Mandatory setup

Run an existing flutter project on IDE #

Change App Logo​ #

You can generate an app icon from this website https://app icon.co.

• Go to <project>/assets/image/ and replace logo.png with your own logo.
• Go to <project>/assets/image/ and replace logo_name.png with your company name image.
• Then go to /android/app/src/main/res and replace all Mipmap folders with your <generated icon>/android folder.
• Again go to /ios/Runner and replace Assets.xcassets with your generated Assets.xcassets folder.

Change App Name​ #

• You need to set your app name in three different places. Open <project>/lib/util/app_constrants.dart and set the value of APP_NAME


/lib/util/app_constrants.dart

static const String APP_NAME = ‘My App’;

• Change the value of the label from <project>/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

android:label="My App"

• Change the value of CFBundleName from <project>/iOS/Runner/info.plist

/iOS/Runner/info.plist

<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>My App</string>

Change Base URL​ #

Must remember that don’t put slash(/) at the end of your base url. Use your admin URL as the base URL. First, you have to install your admin panel. For example: If your admin url is https://your_domain.com/admin then base url will be https://your_domain.com. Open /lib/util/app_constrants.dart and replace BASE_URL variable value with your own URL.

/lib/util/app_constrants.dart

static const String BASE_URL = 'https://your_domain.com';

Change App Package​ #

First, you have to find out the existing package name. You can find it out from the top of /app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml file. Now right-click on the project folder from Android Studio and click on replace in path. You will get a popup window with two input boxes. In the first box you have to put the existing package name that you saw in AndroidManifest.xml file previously and write down your preferred package name in the second box and then click on Replace All button.

Setup Firebase for Push Notification​ #

First, you have to change your package name. If you didn’t then follow this.

• Create your own Firebase project from https://console.firebase.google.com and also add an Android app there with your own package name and app name.

• Click register app and download google-services.json file from there.
• Copy that file and paste it under <project>/android/app/ folder.
• Create a totally white png logo for notification icon. Paste it on <project>/android/app/src/main/res/drawable/ and replace notification_icon.png with your whiter version logo.
• For IOS again create an app under the same project and download GoogleService-Info.plist and paste it under <project>/iOS/ folder. Also follow this documentation for full setup for IOS: https://firebase.flutter.dev/docs/messaging/apple-integration
• Paste the Firebase server key in the admin panel Notification Settings section. You can get the server key from Firebase project settings->Cloud Messaging->Server Key.

After your setup please restart your IDE and uninstall your previously installed app then run it. Also, don’t try to test it on an emulator or simulator. Emulators and simulators are unable to get push. Use a real device in this case.

Add Google Map API Key​ #

• You need to generate the Google API key. Visit this link – https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/embed/get-api-key
• You need to enable mentioned APIs: Direction API, Distance Matrix API, Geocoding API, Maps SDK for Android, Maps SDK for iOS, and Place API.
• You have to enable a billing account. Visit this URL for activating: https://support.google.com/googleapi/answer/6158867?hl=en
• After generating the API key, you have to put it in 3 different places for Android, iOS, and web.

For Android, open <project>/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml and place the value of com.google.android.geo.API_KEY

/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY" android:value=“YOUR_MAP_API_KEY_HERE”/>

For iOS: open <project>/iOS/Runner/AppDelegate.swift and place the value of GMSServices.provideAPIKey

/iOS/Runner/AppDelegate.swift

GMSServices.provideAPIKey(“YOUR_MAP_API_KEY_HERE")

For web: open <project>/web/index.html and place the value of https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key

/web/index.html

<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_MAP_API_KEY_HERE"></script>