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

# Introduction

In this lesson, you’ll work on adding Call, Text, Video Call, Email, Directions & Pay buttons as shown below:


# Add Container

Let’s start adding the `Container` widget and `Row` child to it. Adding a [`margin`](https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/widgets/Container/margin.html) to the `Container` widget gives some empty spacing around it. Then add [`mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceEvenly`](https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/rendering/MainAxisAlignment-class.html) to make all profile action items evenly spaced.

```
Container(
 margin: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 8, bottom: 8),
 child: Row(
   mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceEvenly,
   children: <Widget>[],
 ),
),

```

# Organizing code

Each component of the screen is composed of other Flutter built-in widgets. We've organized related code in their own methods. 

* `buildCallButton()`: builds the "Call" action item of the *Profile Page* screen.
*  `buildTextButton()`: builds the "Text" action item of the *Profile Page* screen.
* `buildVideoCallButton()`: builds the "Video" call action item of the *Profile Page* screen.
* `buildEmailButton()`: builds the "Email" action item of the *Profile Page* screen.
* `buildDirectionsButton()`: builds the "Directions" action item of the *Profile Page* screen.
* `buildPayButton()`: builds the "Pay" action item of the *Profile Page* screen.
* `mobilePhoneListTile()`: builds the component for mobile phone number. 
* `otherPhoneListTile()`: builds the component for other phone number. 
* `emailListTile()`: builds the widget for email address.
* `addressListTile()`: builds the widget for contact's physical address.


In this lesson, we'll add "Call" & "Text" action items to the *Profile page* using the `buildCallButton()` & `buildTextButton()` methods.


In this lesson, we discuss adding actions items for Profile Page in detail.

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)

Profile Actions Items

Introduction

Add Container

Organizing code