SaveWiser – Release Flutter App

1. Set up the development environment (VS Code, Flutter, etc.)
2. Run / Build the app locally
3. Build and publish the app to the Google Play Store

🔧 Prerequisites – First-Time Setup

Skip this section if you already have Flutter and VS Code with the necessary tools installed.

1. Install Flutter SDK

• Go to: https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install
• Follow the installation guide for your OS (Windows/macOS/Linux)
• Install all the important extensions (flutter, flutter widgets and dart) in the VSCode
• After installing, open a terminal and run:

  flutter doctor

  if the android thing is missing, go to the step 2

2. Install Android Studio (to retreive the android sdk)

• Go to : https://developer.android.com/studio
• During the setup process, make sure to donwload the following components:

✅ Android SDK

✅ Android SDK Platform-Tools

✅ Android Emulator

✅ Android Virtual Device (AVD)

✅ Android SDK cmdline-tools

-After installing Android Studio, run flutter doctor again to verify the Android SDK is detected. If it's not, ask ChatGPT for help on setting up the path.

For a more comprehensive guide, follow the steps by watching this video below: Watch THIS:

https://youtu.be/0x2M69D7wKw?si=ZIGk6iydon84uxE7 (note: the new android studio layout might be different compared to the video, just ask chatgpt for that :))

To Build the App Locally

• Clone the repository to your IDE

https://github.com/WilsonAnthonyT/SaveWiserApp.git

• Make sure to always change directory to savewiser (the folder where pubspec.yaml is located)

  cd savewiser

• Run the following in the terminal

  flutter pub get

  If you want to Build the App locally:

  flutter build apk

wait until the whole processes are finished, then you can download the apk_release file (inside the SaveWiserApp\savewiser\build\app\outputs\flutter-apk)

• Or if you want to run the app immediately"

  flutter run

  Then select the devices where'd you want the app to run on

How to clone a repository

https://youtu.be/ILJ4dfOL7zs?si=iiQkzEsB7scCZ8hz

3. Publish the App on Google Play

https://docs.flutter.dev/deployment/android

To publish the app, you’ll need:

• A Google Play Developer Account ($25 one-time)
• Java jdk in order to obtain the keystore
• The .aab file (Android App Bundle), which you can generate using:

flutter build appbundle --release

watch the following tutorial for clarity

https://youtu.be/ZxjgV1YaOcQ?si=to1RUt3Uut8xZd_3

Environment variable should consists of

• flutter\bin
• AppData\Local\Android/SDK
• Java\jdk-24\bin