There is a proverb "You don't have to reinvent the wheel". Libraries are the best example of that. It helps you to write complex and time-consuming functionality in an easy way. According to me, a good project uses some of the best libraries available.
Flutter is one of the best mobile UI frameworks created by Google. Here I have compiled a list of 7 flutter packages that will help you in your development journey.
1. Logging
I believe after debugging log is one of the most used ways to understand how and why your app is behaving like this. This package provides APIs for debugging and error logging, similar to loggers in other languages, such as the Closure JS Logger and java.util.logging.Logger. It supports different types of logging levels like Level.SHOUT , Level.SEVERE , Level.CONFIG , and many more.
You can check the library here and the GitHub repository here.
2. Stash
This package is a key-value store abstraction with a pluggable backend architecture that provides support for vault and cache objects. The vault is a simple key-value storage for primitives and objects but the cache goes one step further and adds caching semantics. It supports the most traditional capabilities found on well know caching libraries like expiration or eviction and all its core concepts were designed from the ground up with extensibility in mind.
You can check the library here and the GitHub repository here.
3. Crypto
This package will help you to work with cryptographic algorithms and protocols. It supports a wide range of cryptographic algorithms, such as SHA-1, SHA-256, AES, RSA, and more. It also provides various tools for working with keys and certificates, such as generating and verifying digital signatures. It has more than 1k likes on FlutterPub.
You can check the library here and the GitHub repository here.
4. Xml
This is a good resource for parsing and working with XML data. It supports a wide range of features, such as creating XML documents from scratch, parsing XML documents from strings or files, traversing, querying, transforming, and modifying XML documents, and more.
You can check the library here and the GitHub repository here.
5. Filesize
This package will translate raw file size into human-readable strings. It includes features like size can be passed as a number or as a string, has optional parameters to specify numbers of digits after commas/points, etc.
You can check the library here and the GitHub repository here.
6. Country Picker
This package will help you to display a country picker widget in a Flutter app. It supports a wide range of features, such as filtering and searching for countries, customizing the appearance of the picker widget, and more. One of the key features of this package is its support for internationalization. This allows you to display country names in various languages, making it easier to create apps for a global audience.
You can check the library here and the GitHub repository here.
7. Video Player
I believe you have already understood by the name that this is a good resource for you if you have to work with video. This package will help you to display inline videos with other Flutter widgets on Android, iOS, and the web. On iOS it uses AVPlayer and on android it uses ExoPlayer. On the Web, available formats depend on your users' browsers (vendor and version). It has more than 2k likes on FlutterPub.
You can check the library here and the GitHub repository here.
Where are some other awesome resources?
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That's all for today. I believe these plugins will help you a lot in your development journey.
If you know of any other beautiful Flutter plugins, please share them in the comments. Until we meet again….Cheers!
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