1 Development Environment

Your work will be evaluated on a machine with the following setup.

• OS: Windows 10.

• Android Studio: Ladybug v2024.2.1 Patch 2.

• Visual Studio Code: v1.95.3

• Flutter SDK: v3.24.5 stable.

• XAMPP: v8.2.12.

2 Files

Some students faced difficulties with Gradle in Visual Studio Code. The following is a listing of the files as they appear in my machine.

2.1 settings.gradle

    // This file is located in <flutter_project>\android\settings.gradle
    pluginManagement {
        def flutterSdkPath = {
            def properties = new Properties()
            file("local.properties").withInputStream { properties.load(it) }
            def flutterSdkPath = properties.getProperty("flutter.sdk")
            assert flutterSdkPath != null, "flutter.sdk not set in local.properties"
            return flutterSdkPath
        }()
    
        includeBuild("$flutterSdkPath/packages/flutter_tools/gradle")
    
        repositories {
            google()
            mavenCentral()
            gradlePluginPortal()
        }
    }
    
    plugins {
        id "dev.flutter.flutter-plugin-loader" version "1.0.0"
        //id "com.android.application" version "8.1.0" apply false
        //id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android" version "1.8.22" apply false
        id "com.android.application" version "8.3.2" apply false
        id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android" version "2.0.20" apply false
    }
    
    include ":app"

2.2 build.gradle

    // This file is located in <flutter_project>\android\app\build.gradle
    plugins {
        id "com.android.application"
        id "kotlin-android"
        // The Flutter Gradle Plugin must be applied after the Android and Kotlin Gradle plugins.
        id "dev.flutter.flutter-gradle-plugin"
    }
    
    android {
        namespace = "com.example.flutter_empty_01"
        compileSdk = flutter.compileSdkVersion
        //ndkVersion = flutter.ndkVersion
        ndkVersion = "25.1.8937393"
    
        /*compileOptions {
            sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
            targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
        }
    
        kotlinOptions {
            jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
        }*/
    
        compileOptions {
            sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
            targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
        }
        kotlinOptions {
            jvmTarget = 17
        }
    
        defaultConfig {
            // TODO: Specify your own unique Application ID (https://developer.android.com/studio/build/application-id.html).
            applicationId = "com.example.flutter_empty_01"
            // You can update the following values to match your application needs.
            // For more information, see: https://flutter.dev/to/review-gradle-config.
            minSdk = flutter.minSdkVersion
            targetSdk = flutter.targetSdkVersion
            versionCode = flutter.versionCode
            versionName = flutter.versionName
        }
    
        buildTypes {
            release {
                // TODO: Add your own signing config for the release build.
                // Signing with the debug keys for now, so `flutter run --release` works.
                signingConfig = signingConfigs.debug
            }
        }
    }
    
    flutter {
        source = "../.."
    }

2.3 gradle-wrapper.properties

    # This file is located in <flutter_project>\android\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.properties
    distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
    distributionPath=wrapper/dists
    zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
    zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
    #distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.3-all.zip
    distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-all.zip

3 Setting Up MySQL

• Go to localhost/phpmyadmin.

• Create a new database dm_final_project.

• In the SQL tab to the right, input your SQL commands to create tables and populate them, and press Go.

• In the Privileges tab, create a new user and give him all possible privileges. This is wrong in general, however, for this project, do it to get rid of any potential database access issues. Choose a username and a password. Leave everything else as is.

• In config.php, make sure you use the correct database name, username, and password.

• In a command-prompt, run ipconfig and get your local IP address e.g. 192.168.1.10.

• Change the line final String baseUrl = "http://192.168.1.8/course_app"; in database_helper.dart to final String baseUrl = "http://192.168.1.10/dm_final_project";. Notice that I have removed the /apps because this refers to the position of the folder in my Linux server.