Testing native functionality, such as permission handling, in End-to-End tests of Flutter applications has always been a challenging area.

If you have also encountered similar difficulties, then this article is for you.

In it, the author will provide a detailed account of how he managed to solve these problems using Patrol.

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Have you ever used code generation, and how often have you found yourself needing to write your own? Sometimes, the need arises, but it may seem complex and unclear where to begin.

We invite you to explore this article dedicated to the fundamentals of code generation using build and source_gen.

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There is a pattern matching in Dart for some time. And it will be our next topic at the New Year's Eve Flutter Voronezh event. Our guest - Fedor Blagodyr, will tell us more about what it is, what problems it allows to solve, as well as show not the most obvious moments of pattern matching in Dart.

Meetup will be online (in Russian) on December 25, 18:00 Moscow time.

📌 Registration is available by the link.
https://www.meetup.com/flutter-voronezh/events/297993310/

#event #fluttervrn

Overlay Portal In the new episode of Widget of the Week.

📌 More details by the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Ylpa44OAQ

#widgetoftheweek

In one of the latest Observable<Flutter> Craig Labenz and Manuela Sakura Rommel discuss an important topic for applications - accessibility.

📌 The video is available at the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7mWmOiLIkI

#video

VGV talked in their article about how they worked on the Ask Dash demo project.

📌 You can find the article at the link.
https://verygood.ventures/blog/how-we-built-it-ask-dash-a-generative-ai-flutter-application

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The New Year is coming, and for some people it may even have already arrived. Our project team wishes you good luck and success in the upcoming year, good health and a peaceful sky above your head.

Happy New Year! 🎉🎄🍾

Flutter apps built on Xcode 15 and targeting iOS 11 (the minimum currently supported) may crash runtime when interacting with Networking. You can fix this by bumping the version to 12, which anyway will be the minimum supported one in the near future.

📌 Read more at the link.
https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/136060

#advice

Several videos about game development have been recently released on Observable<Flutter> series straight away. They show:

👉 continuing development of zombie shooter;
👉 game loop optimization;
👉 flame_behaviors.

📌 The recordings are available at.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfREhtybQI8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww_Z6hpo3jc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dAJmGEQauQ

#video

A high level of test coverage, without additional metrics, does not tell us anything at all. However, even in this case, the higher the level, the higher the probability that the right case will be protected. So either way, working to increase coverage has a positive impact on quality.

📌 VGV's thoughts on test coverage in the article.
https://verygood.ventures/blog/road-to-100-test-coverage

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The Global Gamers Challenge is an 8-week challenge, sponsored by Flutter and Global Citizen, to design, build, and publish sustainable games using Flutter. The prizes include a free trip to NYC to hang out with the Flutter team and the VIP treatment at the next Global Citizen Festival. If you use the Google Wallet API you can earn extra bonuses.

📌 More details at the links. Good luck to all participants.
https://flutter.dev/global-gamers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CfGfs259gg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5mSsXdkKxg

#challenge

Meanwhile, using scrolling with two fingers to check is an app created with Flutter, will go into oblivion in one of the upcoming versions. 🫡

📌 Read more at the link.
https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/11884

#news

DropdownMenu in the new episode of Widget of the Week.

📌 More details by the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giV9AbM2gd8

#widgetoftheweek

Craig Labenz continues to improve his zombie game as part of the Observable<Flutter> series.

📌 The video is available at the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ73P28dr14

#video

It looks like Fuchsia won't be the operating system for any device other than the Nest Hub, at least in the near future. Google is discontinuing work on running the full Chrome browser on Fuchsia.

📌 Read more in the article.
https://9to5google.com/2024/01/15/google-is-no-longer-bringing-the-full-chrome-browser-to-fuchsia/

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Craig Labenz talks about patterns in the new episode of DecodingFlutter.

📌 The video is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLvlqD4QS7Y

#decodingflutter

When discussing asynchronous programming, it's hard to ignore zones.

We have gathered some interesting materials for you that will help you better understand how zones work and how they can be beneficial in practice.

📌 Article on Medium

📌 Another article on Medium

📌 Article from the Dart team (archive)

📌 Video about EventLoop and zones

#advice
#ohmyteam
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News for Dart-backend enthusiasts, a new version of Serverpod codenamed Cyberpunk was recently released.

📌 Details about the update in the article.
https://medium.com/serverpod/serverpod-1-2-cyberpunk-a-leap-forward-for-dart-on-the-backend-70e6657b0ffa

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Over the past year, the Flutter and Dart ecosystem has seriously grown in numbers, from 38k packages to 48k. Ander Dobo talks about these changes, as well as the new Flutter Favorite badge owners in the article.

📌 Read more at the link.
https://medium.com/flutter/progress-of-the-flutter-package-ecosystem-17cded9a0703

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Interesting article on the topic of reflection in Dart.

In it, you will find:

👉 Practical examples of usage
👉 Existing challenges
👉 Why we cannot fully use it now
👉 Performance comparison with other languages.

📌 Article

#article
#ohmyteam
#ohmyfedukenukem

We all make typos quite otfen 🙃, and when they don't interfere with search results, it has a positive impact on the user experience. Implementing fuzzy search can help with this. Daria Orlova shows how to do it in her article.

📌 Read more at the link.
https://dariadroid.substack.com/p/implementing-fuzzy-search-in-a-flutter

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