createadi/flutter-with-django

Flutter With Django

Prerequisites :

• Flutter sdk should be installed. (Version >=2.8.x)

  Download | Flutter (Flutter.dev)

• Python should be installed. (Version >=3.9.x)

  Download | Python (python.org)

• Pip should be installed. (Version >=21.1.x)

  Download | Pip (pip.pypa.io)

• Virtual Environment Wrapper should be installed. (Version >=4.8.x)

  Download | Virtual Environment Wrapper (pypi.org)
  Setup: Virtual Environment

• An IDE (e.g VSCode, Atom etc)

  Visual Studio Code
  Atom
  Eclipse

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

• Extract the downloaded starterKit.zip folder.
• Open the starterKit folder and rename it to your requirement.
• Now open the folder and switch to the djangoBackend named folder.
• Create a virtual environment to install all the dependencies by providing command virtualenv virtualenv_name (in place of virtualenv_name, provide your preferred name).
• Switch to the virtual environment by providing the command .\virtualenv_name\Scripts\activate.ps1.
• Run the command pip install -r requirements.txt.
• After all the dependencies are installed, run the command python manage.py runserver.
• This will run the local django server and you will be able to use it with Flutter.
• To access the admin panel on route http://localhost:8000/admin, the default username and password is admin.
• Now, navigate to the flutterapp named folder and then run the command flutter pub get.
• Start your emulator or simulator to run the flutter application in your preferred device.
• Inside the lib folder of flutter project structure, select service_class file and set your localhost url according to the device.
• Move to the main.dart file in the lib folder of the flutterapp project structure and then hit command flutter run lib\main.dart.