Building a Random Quote Generator with Flutter

In this article, we will be building a random quote generator in . You can find a video at the end of the article with my step-by-step process. Flutter youtube Let’s dive straight into the code. pubspec.yaml name: testapp description: A new Flutter project. # The following line prevents the package from being accidentally published to # pub.dev using `flutter pub publish`. This is preferred for private packages. publish_to: "none" # Remove this line if you wish to publish to pub.dev # The following defines the version and build number for your application. # A version number is three numbers separated by dots, like 1.2.43 # followed by an optional build number separated by a +. # Both the version and the builder number may be overridden in flutter # build by specifying --build-name and --build-number, respectively. # In Android, build-name is used as versionName while build-number used as versionCode. # Read more about Android versioning at https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/versioning # In iOS, build-name is used as CFBundleShortVersionString while build-number is used as CFBundleVersion. # Read more about iOS versioning at # https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/CoreFoundationKeys.html # In Windows, build-name is used as the major, minor, and patch parts # of the product and file versions while build-number is used as the build suffix. version: 1.0.0+1 environment: sdk: ">=2.19.0 <3.0.0" # Dependencies specify other packages that your package needs in order to work. # To automatically upgrade your package dependencies to the latest versions # consider running `flutter pub upgrade --major-versions`. Alternatively, # dependencies can be manually updated by changing the version numbers below to # the latest version available on pub.dev. To see which dependencies have newer # versions available, run `flutter pub outdated`. dependencies: flutter: sdk: flutter # The following adds the Cupertino Icons font to your application. # Use with the CupertinoIcons class for iOS style icons. cupertino_icons: ^1.0.2 http: ^0.13.6 dev_dependencies: flutter_test: sdk: flutter # The "flutter_lints" package below contains a set of recommended lints to # encourage good coding practices. The lint set provided by the package is # activated in the `analysis_options.yaml` file located at the root of your # package. See that file for information about deactivating specific lint # rules and activating additional ones. flutter_lints: ^2.0.0 # For information on the generic Dart part of this file, see the # following page: https://dart.dev/tools/pub/pubspec # The following section is specific to Flutter packages. flutter: # The following line ensures that the Material Icons font is # included with your application, so that you can use the icons in # the material Icons class. uses-material-design: true # To add assets to your application, add an assets section, like this: # assets: # - images/a_dot_burr.jpeg # - images/a_dot_ham.jpeg # An image asset can refer to one or more resolution-specific "variants", see # https://flutter.dev/assets-and-images/#resolution-aware # For details regarding adding assets from package dependencies, see # https://flutter.dev/assets-and-images/#from-packages # To add custom fonts to your application, add a fonts section here, # in this "flutter" section. Each entry in this list should have a # "family" key with the font family name, and a "fonts" key with a # list giving the asset and other descriptors for the font. For # example: # fonts: # - family: Schyler # fonts: # - asset: fonts/Schyler-Regular.ttf # - asset: fonts/Schyler-Italic.ttf # style: italic # - family: Trajan Pro # fonts: # - asset: fonts/TrajanPro.ttf # - asset: fonts/TrajanPro_Bold.ttf # weight: 700 # # For details regarding fonts from package dependencies, # see https://flutter.dev/custom-fonts/#from-packages main.dart import 'dart:convert'; import 'package:flutter/material.dart'; import 'package:http/http.dart' as http; void main() { runApp(MyApp()); } class MyApp extends StatelessWidget { // This widget is the root of your application. @override Widget build(BuildContext context) { return MaterialApp( title: 'Flutter Demo', theme: ThemeData( // This is the theme of your application. // // Try running your application with "flutter run". You'll see the // application has a blue toolbar. Then, without quitting the app, try // changing the primarySwatch below to Colors.green and then invoke // "hot reload" (press "r" in the console where you ran "flutter run", // or simply save your changes to "hot reload" in a Flutter IDE). // Notice that the counter didn't reset back to zero; the application // is not restarted. primarySwatch: Colors.blue, ), home: QuoteGenerator(), ); } } class QuoteGenerator extends StatefulWidget { const QuoteGenerator({super.key}); @override State createState() => _QuoteGeneratorState(); } class _QuoteGeneratorState extends State { final String quoteURL = "https://api.adviceslip.com/advice"; String quote = 'Random Quote'; generateQuote() async { var res = await http.get(Uri.parse(quoteURL)); var result = jsonDecode(res.body); print(result["slip"]["advice"]); setState(() { quote = result["slip"]["advice"]; }); } @override Widget build(BuildContext context) { return Scaffold( appBar: AppBar( title: Text('Random Quote Generator'), ), body: Center( child: Column( mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center, children: [ Text( quote, style: TextStyle( fontSize: 20, ), ), const SizedBox( height: 30, ), ElevatedButton( onPressed: () { generateQuote(); }, child: Text('Generate'), ), ], ), ), ); } } https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q1bwM2bNz4&embedable=true The lead image for this article was generated by HackerNoon's AI Image Generator via the prompt "a machine churning out solid letters".