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Stream Flutter: Building a Social Network with Stream Activity Feeds and Flutter

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Date Published
Author
Nick P.
Word Count
2,817
Language
English
Hacker News Points
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Summary

Stream Flutter is a tutorial for building a cross-platform social networking app using Stream's Activity Feed API and Google's Flutter, allowing users to post messages to followers. The app, which is functional on both iOS and Android, utilizes a backend built with Express (Node.js) to securely generate frontend tokens for Stream API interactions. The frontend, developed with Flutter, wraps Stream's Java and Swift libraries to enable direct communication with the Stream API for posting activities and managing user interactions. Key features include user login, message posting, and a timeline for viewing posts from followed users. The tutorial provides code snippets and explanations for implementing these functionalities, with additional context available in the full source code on GitHub. Users need basic knowledge of Node.js and Flutter, as well as a Stream account, to follow the tutorial effectively.