Flutter IOS Setup

• Introduction
• Setup Instructions
• Major things to Do

Introduction

In this article, we are going to set up the Tagxi super bidding App’s initial setup for real-time use cases.

Setup Instructions

Note: Before ios setup, please complete all the server & firebase & code changes, map setup which is mentioned in android setup & server setup sections.

flutter version for this project is 'Channel beta, 3.3.0'

• change some details in given files,

  
  <strong>Note:</strong> File Location: "project/ios/Runner/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj"

PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = 'your bundle id here';  (change in 3 places in same file)

• Note : File Location : "project/ios/Runner/info.plist"

<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>

<string>project name here</string>

            <array>
                <string>Encoded app id from firebasse</string>
            </array>

• Replace "Encoded app id from firebasse" with the encoded app id of Firebase project

• Open your project File with the Xcode IDE which is used to create the project and also it is very powerful.

project file is in location,

• Note : File Location : "project/ios/runner.xcworkspace"

change map api key in file, Note : File Location : project/ios/Runner/appDelegate.swift

GMSServices.provideAPIKey("your map key here")

Major things to Do

1. Rename the project with your app name and bundle identifier

   in Xcode / Runner / General /

2. Create a bundle identifier for your app in developer account.

3. create development and distribution certificates.

   kindly refer this url for reference - https://medium.com/mobile-devops-ci-cd-ct/steps-to-create-ios-developer-and-distribution-certificates-with-and-without-a-mac-8449b973ef9d

4. Create provisioning profiles for both development and distribution. kindly refer this url for reference - https://clearbridgemobile.com/how-to-create-a-distribution-provisioning-profile-for-ios/

5. Create APNS auth key for push notification.

6. Register your bundle identifier in firebase project that you changed in xcode.

7. Firebase -: setup phone number authentication, cloud messaging and firebase database.

8. Download the googleservicePlist json from firebase.

9. Now open the project.

10. add googleservice-Info.plist in project/ios/Runner/ or from xcode right click Runner and click Add files to runner and choose googleserviceInfo.plist file as shown in image.

11. copy the reversed client id from googleserviceplist.json and paste it in url scheme in Xcode / Runner / Info / url types as shown in image

12. replace App Icon in assets in the folder in following size and names without alpha and transparent background

project/ios/Runner/Assets.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset/

 Icon-App-20x20@1x.png - (20x20) x1 size - 20x20

 Icon-App-20x20@2x.png - (20x20) x2 size - 40x40

 Icon-App-20x20@3x.png - (20x20) x3 size - 60x60

 Icon-App-29x29@1x.png - (29x29) x1 size - 29x29

 Icon-App-29x29@2x.png - (29x29) x2 size - 58x58

 Icon-App-29x29@3x.png - (29x29) x3 size - 87x87

 Icon-App-40x40@1x.png - (40x40) x1 size - 40x40

 Icon-App-40x40@2x.png - (40x40) x2 size - 80x80

 Icon-App-40x40@3x.png - (40x40) x3 size - 120x120

 Icon-App-60x60@2x.png - (60x60) x2 size - 120x120

 Icon-App-60x60@3x.png - (60x60) x3 size - 180x180

 Icon-App-76x76@1x.png - (76x76) x1 size - 76x76

 Icon-App-76x76@2x.png - (76x76) x2 size - 152x152

 Icon-App-83.5x83.5@2x.png - (83.5x83.5) x2 size - 167x167

 Icon-App-1024x1024@1x.png - (1024x1024) x1 size - 1024x1024

13. in go to folder 'project/ios' and run command 'flutter build ios'

14. to create archive file to upload run command 'flutter build ipa' from folder 'project/ios'.

    you will find archive file in folder project/build/ios/archive/Runner.xcarchive