Flutter 1.7.8 version: Everything a Flutter developer needs to know

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  1. AndroidX Support for new apps

As a developer, all you need to do is, add “–android” flag to the Flutter app development project to get access to the AndroidX Support Library created by Jetpack Team. IT is an open-source support library which is stable and reduces the need for integration with Android framework. This allows the developers to create and update apps without hindering the backward compatibility feature. This is one of the reasons we might see more and more Android apps created using Flutter, in the future. This is a major news for any Flutter development company in the world. Read more about how to migrate a Flutter plug-in to Android X, on Flutter’s official website.

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  2. New APIs and Widgets

Flutter is out with a goal to become the prime cross-platform app development platform, that’s what the list of latest APIs and Widgets suggests. Flutter is constantly adding APIs and Widgets that enables the developers to envision innovation in their both iOS as well as Android apps. The new ‘RangeSlider’ Widget is one of the coolest additions. ‘RangeSlider’ is a control feature that enables the user to select a range of points between minimum and maximum ends. Also, ‘SnackBar’ Widget for Android and for iOS, the widget for Cupertino is updated with better CupertinoDateTimePicker and CupertinoPicker widgets.

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  3. Both 64-bit and 32-bit Support

From 1 August 2019 onwards, while publishing the app on Google Store, all the apps that targets ‘AndroidPie’ would need to submit a 64-bit version along with 32-bit version. And as a proactive measure, Flutter has allowed the developers to create both 64-bit and 32-bit Android app bundles, through this latest version. In a single submission, the developers can now fulfil the needs of APK files for 64-bit as well as 32-bit devices.

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  4. OpenType Typography Support

The Rich Typography support is way better now with the Flutter 1.7.8 version. Text is one of the most important part of the overall user experience and text rendering has got a major upgrade on Flutter. Now developers can use different set of numbers, custom ligatures, symbols and old-style letters through different style sets. Also, the text selection and editing on iOS, regardless it is Material or Coupertino Design, has been improved to a great extent. Now you can get multiple stylistic sets in one font, for both iOS and Android. It is slated to make the UX of Flutter apps, even better.

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  5. Resolution of Reported Issues

Of course, this is one the chief reason for any upgrade – to resolve the technical issues reported by the users. This version is providing 1114 merged PRs and 1398 user reported issues have been resolved in the latest Flutter 1.7.8. These issues pertain to severe crash, amination, scrolling, images, fundamental functions, tooling, typography and accessibility.

You can see the list of issue resolved in this version here.