A new Flutter project for the tracking the Personal Expense.
Flutter App: Development and Production Build Guide Prerequisites Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed on your system:
Flutter SDK Dart SDK An IDE like VS Code or Android Studio Device or emulator to run the app Step-by-Step Guide
- Clone the Existing Project First, clone your existing Flutter project from the repository:
bash Copy code git clone cd 2. Install Dependencies Navigate to your project directory and run the following command to install all dependencies:
bash Copy code flutter pub get 3. Check the Project Configuration Ensure your project is correctly configured and there are no issues:
bash Copy code flutter doctor Output Example: less Copy code Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v): [✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 2.5.3, on macOS 11.6 20G165 darwin-x64, locale en-US) [✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 30.0.3) [✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 12.5) [✓] Chrome - develop for the web [✓] Android Studio (version 2020.3) [✓] VS Code (version 1.62.3) [✓] Connected device (2 available) 4. Run the App in Development Mode Run the app on your connected device or emulator in development mode:
bash Copy code flutter run Expected Output: The app should compile and launch on your device/emulator. The terminal should display logs indicating the progress of the build and launch process. Output Example: css Copy code Launching lib/main.dart on iPhone 12 Pro Max in debug mode... Running Xcode build... Xcode build done. 45.4s Syncing files to device iPhone 12 Pro Max... 482ms (!) [VERBOSE-2:ui_dart_state.cc(209)] Unhandled Exception... Performing hot reload... Reloaded 1 of 547 libraries in 1,113ms. 5. Build the App for Production To build the app for production, run the following command for Android and iOS respectively:
Android: bash Copy code flutter build apk --release Expected Output: The terminal should display logs indicating the progress of the build process. Upon completion, the APK file will be located in build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-release.apk. Output Example: sql Copy code Running Gradle task 'assembleRelease'... Running Gradle task 'assembleRelease'... Done 92.3s ✓ Built build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-release.apk (22.1MB). iOS: bash Copy code flutter build ios --release Expected Output: The terminal should display logs indicating the progress of the build process. Upon completion, the iOS build will be available in the build/ios/iphoneos directory