Setting Up Flutter on Mac

Flutter Introduction

flutter is a free open source mobile UI framework created by Google. It allows you to create a native mobile application with only one codebase which means that you can build an app on iOS and Android using one codebase (one language is Dart).

1. Flutter SDK: a collection of tools that are going to help you develop your applications. it contains tools that compile your code into native machine code.
2. Flutter Framework: UI Library based on widgets (buttons, text widget, slider…etc)

Install the Flutter SDK

1. You can download the SDK here
2. unzip and place it to the folder (e.g: development)
3. set path to flutter folder
4. check if you have set the path correct by typing on the terminal: which flutter — verify that flutter command is working

Set up the PATH for Flutter

1. launch the terminal
2. Type vim .zprofile (if you use zsh shell on your mac)
3. Type i for inserting mode and add the path of your flutter directory export PATH=”$PATH:[YOUR_PATH]/flutter/bin”
4. To copy your flutter PATH on terminal: cd to the folder you placed the flutter folder and type pwd command, copy the PATH and replace with above [YOUR_PATH]
5. click on esc, then type :wq! to save and quit
6. Check whether you do it correct, type which flutter command on terminal to verify
7. Type flutter — version to check the flutter version