Delve into Flutter's UI framework to build high-quality Android apps, from creating contact profiles to enhancing them with themes and API integration, culminating in app publication.

Flutter is Google’s mobile UI framework used for crafting high-quality native interfaces on iOS and Android. This course focuses on building applications for the Android platform.

You’ll start by exploring the intricacies of Flutter and work your way up to implementing a contact profile page for an Android address book.

In the latter half of the course, you’ll learn to work with Flutter themes to spruce up the contact profile app you created. To round out your Flutter experience, you’ll also practice fetching data from a remote Application Programming Interface (API).

You’ll put into practice what you learn using live coding environments embedded within the course. By the time you’re done, you’ll be ready to create your own Android app and publish it to the Google Play Store.

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Beginning Flutter: Android Mobile App Development

# What is cross-platform development

Cross-platform development is the ability to build and deliver mobile applications that can run across multiple device platforms like Android, iOS, Web, Desktop, etc.

# Challenges

Developing and delivering mobile applications targeted to multiple platforms is quite challenging and hard. Following, we break down these challenges in more detail.

## Multiple devices, form-factors & platforms
There are so many screen form factors to take into account. When combined with the number of devices and platform choices that arise, developers' lives start to become overwhelmingly complex.

> The [form factor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_factor_(mobile_phones)) of a mobile phone is its size, shape, and style, as well as the layout and position of its major components.

This lesson gives a quick introduction about cross-platform development and challenges involved.

Introduction

Hello Flutter !

Build your Contact Profile Page

Flutter Themes

MovieApp: Fetching Data from REST API

Where to Go from Here

Appendix: Installation & Setting up Flutter (Optional)

Cross-platform Development

What is cross-platform development

Challenges

Multiple devices, form-factors & platforms