Flutter Tips & Tricks

A collection of all the Flutter tips & tricks I share on Twitter. If you find this useful, give it a star! 🌟

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ID	View on GitHub (this repo)	Original Tweet	Link on codewithandrea.com
64	When to use each Riverpod provider?	link
63	Explicit error types with Either	link	link
62	Exception handling: try/catch vs Result	link	link
61	Errors vs Exceptions in Flutter	link
60	Do not use BuildContexts across async gaps (and what to do instead)	link
59	Flutter Riverpod: How to Register a Listener during App Startup	link	link
58	Using test tags in Flutter	link
57	Singletons in Flutter: Drawbacks	link
56	Riverpod: Async init with Provider Overrides	link
55	How to run multiple test variants	link
54	Riverpod tip for less boilerplate (Passing Ref)	link
53	How to Create DartPad Examples from GitHub Gists	link	link
52	How to Add a Custom Test Timeout in Flutter	link	link
51	Golden Image Testing with Robot Testing	link
50	Dart 2.17: Enhanced Enums with Members	link	link
49	Dart 2.17: Super Initializers	link	link
48	Testing functions that throw	link	link
47	Why write automated tests?	link
46	Riverpod: difference between ref.watch, ref.read, ref.listen	link
45	The Map.update() method	link	link
44	AsyncValue.guard() vs try/catch	link	link
43	How to write a reactive in-memory store with RxDart	link
42	How to Generate and Analyze a Flutter Test Coverage Report in VSCode	link	link
41	Using Fake Repositories for Testing	link
40	Anatomy of a Riverpod Provider	link
39	Flutter Project Structure: Feature-first or Layer-first?	link	link
38	Popular architectures for Flutter development	link	link
37	Rules to follow for good app architecture	link
36	GoRouter: go vs push	link	link
35	AsyncValue vs FutureBuilder & StreamBuilder	link	link
34	How to use WidgetsBindingObserver	link
33	VSCode extensions to speed-up your Flutter workflow	link	link
32	Flutter tip: use composition aggressively	link
31	How to use the Flutter Widget Inspector	link
30	VSCode launch configurations	link
29	Domain-Driven Exception Handling	link
28	DDD: The Domain Model	link
27	Better Comments Extension for VSCode	link
26	Running tests with GitHub actions	link
25	How to run Flutter Integration Tests at Hyper Speed	link
24	Simplified Flutter App Localization	link	link
23	The Gap Widget	link
22	App Development workflow in 6 steps	link
21	Repositories as abstract classes (program to interfaces, not implementations)	link	link
20	How to configure multiple Firebase environments with FlutterFire CLI	link
19	How to use Robot Testing to write more readable widget tests	link
18	How to create a Flutter GridView with content-sized items	link	link
17	6 common sources of errors in Flutter apps	link
16	Easily handle loading and error states	link
15	AsyncValueWidget: a reusable Flutter widget to work with AsyncValue (using Riverpod)	link	link
14	How to navigate programmatically between tabs in Flutter	link
13	Responsive Flutter card layout with SizedBox & Center	link
12	How to Validate a TextField in Flutter	link	link
11	How to Style an ElevatedButton in Flutter	link	link
10	How to Generate Fake data with the Faker package	link
9	Chat UI with message bubbles (revisited)	link
8	Chat UI with message bubbles	link	link
7	How to set the border radius on a Flutter container	link
6	Flutter Fix all command	link
5	Use the DevTools to identify Jank and Shader compilation issues	link
4	Flutter Lints package	link
3	Accept payments with the Stripe SDK	link
2	Flutter create --sample	link
1	Flutter reusable Split View on mobile, desktop and web	link	link

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