favorite_places

A simple Flutter app that allows user to manage a list of favorite places. The app was done as part of a Udemy course on Flutter.

About the project

• Written in Dart
• Uses the ImagePicker package to take photos with the camera
• Utilizes GoogleMaps for map functionality
• Data is stored locally using Sqflite

Functionality

• Add and remove favorite places from the list
• Each place has a name, an image (taken via the phone camera) and a geolocation (set manually or automatically)

Installation

• Prerequisites (a significant number): Android Studio, Android SDK, Android SDK Tools, NDK, Android SDK Command Line Tools, CMake, Adroid Emulator, JDK, git, VS Code Dart and Flutter plugins
• Use flutter doctor -v to check whether all requirements are met
• Clone the repo. Bette to kep the original name (otherwise you need to edit imports)
• Run flutter pub get to install all dependencies
• Create .env and add your GOOGLE_API_KEY to enable Google Maps module
• Execute flutter run to launch the app

Demo

Links

• Udemy coures
• Article on how to use environmental variables in .xml files