32.83 Flutter Style Package Example
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It is good practice to include an example folder in any package to
demonstrate the package and provide a quick starting point for someone
using the package.
Many published packages include within their example a collection of
platform sub-folders: android, ios, linux, macOS, web, and
windows. Such folders do not seem to be essential and are created by
the flutter create command anyhow. Sometimes specific changes are
required and such folders should be included, but in general we should
leave it to flutter to create them rather than cluttering repositories
with files that are not specifically created for our package.
A user wanting to run the example will do one of the following.
For android, ios, web:
For linux, macos, windows:
Lots of flutter packages seem to include the folders anyhow. It would be interesting to know why.
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