Rafael Delos Santos

I am Rafael, the founder of themobilecoder. I work as a Senior Android Engineer in Australia. I enjoy making free mobile apps and writing up tutorials as a way of giving back to the community.

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State Management

Simpler and Better Flutter State Management with Cubit

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UI

How to use custom theme colours in Flutter without using Material or Cupertino Theme

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Flutter

How to use PageView in Flutter

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Flutter Navigation

Flutter navigation with go_router package

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Flame

Build a simple game with Flutter and Flame

News

My 2024 Plans and Goals for themobilecoder

Coming this 2024 - More articles, a free ebook on Flutter, and an updated Flutter Widget Cheatsheet.

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Flutter

How to use Isolates for parallel processing in Flutter

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On the importance of abstraction when using third-party libraries

Learn the importance of abstraction when calling third-party libraries to keep your code testable, scalable, and resilient to future changes.

Beginner

Using Future in Flutter - Get comfortable with asynchronous data

Learn how to use Future in Flutter and efficiently handle asynchronous data. After reading this post, you should be comfortable enough to implement Future concepts in your projects effectively.

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Dependency injection

Dependency Injection in Flutter using Riverpod

Beginner

Flutter setState - The simplest state management in Flutter

Learn the easiest and most fundamental state management tool in Flutter that everyone skips when starting Flutter development.

Article Featured

Should I learn Flutter in 2024 - An App Developer's edge

Understand why Flutter is very much worth learning in 2024 and how anyone can start to become an app developer.

Design Featured

Flutter Design Challenge #1 - Product Page

Let's transform a beautiful product page in Flutter from mock-up design to implementation.

Tutorial

Rows in Flutter - Arrange Flutter widgets horizontally

Understand the basics of using a Row in Flutter to arrange the layout of your content horizontally.

Introduction Featured

What does a Flutter code structure look like to a beginner? - An Introduction

Understand what to expect when writing and reading Flutter code by learning how Flutter works in a simple, digestible approach.

Tutorial

Axis alignment of Columns and Rows in Flutter

Understand the basic properties of Flutter Columns and Rows to arrange the alignment of their child widgets.

Tutorial

Columns in Flutter - Arrange Flutter widgets vertically

Learn the basics of using a Column in Flutter to arrange the layout of your content vertically.

Setup

The right way to create a Flutter project

Learn the best way to set up and create your Flutter project and save time from unnecessary future edits.

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Setup

The top 8 Visual Studio Code shortcuts you need to know as a Flutter developer

Setup

How to set up your Mac to develop Flutter apps

Learn how to set up your Mac to start developing beautiful Flutter apps.