6 Essential Flutter Projects to Elevate Your Resume

Simply cloning apps from YouTube and GitHub code has NO value.

As a Mobile Developer with 7 years of experience, I want to emphasize that showcasing projects and the experiences you go through during their development matters in interviews. These 6 flutter projects will teach you a lot.

In the competitive field of mobile app development, setting yourself apart is more crucial than ever. For developers at all levels, the bar is continuously being raised.

Developing applications across various categories not only broadens your expertise but also deepens your understanding of the intricacies of mobile development, including the challenges faced and solutions crafted. Below are 6 projects that can significantly enhance your resume and demonstrate your comprehensive skill set in mobile development.

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1. Camera and Gallery App

About the project:

1. Delve into the foundational elements of mobile platforms by creating an app that serves as a capturing photos and videos and default gallery app.
2. Integrate a gallery feature to browse through images stored on the device.
3. Set your app as DEFAULT app for camera and image choosing app.
4. This project is a fantastic way to get acquainted with handling permissions and optimizing the app to manage a large volume of images efficiently.

Why Camera and Gallery app is important:

1. The core idea behind this flutter app is to get familiar with Platform OS i.e Android and iOS versions. You may think that’s an easy app, but its not. Using flutter you need to understand working of both platforms
2. You have understand the Platform OS to able to work app. Mobile OS do not allow many files to access, Some need user consent to approve your feature.
3. Mobile have now days large image size like 10+ MB, showing that on UI has serious memory issues which may results to App Crash. This will make you learn optimizing flutter app to handle large no. of big image in flutter ListView , importance of what’s important to shown Ui and dispose other data for later use

Topics you will learn in Camera and Gallery app

1. Using Content Provider in Android
2. Pagination in ListView of Flutter framework
3. Handling Image Caching in Mobile Apps
4. Native permission and restrictions in Android and iOS and handling it via flutter framework
5. Let other app use your app instead of system apps when app is made with Flutter and may require to create own flutter plugin.’
6. Offline App usage

2. Music Player App

About the project:

1. Develop a versatile music player capable of streaming audio from both online sources and local storage.
2. Enhance the user experience by enabling control via a Bluetooth headset, facilitating background play, and integrating a mini-player for easy navigation from the notification bar and lock screen.
3. This project will deepen your understanding of managing background processes in mobile applications.

Why Music Streaming app is important:

1. Streaming App category experience is an advantage now days and should be 1st in your resume as Flutter project
2. It involves music, video, or live content and make you deep understanding of network management, data buffering, media playback and state management
3. Highlight your understanding of UI/UX design principles and your ability to create engaging user experiences like Spotify and Jio Saavan app

Topics you will learn in Music Streaming app app

1. State Management, handling player state across app
2. Networking , file handling and downloading.
3. Caching and Buffering
4. Background Processing and OS Restrictions

3. Fitness Tracker App

About the project:

Create an app that syncs with the Google Fit API and HealthKit API to fetch and display data like steps taken calories burn ,heart rate etc. through various chart types.

This endeavor will challenge you to craft complex UI designs, navigate through multiple APIs, and efficiently handle large data sets within the user interface.

Why Fitness Tracker is important:

1. Companies in health management and data analytics sector will prioritize your experience with such flutter app that runs on both Android and iOS
2. Proves Experience with APIs and Third-Party Integrations.
3. Demonstrating you experience with large amount data to handle on Complex Ui such as Chart widgets.
4. Familiarity with Google Cloud integration with Flutter app

Topics you will learn in Fitness Tracker app

1. Handling same feature differently for Android and iOS
2. Rest API with complex Ui like charts
3. Pagination and Optimization on UI
4. 3rd Party Integration

4. Chat and Video Call Application

About the project:

Step into the realm of real-time communication by building an app that supports text and file sharing, along with video calling capabilities through third-party SDKs.

Why Chat and Video call app is important:

1. Developing a Chat and Video Call App requires understanding and implementing real-time communication technologies.
2. This project offers a comprehensive learning experience in Firebase NoSQL databases, User authentication, Cloud storage, and a primer on enhancing App security.
3. A successful Chat and Video Call App must offer an intuitive and engaging user interface., a good UI of flutter app is advantage here.
4. Proves Experience with APIs and Third-Party Integrations.

Topics you will learn in Video Call app

1. Handling real-time interaction and schedules background process.
2. Realtime Database
3. Offline App usage
4. State Management at widget level
5. 3rd Party Integration
6. Security

5. Two-Factor Authentication App

About the project:

The primary function of a 2FA app is to generate time-based, one-time use codes or send push notifications to a user’s device as a second form of verification, in addition to the traditional password.

Why 2FA app is important:

1. Developing a 2FA app demonstrates your understanding of security principles, particularly in the context of authentication and data protection. TOTP (Time-Based One-Time Password) or HOTP (HMAC-Based One-Time Password)
2. A 2FA app often needs to work across platforms, providing support for both mobile devices and web applications. Hence show expertise in Flutter web app
3. Demonstrating proficiency in this field can open doors to roles that are specifically focused on securing digital assets.

Topics you will learn in 2FA app

1. Cryptography
2. Offline app usage
3. Security

6. Social Media App (Similar to Instagram)

About the project:

Tackle the challenges of handling a high volume of user-generated content, including posts, images, and videos.

Why Social Media app is important:

1. This project will help you master state management. Working on this type of app project means you’ll gain experience in media processing, uploading, downloading
2. Caching, This shows if you can do caching in this app then You can add in other apps also.
3. Developing an app with a focus on concurrency and parallelism involves designing your app’s architecture to efficiently manage multiple tasks that can happen at the same time (concurrency) and executing multiple operations simultaneously (parallelism)

Topics you will learn in Social Media app

1. Parallelism and Concurrency
2. Caching and Pagination
3. State Management

Final Thoughts

Embarking on these projects will not only diversify your portfolio but also equip you with a profound understanding of various technical and theoretical aspects of mobile development. They provide a holistic view of development challenges and the creative solutions that can be employed. For more insights and a deeper dive into these projects . Happy coding!

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