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Flutter 3 is now stable on macOS and Linux and supports Apple Silicon chips. Key updates include menu support for macOS, Material You design support, improved Firebase integration, foldable device support, and performance improvements for animations and image decoding. Flutter 3 also adds themes extensions and updated ad support while maintaining Flutter's mission of being an open-source, cross-platform framework.
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What’s New in Flutter 3.pdf
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- 2.Quick Summary:Flutter 3is live and ready forproduction on all desktop platforms!We are excited and can’t wait to sharewhat’s new in Flutter, its support formacOS and Linux, the remarkableperformance improvements for weband mobile, and adding support forApple Silicon. Some bonus tips for youat the end. So, let’s get straight to thebusiness.
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- 4.It has onlybeen three months sinceFlutter announced its support forWindows, and here we are, almost inthe midst of May, with the latestFlutter update. This all-new version isstable for macOS and Linux andsupports Apple Silicon. The versionupgrade from Flutter 2 to Flutter 3bridges the journey from a mobile-centric to a multi-platformframework.Flutter is now an undisputed andmost popular cross multi-platform UItoolkit for creating natively compiledapplications. The best thing about
- 5.Flutter is thatit is more than just aGoogle product, and everyone cantaste its slice of success. Anyone canunleash the power of this open-source platform either throughcontributing code, buildingpackages supporting the coreframework, writing material andtutorials, and many other ways.Flutter 2 vs Flutter 3The Flutter 3 release supportsmacOS for Universal Binaries sothat Flutter apps can functionnatively on Apple Silicon chips andIntel. Google has
- 6.collaborated with Ubuntu’sCanonicalfor the Linux release to deliver a highlyintegrated cream of the cream optionfor app development.Let’s delve into what’s new in Flutter 3to discover all the important elementsof Flutter’s stable release.
- 7.What’s New inFlutter3: LatestFeatures
- 8.1. Menu Cascadingand Support for theMacOS System Menu BarThe new Flutter 3 features contain freshinputs for platform-specific integration,interactive models for compilation to buildsupport, provide accessibility, andinternationalization.The purpose of the update is to offerflexibility to effectively utilize the operatingsystem and share optimal UI and logic as perrequirement. The Flutter latest featurescater to platform support beyond renderingpixels.Flutter 3 release date: May 11, 2022(Google I/O Edition).Check out the latest Flutter 3 releasenotes
- 9.2. Material YouSupportWell, one of the top highlights of ourwhat’s new in Flutter 3 discussion isthe transition to Material Design 3, aGoogle in-house design language. TheFlutter team has offered an adaptablecross-platform design system totransform your Flutter app into abeautiful interactive product.
- 10.3. Flutter FirebaseTheapp publishers require acomprehensive set of tools to aid you inoperating, building, and releasing yourFlutter apps. These include services suchas data storage, authentication, devicetesting, and cloud functions. Flutter hasvarious
- 11.third-party integrations likeFirebase,AWS Amplify, Sentry, and AppWrite.Firebase is Google’s back-end platform forbuilding mobile and web applications.The team at Flutter has announced FlutterFirebase integration enabling a fullysupported core part of the Firebaseoffering.According to the report fromSlashdata, 62% of Flutterdevelopers use Firebase for theirFlutter apps. Get started with thisguide to add Firebase to yourFlutter app
- 12.Firebase Crashlytics:You cannow track real-time fatal errorsusing the Flutter Crashlytics plugin, withthe same set of features throughFirebase’s famous real-time crashreporting service.The features include critical alertingmetrics like “crash-free users” that assistyou in keeping up with the stability ofyour app.It is now easy to triage, prioritize and fixissues via the Crashlytics pipeline, whichhas been upgraded to enhance theclustering of Flutter crashes.
- 13.4. Flutter’s GamesToolkitThe Flutter team has focussed on casualgamers this time to release an easy-to-use casual games tool kit. It offers astarter kit of templates and credits forads as well as cloud services.Fun fact: The engineers at Flutter havecreated a fun pinball game powered byFirebase and Flutter’s web supportwhich shows the versatility of the newFlutter 3 update.Bonus Tip: You can develop games onFlutter through this Games doc page.
- 14.5. Mobile Updates•Foldable support for phonesWhat’s new in Flutter 3? Well, the all-newFlutter release incorporates foldable mobiledevices. New widgets and features allowyou to build dynamic and appealingexperiences for the eye on foldable devices.This feature is designed in collaborationwith Microsoft.• Variable refresh rate support for IOSThe new Flutter version supports variablerefresh rates and ProMotion displays on iOSdevices, including iPad Pro and iPhone 13Pro. The rendering capability is now atrefresh rates upto 120 Hz, which was limitedto 60 Hz in the past. The user can have asmoother scrolling experience whilewatching fast animations.
- 15.6. Web Updates•Image DecodingThe latest Flutter 3 version contains newAPIs to decode images off the main threadasynchronously. This is done through thebuilt-in image codecs of the browser. Youwould be happy to know that this featurespeeds up decoding the image 2x,ensuring that the main thread is neverblocked and clearing the junk built-up inthe past.• Web app lifecyclesThe new web app lifecycle API for Flutterapps provides you the benefit ofcontrolling the process for bootstrappingyour app. You can now leverage thedesktop support for your app.
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- 17.The engineering teamat Flutter hastaken the Flutter performanceimprovement to the next level bybenchmarking to evaluate theoptimization benefits. Mostimportantly, the opacity animationperformance has been improved forsimple case scenarios.For instance, when an Opacity widgetconsists of a single renderingprimitive, the saveLayer method isomitted and is usually invoked byOpacity.The Flutter 3 release introduces amechanism that predicts andestimates the rendering picturecomplexity based on the drawingoperations cost
- 18.that it contains.This is used as anapproach to reduce memory usagewithout a regression in Flutter appperformance.We promised you bonus features in theend, and here they are. Let us quicklyskim through these add-on features,which add a cherry to the cake on theFlutter 3 features.
- 19.More ExcitingFeatures: What’sNewin Flutter 3?
- 20.Here are somemore updates on theFlutter ecosystem cherrypickedexclusively for you!1. Theme ExtensionsYou can now add anything to theThemeData of the material libraryusing Theme extensions. Instead ofextending ThemeData andimplementing copyWith, lerp, andother methods again, you can mentionThemeData.extensions.Moreover, as a package developer, youcan provide ThemeExtensions.Moreover, as a package developer, youcan provide ThemeExtensions.2. AdsFlutter 3 supports the publisher’srequirements for
- 21.making personalized adsand managingApple’s App Tracking Transparency(ATTT) requirements. Google provides aUser Messaging Platform (UMP) SDK thatsubstitutes the previous open-sourceConsent SDK.
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- 23.It is undeniablethat the communitydeserves all praises for doing thisawesome work to help Flutter attain thestatus of prestige and innovation tomaintain its caliber of helpingbusinesses of all shapes and sizes acrossthe world.We hope you have had a holisticexperience reading our blog post onwhat’s new in Flutter 3. The future ofFlutter seems bright and promising forbuilding delightful experiences in theapp ecosystem.
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