Building a Windows Desktop App in Flutter - MetaTube

In this tutorial, you will learn how to build a Windows desktop application using Flutter. Specifically, you'll be creating MetaTube, an app that simplifies handling YouTube video metadata. Even if you're not a YouTuber, you should still watch this video as it covers a lot of useful information that you can apply to your own desktop application development.

Throughout the video, you'll learn about proper folder structure, setting up your app's window, reading and writing data, making custom widgets and services, and, most importantly, turning your app into an EXE that you can install on your computer.

Whether you're new to Flutter or an experienced developer looking to expand your skills, this tutorial is for you. So, let's dive in and start building a Windows desktop app with Flutter!

TimeStamps

00:00 Introduction
00:34 Getting Started
01:04 Setting Up Main File
02:10 Coding our Home Screen
05:04 Creating Main Button
07:18 Creating Action Button
12:14 Creating Button Style
15:37 Creating a Custom Text Field
21:05 Styling our Custom Text Field
30:01 Adding Copy To Clipboard Button
34:23 Adding Copy to Clipboard Functionality
36:53 Creating a Custom Snackbar
41:27 Adding our Text Fields
42:50 Adding our Save Button
44:08 Creating our File Service
45:46 Fixing our Text Editing Controllers
51:00 Setting up our File Service
51:40 Handling Saving our Content
58:02 Getting Today's date
1:00:45 Finishing our Save Content
1:08:37 Adding Save to our Save Button
1:10:37 Handling Loading Files
1:17:24 Adding Load to our Load Button
1:18:50 Handling New Files
1:20:03 Adding New File to our New File button
1:21:09 Handling Changing Directory
1:23:27 Adding Change Directory to our Directory Button
1:24:56 Making sure all is working properly
1:25:37 Creating a Splash Screen
1:26:13 Styling our Splash Screen
1:30:39 Styling our Window
1:35:43 Creating App Icon in Figma
1:37:52 Updating App Info
1:38:53 Building our App
1:39:15 Testing our App
1:40:30 Downloading Inno Setup
1:40:49 Turning our App into an Exe
1:44:13 Installing our App
1:45:48 Outro

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