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An excerpt displays the initial line(s) of text in a paragraph,
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and handles the overflow text, often using an ellipsis.In Flutter, use the maxLines property of a Text widget
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to specify the number of lines to include in the excerpt,
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and the overflow property for handling overflow text.
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<topic_end>
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<topic_start>Flutter for Xamarin.Forms developers
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This document is meant for Xamarin.Forms developers
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looking to apply their existing knowledge
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to build mobile apps with Flutter.
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If you understand the fundamentals of the Xamarin.Forms framework,
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then you can use this document as a jump start to Flutter development.Your Android and iOS knowledge and skill set
|
are valuable when building with Flutter,
|
because Flutter relies on the native operating system configurations,
|
similar to how you would configure your native Xamarin.Forms projects.
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The Flutter Frameworks is also similar to how you create a single UI,
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that is used on multiple platforms.This document can be used as a cookbook by jumping around
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and finding questions that are most relevant to your needs.<topic_end>
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<topic_start>
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Project setup
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<topic_end>
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<topic_start>
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How does the app start?
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For each platform in Xamarin.Forms,
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you call the LoadApplication method,
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which creates a new application and starts your app.In Flutter, the default main entry point is
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main where you load your Flutter app.
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<code_start>void main() {
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runApp(const MyApp());
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}<code_end>
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In Xamarin.Forms, you assign a Page to the
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MainPage property in the Application class.In Flutter, “everything is a widget”, even the application itself.
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The following example shows MyApp, a simple application Widget.
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<code_start>class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
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/// This widget is the root of your application.
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const MyApp({super.key});
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@override
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Widget build(BuildContext context) {
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return const Center(
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child: Text(
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'Hello World!',
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textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
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),
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);
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}
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}<code_end>
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<topic_end>
|
<topic_start>
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How do you create a page?
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Xamarin.Forms has many types of pages;
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ContentPage is the most common.
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In Flutter, you specify an application widget that holds your root page.
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You can use a MaterialApp widget, which supports Material Design,
|
or you can use a CupertinoApp widget, which supports an iOS-style app,
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or you can use the lower level WidgetsApp,
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which you can customize in any way you want.The following code defines the home page, a stateful widget.
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In Flutter, all widgets are immutable,
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but two types of widgets are supported: Stateful and Stateless.
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Examples of a stateless widget are titles, icons, or images.The following example uses MaterialApp,
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which holds its root page in the home property.
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<code_start>class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
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/// This widget is the root of your application.
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const MyApp({super.key});
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@override
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Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
return const MaterialApp(
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title: 'Flutter Demo',
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home: MyHomePage(title: 'Flutter Demo Home Page'),
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);
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}
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}<code_end>
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From here, your actual first page is another Widget,
|
in which you create your state.A Stateful widget, such as MyHomePage below, consists of two parts.
|
The first part, which is itself immutable, creates a State object
|
that holds the state of the object. The State object persists over
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the life of the widget.
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<code_start>class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
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const MyHomePage({super.key, required this.title});
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final String title;
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@override
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State<MyHomePage> createState() => _MyHomePageState();
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}<code_end>
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The State object implements the build() method for the stateful widget.When the state of the widget tree changes, call setState(),
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which triggers a build of that portion of the UI.
|
Make sure to call setState() only when necessary,
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and only on the part of the widget tree that has changed,
|
or it can result in poor UI performance.
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<code_start>class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
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int _counter = 0;
|
void _incrementCounter() {
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setState(() {
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_counter++;
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});
|
}
|
@override
|
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
return Scaffold(
|
appBar: AppBar(
|
// Take the value from the MyHomePage object that was created by
|
// the App.build method, and use it to set the appbar title.
|
title: Text(widget.title),
|
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