Flutter meets Igbo: Integrating Igbo & native languages into your flutter app using Easy_localizations

Welcome to Flutter Meets Igbo, a Flutter localization demo project that showcases how to add support for native languages — specifically Igbo (ig_NG) — using the powerful easy_localization package.

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Setup guide

Read the setup article: "Flutter meets Igbo: Integrate Igbo and Other Native Languages into Flutter Apps: A Step-by-Step Guide Using easy_localization":
Medium: https://medium.com/@nkpozimarcelkelechi/flutter-meets-igbo-5c3e148f81e5
Hashnode: https://capturedheart.hashnode.dev/flutter-meets-igbo

This project goes beyond basic text translation. It demonstrates how to:

• Integrate the Igbo language into your Flutter app.
• Extend CupertinoLocalization, DefaultMaterialLocalizations, and WidgetsLocalizations for full system-wide localization.
• Provide a seamless user experience for both Material and Cupertino widgets in Igbo.

Whether you're building for a local audience or promoting cultural inclusion in your app, this project is a great starting point for embracing indigenous languages in mobile development.

AN INTRO VIDEO OF THE APP

flutter.meets.igbo.demo.mov

Demo (What to test)

- On the Chat view, you can change the locale of the app, by tapping the button at the top-right.
- On the Profile view, you can change the locale of the app, by tapping on the "Locale" button as well 🥳
- On the Home/Profile view, you can access the authentication views by tapping "Sign out", and also see that the flutter widgets (Textfield) takes in the native language.

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Getting Started

After cloning,

FVM setup

it runs on flutter version:
flutter: ">=3.29.0"
dart: ">=3.7.0 <4.0.0"

Install fvm if not already installed.

dart pub global activate fvm

Install the local flutter version.

fvm install

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Key Features

1. Localization:

   • View the contents of the app in 3 different languages (Igbo, English, Spanish).

2. Dynamic Theme Switching

   • Users can switch between themes via their device settings.

UI Shots

Tools

• cached_network_image: A flutter library to show images from the internet and keep them in the cache directory
• Easy_localizations: Easy and fast internationalization for your flutter apps
• Faker: A library for Dart that generates fake data.
• flutter_widget_from_html: Flutter package to render html as widgets that supports hyperlink, image, audio, video, iframe and 70+ other tags.