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Building a Messaging App with Flutter
Blog post from Stream
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Idorenyin O.
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2,465
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English
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Summary
Flutter, Google's cross-platform UI toolkit, is combined with Stream Chat's enterprise-grade chat solution to create a one-on-one chat application. The tutorial guides developers through building the application using Stream's JavaScript (Node.js) API and Flutter SDK, requiring a Stream account, Node.js, npm, Ngrok, Dart, the Flutter SDK, and a code editor. The process involves setting up a Stream app, building a Node.js backend to generate user tokens, and creating a Flutter frontend with a login screen, users list, and chat screen. The tutorial also demonstrates utilizing Stream's built-in widgets for efficient chat functionality, culminating in a functional chat application.