So far, more than 500 developers around the world use Flutter, Google's open source framework for building mobile apps. This technology is often touted as a replacement for React Native. Until recently, the Flutter SDK was only available on Linux as a solution for developing applications for other platforms. The new Flutter SDK allows you to develop applications for Linux systems.
Building Linux Apps with Flutter
βWe are excited to announce the release of Flutter Alpha for Linux. This release has been produced by us in conjunction with Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, the world's most popular Linux desktop distribution,β wrote Google's Chris Sells on his blog.
As early as last year, Google said it wanted to port the Flutter build software to desktop platforms. Now, thanks to cooperation with the Ubuntu Team, developers have the opportunity to create not only mobile applications, but also applications for Ubuntu itself.
Meanwhile, Google assures that applications developed with Flutter for desktop Linux systems will provide all the functionality available to native applications thanks to an extensive overhaul of the Flutter engine.
For example, Dart, the programming language behind Flutter, can now be used to fully integrate with the capabilities provided by the desktop desktop.
Along with the Google team, the Canonical team is also involved in the development, whose representatives said that they will work to improve Linux support and ensure parity of the Flutter SDK features with other platforms.
The developers suggest evaluating the new features of Flutter using the example of Flokk Contacts, a simple application for managing contacts.
Installing the Flutter SDK on Ubuntu
The Flutter SDK is available on the Snap Store. However, after installing it, to add new features, you must run the following commands:
flutter channel dev
flutter upgrade
flutter config --enable-linux-desktop
Also, you will probably need to install the flutter-gallery package, which is also available from the Snap Store.
Source: linux.org.ru