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Flutter

Meaning in mobile app development, with examples

/ˈflʌtər/nounCore term

In mobile app development, Flutter means: Google's open-source framework for building mobile, web and desktop apps from one codebase; it uses the Dart language and draws its own UI on the screen.

In Turkish: Flutter

How it is used

Developers talk about widgets (everything in Flutter is a widget), hot reload, packages from pub.dev and state management options such as Provider, Riverpod or Bloc. Because Flutter draws its own UI, an app looks the same on every platform unless developers adapt it.

Example sentences

  1. We built the first version in Flutter and launched on both stores in three months.

  2. Is there a Flutter package for reading NFC cards?

Common collocations

  • Flutter app
  • Flutter widget
  • Flutter package
  • Flutter developer
  • React NativeA cross-platform framework created by Meta that lets developers build iOS and Android apps with JavaScript or TypeScript and React, using real native UI components.
  • cross-platformDescribes an app or framework that runs on more than one platform, usually both iOS and Android, from one shared codebase.
  • hot reloadA development feature that shows code changes in the running app within a second or two, usually without losing the current screen or its state.
  • widgetA small view from an app that shows live information on the home screen or lock screen, such as the weather or the next meeting, without opening the app.

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