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Flutter 3.27 has arrived! What’s new?

With Flutter 3.27 we have a brand new release on the stable channel, with hot topics like Impeller for Android, Dart workspaces, Swift…

Dec 12, 2024

Flutter 3.27 has arrived! What’s new?

Dec 12, 2024

How to create your first macro in Dart

Done with code generation? Want to know how to speed up your Flutter build times significantly? Macros are here to help you out! A quick…

Jun 12, 2024

How to create your first macro in Dart

Jun 12, 2024

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Native app development is dead

Long live cross-platform solutions! They’re doing such a good job these days that it’s getting harder and harder to justify going for…

May 30, 2024

Native app development is dead

May 30, 2024

Is Kotlin Multiplatform killing Flutter?

The current options of cross-platform solutions are endless, and honestly: there’s no right or wrong. KMP and Compose look like a serious…

May 24, 2024

Is Kotlin Multiplatform killing Flutter?

May 24, 2024

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What’s new in Floor 1.4.2

Floor is a typesafe, reactive, lightweight SQLite database for Flutter. Android developers will probably feel familiar from the get-go…

Apr 25, 2023

Apr 25, 2023

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Pinch.nl

Flutter is stepping up its game in 2023

Pinch is already getting into its 4th year of using Flutter, and what a journey it’s been to see the framework maturing. We’re always…

Feb 3, 2023

Flutter is stepping up its game in 2023

Feb 3, 2023

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Pcov: better code coverage for Flutter

Testing can give you some great insights into the quality of your code, as well as provide you with a safety net when refactoring your code…

Dec 23, 2022

Pcov: better code coverage for Flutter

Dec 23, 2022

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Pinch.nl

Why I’m choosing Flutter in 2022

There are more than enough options in mobile development to go for, but I’m sticking with Google’s Flutter for 2022.

Dec 19, 2021

Why I’m choosing Flutter in 2022

Dec 19, 2021

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DateTime and Daylight Saving time in Dart

Handling dates in Flutter is easy, perhaps a bit too easy? We can easily use and modify dates and times, but this can get you into trouble…

Nov 23, 2021

DateTime and Daylight Saving time in Dart

Nov 23, 2021

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How I made an image cropper in Flutter

Cropping images is a pretty common thing in apps these days, but it’s still hard to do in our Flutter apps. We usually end up with packages…

Oct 24, 2021

How I made an image cropper in Flutter

Oct 24, 2021

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How Flutter renders the UI

As developers we make our UI through widgets, but how do they end up on the screen? How do we get that smooth 120 frames per second? Let’s…

Jul 22, 2021

How Flutter renders the UI

Jul 22, 2021

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Checking connectivity in Flutter

The connectivity package is this week’s ‘package of the week’. It lets you easily check if there’s a connection or not, giving both you but…

May 25, 2021

Checking connectivity in Flutter

May 25, 2021

Flutter & its poor iOS performance

Flutter’s not all fun and games, the current drama on ‘iOS jank’ is causing lots of developers to either stay away from Flutter or convert…

Feb 22, 2021

Flutter & its poor iOS performance

Feb 22, 2021

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White-label apps in Flutter

Flavors in Flutter work well for separate environments, but what if we want to have a common code base with white label variants for…

Dec 6, 2020

White-label apps in Flutter

Dec 6, 2020

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Drop it like it’s 🔥 Using dropdowns in Flutter

Dropdowns are good when you’d like to pick an option out of a large dataset, but how do we add them in a Flutter app? And better yet: how…

Aug 24, 2020

Drop it like it’s 🔥 Using dropdowns in Flutter

Aug 24, 2020

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Flutter’s Stateful Widget cheat sheet

Instead of looking at something specific, let’s take a step back today and revert to one of the basics in Flutter. A brief overview of…

Jun 28, 2020

Flutter’s Stateful Widget cheat sheet

Jun 28, 2020

Google Play Store listing

It can be quite a hassle, what do you need from your client when you want to add a new app to the Google Play Store? Let’s go through the…

May 26, 2020

Google Play Store listing

May 26, 2020

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Pinch.nl

Networking in Flutter — Quick guide

When doing mobile development it’s inevitable: using an API. How can we consume those APIs nicely in Flutter? We managed to find a pretty…

Apr 30, 2020

Networking in Flutter — Quick guide

Apr 30, 2020

Working remotely — 5 tips to do things right

The world is taking a big hit due to coronavirus. A lot of companies have decided to continue their work remotely, but how can you keep…

Mar 19, 2020

Working remotely — 5 tips to do things right

Mar 19, 2020

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(Un)ordered lists on Android

Bulleted lists or numbered lists are a pretty common way of summing up content, but how do we actually implement those in Android? Let’s…

Mar 17, 2020

(Un)ordered lists on Android

Mar 17, 2020

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Thomas Middel

🏢 CTO @ bloom-group.nl 𝕏 https://x.com/thethomasmiddel 🤝 https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmiddel

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