How to upgrade flutter to Latest Version
Last updated Dec 21, 2022We assume that we have already installed flutter on our machine with older version of the flutter. So we have latest version of the flutter on the official website of the flutter. So how could we upgrade to latest version? To upgrade flutter to latest version we need to follow below steps
Upgrade flutter to Latest Version
Open terminal and type the below command
flutter upgrade |
This will help us to upgrade
Flutter to latest version on the existing version
Flutter channel
#Flutter channels: #beta #dev #master #*stable |
Suppose if we want to live in the cutting edge? It’s easy to switch channels
Flutter channel dev
#Switching to flutter channel ‘dev’… #… |
And execute upgrade again:
flutter upgrade |
Now we have latest flutter version
What is the difference between Flutter and Kotlin
Framework | Flutter | Kotlin |
---|---|---|
Programming Language | Dart | Kotlin |
Definition | Developed by Google, Flutter is a cross-platform app development framework | Statically-typed, object-oriented programming language for JVM, Android and the browser. |
Developed By | JetBrains in 2010 | |
Supported Platforms | Android, iOS, Google Fuchsia, Web, Linux, macOS, Windows | Android, JVM, iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux, JavaScript, WebAssembly |
Learning Curve | Must understand Dart to build an app | More similar to Java, C#, Python, JavaScript. So, very easy learning curve |
Language Stack | Uses Dart programming language | It’s itself a programming language that uses JVM, Java, JavaScript, and Native to build apps |
App Performance | It gives an amazing performance. Since it uses Dart, it doesn’t require using JavaScript to build connectivity for interactions with the app. | Since it uses JavaScript and is 100% interoperable with Java, it offers a slow performance compared to Flutter. |
Hot Reload | Supported | Not Supported |
App Size | Bigger | Minimum size as compared to Flutter |
Famous For | Amazing and faster UI development for web, mobile, desktop using a single codebase | Beautiful and faster UI development for web, mobile, desktop using a single codebase |
Apps Developed By | Google Ads, Alibaba, Square, eBay, BMW | Coursera, Evernote, Google, Pinterest, Corda, Slack, Trello |
Status | New compared to Kotlin | Mature and stable language and tools |
Special Features | Hot reload, fully customized widgets, and platform awareness for UIs | Interoperability with Java, concise, safe, and functional programming support |
Community | Fastest-growing community | A wide range of Java products and tools – rapidly evolving language |
GitHub Stars | 130K (September 2021) | 38.7K (September 2021) |
Features of Flutter:
- Better websupport
- Null Safety
- Hot Reload
- Widget Library
- CrossPlatform Development
- Native Features and SDK
Flutter 2.0 Features
- Better Web Support
- Flutter Folio
- Sound Null Safety
- Flutter For Desktop
- Platform Adaptive Applications
- Google Mobile Ads
- Extended support to iOS
- Integration of New Widgets
- Add-to-App
- DevTools
- Flutter Fix
- Autocomplete and ScaffoldMessenger
Flutter 3.0 New Features
- Supports Flutter Fire
- Updates in Firebase Crashlytics
- Cascading menus
- Material Design 3 compatible
- Foldable mobile device support
- iOS release simplified
- Refresh rate support for iOS
- Gradle version update
- A fascinating Flutter Games Toolkit
- Full support for international text input
- Web updates
- Android Inline ads
- Optimized performance
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