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Flutter Mobile App submission for the WaveDirect Award challenge at BorderHacks 2020
WaveDirect App
A Flutter mobile application made in less than 48 hours! (My first full app, too!)
Submission for BorderHacks 2020 hackathon; WaveDirect Award.
Challenge Description
Design a mobile application, that allows for quick and easy access to widgets that enable our end-users to manage their account, without an overly complicated user experience.
My reponse
One of the biggest challenges that the average person faces is the ability to navigate difficult graphical user interfaces, specifically on a web browser. With the WaveDirect app, anyone can easily use it without any obstacles!
Tools used:
- VS Code
- Flutter UI Toolkit by Google
- Android Studio & Emulator
Dependencies:
Features
Home screen
A welcoming screen for when you first open the app!
Login Page
Secure authentication to keep all your data and information private from other people!
Account Page
This is where clients will be able to view everything about their service in one place! Want to upgrade your plans? Compare them on the app, and give them a call once you’ve decided!
Edit your account info and pay your bills right from your account page, straight from the app.
Circle Navigation Menu
A swift navigation menu that pops right out! Simple and easy with the tap of your finger!
Support Chat
Need help? Talk to one of WaveDirect’s Connectivity Experts through a built-in free messaging service! Prefer vocal communication? Call them from a single tap of a button!
Change Account Info
Easily change your account information, from your email address to your profile picture! Clients won’t need to have to use the website to modify their account settings, as they will be able to right from the app!
Outage Map
Internet down? Clients can check the status of their local ISP’s wireless access point, simply by looking at the top left of their map, and know exactly when those access points go live again, so they can continue browsing the internet.
Referral Program
Looking for some bonus credit? Look no further! The WaveDirect app rewards clients for referring their friends and family to the app. Once the recipient signs up, both the recipient and the client will recieve $10 credit towards their account.
Download Details:
Author: PaisWillie
Source Code: https://github.com/PaisWillie/WaveDirect-App
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Google's Flutter 1.20 stable announced with new features - Navoki
Flutter Google cross-platform UI framework has released a new version 1.20 stable.
Flutter is Google’s UI framework to make apps for Android, iOS, Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, and Fuchsia OS. Since the last 2 years, the flutter Framework has already achieved popularity among mobile developers to develop Android and iOS apps. In the last few releases, Flutter also added the support of making web applications and desktop applications.
Last month they introduced the support of the Linux desktop app that can be distributed through Canonical Snap Store(Snapcraft), this enables the developers to publish there Linux desktop app for their users and publish on Snap Store. If you want to learn how to Publish Flutter Desktop app in Snap Store that here is the tutorial.
Flutter 1.20 Framework is built on Google’s made Dart programming language that is a cross-platform language providing native performance, new UI widgets, and other more features for the developer usage.
Here are the few key points of this release:
Performance improvements for Flutter and Dart
In this release, they have got multiple performance improvements in the Dart language itself. A new improvement is to reduce the app size in the release versions of the app. Another performance improvement is to reduce junk in the display of app animation by using the warm-up phase.
If your app is junk information during the first run then the Skia Shading Language shader provides for pre-compilation as part of your app’s build. This can speed it up by more than 2x.
Added a better support of mouse cursors for web and desktop flutter app,. Now many widgets will show cursor on top of them or you can specify the type of supported cursor you want.
Autofill for mobile text fields
Autofill was already supported in native applications now its been added to the Flutter SDK. Now prefilled information stored by your OS can be used for autofill in the application. This feature will be available soon on the flutter web.
A new widget for interaction
InteractiveViewer is a new widget design for common interactions in your app like pan, zoom drag and drop for resizing the widget. Informations on this you can check more on this API documentation where you can try this widget on the DartPad. In this release, drag-drop has more features added like you can know precisely where the drop happened and get the position.
Updated Material Slider, RangeSlider, TimePicker, and DatePicker
In this new release, there are many pre-existing widgets that were updated to match the latest material guidelines, these updates include better interaction with Slider and RangeSlider, DatePicker with support for date range and time picker with the new style.
New pubspec.yaml format
Other than these widget updates there is some update within the project also like in pubspec.yaml file format. If you are a flutter plugin publisher then your old pubspec.yaml is no longer supported to publish a plugin as the older format does not specify for which platform plugin you are making. All existing plugin will continue to work with flutter apps but you should make a plugin update as soon as possible.
Preview of embedded Dart DevTools in Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio code flutter extension got an update in this release. You get a preview of new features where you can analyze that Dev tools in your coding workspace. Enable this feature in your vs code by _dart.previewEmbeddedDevTools_setting. Dart DevTools menu you can choose your favorite page embed on your code workspace.
Network tracking
The updated the Dev tools comes with the network page that enables network profiling. You can track the timings and other information like status and content type of your** network calls** within your app. You can also monitor gRPC traffic.
Generate type-safe platform channels for platform interop
Pigeon is a command-line tool that will generate types of safe platform channels without adding additional dependencies. With this instead of manually matching method strings on platform channel and serializing arguments, you can invoke native class and pass nonprimitive data objects by directly calling the Dartmethod.
There is still a long list of updates in the new version of Flutter 1.2 that we cannot cover in this blog. You can get more details you can visit the official site to know more. Also, you can subscribe to the Navoki newsletter to get updates on these features and upcoming new updates and lessons. In upcoming new versions, we might see more new features and improvements.
You can get more free Flutter tutorials you can follow these courses:
- Setup Flutter Desktop on Windows, Linux, MacOS using VSCode and Build – Flutter Tutorial
- Flutter Desktop Linux app | Build and Publish on Snapcraft Store
- Firebase Local Emulator Suite in Flutter
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Best Electric Bikes and Scooters for Rental Business or Campus Facility
The electric scooter revolution has caught on super-fast taking many cities across the globe by storm. eScooters, a renovated version of old-school scooters now turned into electric vehicles are an environmentally friendly solution to current on-demand commute problems. They work on engines, like cars, enabling short traveling distances without hassle. The result is that these groundbreaking electric machines can now provide faster transport for less — cheaper than Uber and faster than Metro.
Since they are durable, fast, easy to operate and maintain, and are more convenient to park compared to four-wheelers, the eScooters trend has and continues to spike interest as a promising growth area. Several companies and universities are increasingly setting up shop to provide eScooter services realizing a would-be profitable business model and a ready customer base that is university students or residents in need of faster and cheap travel going about their business in school, town, and other surrounding areas.
Electric Scooters Trends and Statistics
In many countries including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, U.K., Germany, France, China, Japan, India, Brazil and Mexico and more, a growing number of eScooter users both locals and tourists can now be seen effortlessly passing lines of drivers stuck in the endless and unmoving traffic.
A recent report by McKinsey revealed that the E-Scooter industry will be worth― $200 billion to $300 billion in the United States, $100 billion to $150 billion in Europe, and $30 billion to $50 billion in China in 2030. The e-Scooter revenue model will also spike and is projected to rise by more than 20% amounting to approximately $5 billion.
And, with a necessity to move people away from high carbon prints, traffic and congestion issues brought about by car-centric transport systems in cities, more and more city planners are developing more bike/scooter lanes and adopting zero-emission plans. This is the force behind the booming electric scooter market and the numbers will only go higher and higher.
Companies that have taken advantage of the growing eScooter trend develop an appthat allows them to provide efficient eScooter services. Such an app enables them to be able to locate bike pick-up and drop points through fully integrated google maps.
List of Best Electric Bikes for Rental Business or Campus Facility 2020:
It’s clear that e scooters will increasingly become more common and the e-scooter business model will continue to grab the attention of manufacturers, investors, entrepreneurs. All this should go ahead with a quest to know what are some of the best electric bikes in the market especially for anyone who would want to get started in the electric bikes/scooters rental business.
We have done a comprehensive list of the best electric bikes! Each bike has been reviewed in depth and includes a full list of specs and a photo.
Billy eBike
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enkicycles/billy-were-redefining-joyrides
To start us off is the Billy eBike, a powerful go-anywhere urban electric bike that’s specially designed to offer an exciting ride like no other whether you want to ride to the grocery store, cafe, work or school. The Billy eBike comes in 4 color options – Billy Blue, Polished aluminium, Artic white, and Stealth black.
Price: $2490
Available countries
Available in the USA, Europe, Asia, South Africa and Australia.This item ships from the USA. Buyers are therefore responsible for any taxes and/or customs duties incurred once it arrives in your country.
Features
- Control – Ride with confidence with our ultra-wide BMX bars and a hyper-responsive twist throttle.
- Stealth- Ride like a ninja with our Gates carbon drive that’s as smooth as butter and maintenance-free.
- Drive – Ride further with our high torque fat bike motor, giving a better climbing performance.
- Accelerate – Ride quicker with our 20-inch lightweight cutout rims for improved acceleration.
- Customize – Ride your own way with 5 levels of power control. Each level determines power and speed.
- Flickable – Ride harder with our BMX /MotoX inspired geometry and lightweight aluminum package
Specifications
- Maximum speed: 20 mph (32 km/h)
- Range per charge: 41 miles (66 km)
- Maximum Power: 500W
- Motor type: Fat Bike Motor: Bafang RM G060.500.DC
- Load capacity: 300lbs (136kg)
- Battery type: 13.6Ah Samsung lithium-ion,
- Battery capacity: On/off-bike charging available
- Weight: w/o batt. 48.5lbs (22kg), w/ batt. 54lbs (24.5kg)
- Front Suspension: Fully adjustable air shock, preload/compression damping /lockout
- Rear Suspension: spring, preload adjustment
- Built-in GPS
Why Should You Buy This?
- Riding fun and excitement
- Better climbing ability and faster acceleration.
- Ride with confidence
- Billy folds for convenient storage and transportation.
- Shorty levers connect to disc brakes ensuring you stop on a dime
- belt drives are maintenance-free and clean (no oil or lubrication needed)
**Who Should Ride Billy? **
Both new and experienced riders
**Where to Buy? **Local distributors or ships from the USA.
Genze 200 series e-Bike
Featuring a sleek and lightweight aluminum frame design, the 200-Series ebike takes your riding experience to greater heights. Available in both black and white this ebike comes with a connected app, which allows you to plan activities, map distances and routes while also allowing connections with fellow riders.
Price: $2099.00
Available countries
The Genze 200 series e-Bike is available at GenZe retail locations across the U.S or online via GenZe.com website. Customers from outside the US can ship the product while incurring the relevant charges.
Features
- 2 Frame Options
- 2 Sizes
- Integrated/Removable Battery
- Throttle and Pedal Assist Ride Modes
- Integrated LCD Display
- Connected App
- 24 month warranty
- GPS navigation
- Bluetooth connectivity
Specifications
- Maximum speed: 20 mph with throttle
- Range per charge: 15-18 miles w/ throttle and 30-50 miles w/ pedal assist
- Charging time: 3.5 hours
- Motor type: Brushless Rear Hub Motor
- Gears: Microshift Thumb Shifter
- Battery type: Removable Samsung 36V, 9.6AH Li-Ion battery pack
- Battery capacity: 36V and 350 Wh
- Weight: 46 pounds
- Derailleur: 8-speed Shimano
- Brakes: Dual classic
- Wheels: 26 x 20 inches
- Frame: 16, and 18 inches
- Operating Mode: Analog mode 5 levels of Pedal Assist Throttle Mode
Norco from eBikestore
https://ebikestore.com/shop/norco-vlt-s2/
The Norco VLT S2 is a front suspension e-Bike with solid components alongside the reliable Bosch Performance Line Power systems that offer precise pedal assistance during any riding situation.
Price: $2,699.00
Available countries
This item is available via the various Norco bikes international distributors.
Features
- VLT aluminum frame- for stiffness and wheel security.
- Bosch e-bike system – for their reliability and performance.
- E-bike components – for added durability.
- Hydraulic disc brakes – offer riders more stopping power for safety and control at higher speeds.
- Practical design features – to add convenience and versatility.
Specifications
- Maximum speed: KMC X9 9spd
- Motor type: Bosch Active Line
- Gears: Shimano Altus RD-M2000, SGS, 9 Speed
- Battery type: Power Pack 400
- Battery capacity: 396Wh
- Suspension: SR Suntour suspension fork
- Frame: Norco VLT, Aluminum, 12x142mm TA Dropouts
Bodo EV
http://www.bodoevs.com/bodoev/products_show.asp?product_id=13
Manufactured by Bodo Vehicle Group Limited, the Bodo EV is specially designed for strong power and extraordinary long service to facilitate super amazing rides. The Bodo Vehicle Company is a striking top in electric vehicles brand field in China and across the globe. Their Bodo EV will no doubt provide your riders with high-level riding satisfaction owing to its high-quality design, strength, breaking stability and speed.
Price: $799
Available countries
This item ships from China with buyers bearing the shipping costs and other variables prior to delivery.
Features
- Reliable
- Environment friendly
- Comfortable riding
- Fashionable
- Economical
- Durable – long service life
- Braking stability
- LED lighting technology
Specifications
- Maximum speed: 45km/h
- Range per charge: 50km per person
- Charging time: 8 hours
- Maximum Power: 3000W
- Motor type: Brushless DC Motor
- Load capacity: 100kg
- Battery type: Lead-acid battery
- Battery capacity: 60V 20AH
- Weight: w/o battery 47kg
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Flutter App Development Trends 2020
As the new decade dawns upon us, a slew of technologies has been making a lot of noise to grab the developers’ attention. While native app development is going strong, the trade winds are now blowing towards going cross-platform.
Adobe PhoneGap, React Native, Xamarin and Ionic are all leaving no stone unturned to be the undefeated champion of cross-platform development. Still, Google’s Flutter is all set to take them all on at once.
There are a tonne of resources available online to learn about Flutter, and you can start with this step by step flutter guide.
With reduced code development time, increased time-to-market speed, near-native performance, and a bevy of advantages under its hood, Flutter is set to dominate the market this decade.
Before we take a look at trends making the Flutter race ahead in 2020, let us do a quick recap of what Flutter is, for those who have been living under a rock.
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Top 25 Flutter Mobile App Templates in 2020
Flutter has been booming worldwide from the past few years. While there are many popular mobile app development technologies out there, Flutter has managed to leave its mark in the mobile application development world. In this article, we’ve curated the best Flutter app templates available on the market as of July 2020.
Flutter can be the framework model for every app out there. This app development framework has taken the world by storm with its simplicity, widgets, and pixel-by-pixel based mobile UI development. Simply, the apps developed using Flutter are beautiful and feature-rich.
Why Flutter?
Flutter makes the app development simpler by applying a Widgets mechanism. Basically, we can create the application interface by simply stacking the Widget tree with different Widgets. The flow of Widgets across the code determines the flow of UI elements on the mobile screen. It makes use of the Dart programming language at its core.
Moreover, the learning curve of Flutter and Dart programming language is not that steep. It easy in comparison with other application development techs. It delivers a cross-platform application development functionality. This means the same coding implementation can be applied to create both Android and iOS-based applications. It offers many libraries out of the box. Not to mention that a plethora of libraries are out there which a Flutter developer can use to easily implement wonderful mobile app features.
The templates can act as a learning material for any Flutter developer especially the beginners. With this in mind, we present you the 25 best open-source, as well as premium, Flutter app templates out there for you to explore.
1. Best Flutter App UI Templates
Here is a GitHub repository offering the fully functional Flutter templates. The templates are open-source. Hence, everyone can use it freely. The templates include the design implementation for hotel booking, Fitness, design course, and custom drawer. These templates can help any Flutter developer especially the beginners to learn and get started with their own custom app. You can choose between the hotel booking UI or Fitness app UI.
The features like card list view with beautiful UI and designs are intuitive and easy to use. One looking for booking apps, fitness apps or course app in Flutter environment should definitely try these templates out.
The Flutter UI Challenges repo available in Github aims to deliver UI design challenges. It offers the list of various app UIs designed using Flutter. It provides 20+ UI designs of various Flutter apps which can be highly beneficial for any Flutter developer. Not only the UI templates but it also offers the speed coding video tutorials on Youtube for each UI design. Hence, this will surely prove helpful for those who are willing to learn Flutter.
Moreover, there is an effort to replicate some of the popular e-commerce, listing, game, payment gateway applications as well. You can choose a number of different coding practices that may suit your application needs. The dependencies used are pretty minimal so the UI design templates will be easier to set up as well.
Flutter Catalog aims to create a learning environment of different UI Widgets which are important while building apps using Flutter. This app template displays the Flutter Widgets or component with the side-by-side tab view of the coding implementation that has been used to build that particular Widget/component.
In one tab view you can get the design of the component whereas in the other you can check the code that has been used to implement it. So, this app seems to be very fruitful for learning UI Widgets and components of Flutter. In addition, it can also give you examples of various custom UI implementation as well.
Main features: Card system, Widget List, Code View, UI preview, etc.
Demo: Google Play Store and App store
Price: Open Source
**Platforms: **iOS and Android
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How Much Does it Cost to Make a Mobile App in 2020?
How much does it cost to create an app in 2020? This question is among the initial ones that are being asked when any mobile app development project starts.
It’s predicted that by 2021, around 7 billion mobile users will be there worldwide and by 2022, the yearly downloads of mobile apps are expected to touch 258 billion.
The majority of quality mobile app development costs among $5,000 to $1,00,000. If you want a mobile app created with excellent design, better mobile app development, and skillful marketing then it will cost within that range.
App cost affecting factors are below:
- The cost of internal vs. external app development resources
- Choosing App Platforms (Android & iOS)
- Native vs. cross-platform app development costs
- The app backend & API development costs
- The cost of third-party app integrations
- Using Animations features
- Localization
- Who will build up your mobile app (Agency or Freelancer)?
- App complexity
As we have seen the app cost affecting factors all those factors increase your mobile app development cost.
Comparison of App Development Cost: Global Consultancies vs. Agencies vs. Small Shops
Amongst the largest app-focused businesses, owned by main companies, won’t even give you time to meet them if your budget is less than $90,000. Any big size mobile app development company USA minimum charge $4,00,000 or more.
Takeaway Points
- Mobile Apps that are built for a tablet or smartphone, having a complex user interface, need a larger backend and it can cost anywhere about $20,000 to $1,00,000.
- Mobile Apps built by global mobile app development companies cost $1,50,000 and more.
- Mobile Apps created by creative agencies cost around $15,000 to $2,00,000.
- Mobile Apps built by a smaller agency, possibly having only 2 to 3 people, cost around $25,000 to $100,000.
Mobile App Development Hourly Cost by location
Choosing a location to create an application is a big factor because the cost of creating an app is different from a location. Every country has own app development and creating app cost. Let’s clear this confusion by the below figures from the different country’s costs.
- North America: $150 - $168
- UK: $60 - &70
- Australia: $100 - $110
- Eastern Europe: $30 - $40
- India: $20 - $30
The above figure shows us that all county has it’s app creating and development cost. So choosing the location is the main factor.
How to find out the total building app cost: (Formula)
If you thinking about the total cost of application and want to estimate creating app cost then using the below formula you can find it easily.
AppCost = DevelopmentTime∗HourlyRate
What Type of Mobile App you want:
As per the survey, the cost of a mobile app depends on what type of mobile app you are creating like Chatting app, Travel app, Business app, E-commerce app, etc. because every category app has different features.
In general, clients are charged for app development services based on the following options:
- Fixed App Cost - A payment that implies the cost charged for a specific timeline. This may work well for smaller projects, especially those with a clear and well-defined scope of work. The advantage of this option is that the app development cost is affirmed with the client before development starts.
- Time & material - a pricing structure that is determined by the time and materials needed for a project and thus is typically calculated based on an hourly rate. This approach provides flexibility during the app development process and fits more complex and ongoing projects.
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