Flutter cross-platform development guide covering widget patterns, Riverpod/Bloc state management, GoRouter navigation, performance optimization, and platform-specific implementations. Includes const optimization, responsive layouts, testing strategies, and DevTools profiling. Use when: building Flutter apps, implementing state management (Riverpod/Bloc), setting up GoRouter navigation, creating custom widgets, optimizing performance, writing widget tests, cross-platform development.
A practical guide for building cross-platform applications with Flutter 3 and Dart. Focuses on proven patterns, state management, and performance optimization.
| Purpose | Component |
|---|---|
| State management (simple) | StateProvider + ConsumerWidget |
| State management (complex) | NotifierProvider / Bloc |
| Async data | FutureProvider / AsyncNotifierProvider |
| Real-time streams | StreamProvider |
| Navigation | GoRouter + context.go/push |
| Responsive layout | LayoutBuilder + breakpoints |
| List display | ListView.builder |
| Complex scrolling |
CustomScrollView + Slivers |
| Hooks | HookWidget + useState/useEffect |
| Forms | Form + TextFormField + validation |
| Purpose | Solution |
|---|---|
| Prevent rebuilds | const constructors |
| Selective updates | ref.watch(provider.select(...)) |
| Isolate repaints | RepaintBoundary |
| Lazy lists | ListView.builder |
| Heavy computation | compute() isolate |
| Image caching | cached_network_image |
const constructors wherever possibleKey for list items (ValueKey, ObjectKey)ConsumerWidget over StatefulWidget for stateselect() to minimize rebuildsRepaintBoundary for complex animationscompute()const constructors on all static widgetsKey on list itemsConsumerWidget for state-dependent widgetsbuild() methodselect() for granular rebuildsflutter run --profile)blocTest()| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| Widget patterns, const optimization, responsive layout | Widget Patterns |
| Riverpod providers, notifiers, async state | Riverpod State Management |
| Bloc, Cubit, event-driven state | Bloc State Management |
| GoRouter setup, routes, deep linking | GoRouter Navigation |
| Feature-based structure, dependencies | Project Structure |
| Profiling, const optimization, DevTools | Performance Optimization |
| Widget tests, integration tests, mocking | Testing Strategies |
| iOS/Android/Web specific implementations | Platform Integration |
| Implicit/explicit animations, Hero, transitions | Animations |
| Dio, interceptors, error handling, caching | Networking |
| Form validation, FormField, input formatters | Forms |
| i18n, flutter_localizations, intl | Localization |
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