want to build production-ready Flutter applications and need solutions to real cross-platform challenges. Beginners with coding experience in JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Java, Objective-C, or C# will find clear, recipe-driven guidance from first principles. Experienced mobile and web developers will benefit from architecture patterns, testing strategies, and AI integration techniques that reflect current production practices. No prior Flutter or Dart experience is required.
Table of Contents
- Getting Started with Flutter
- Creating Your First Flutter App
- Exploring Dart - A Language You Already Know
- Using Widgets
- Mastering Layout and Taming the Widget Tree
- Introducing Asynchronous Programming: Future and Stream
- Adding Navigation to Your App
- Persisting Data Locally
- Working with REST APIs
- Mastering State Management
- Using Flutter Packages
- Adding Animations to Your App
- Using Firebase
- Adding Machine Learning to Your Apps with ML Kit
- Integrating Gemini Into Your App
- Creating an Agentic App
- Flutter Web and Desktop
- Leveraging Build Configuration and Version Management in Flutter
- Testing and Quality Assurance in Flutter
- Distributing Your Mobile App
