Unverified Commit 2c063b7c authored by Michael Thomsen's avatar Michael Thomsen Committed by GitHub

Clean up the examples readme (#22419)

A few changes:

* Remove the search tip (it relies on searching for the new keyword which we no longer use)
* Remove mentioning of examples that are either stale or only used for internal purposes (such as test)
* Cross-link to the samples repo
parent 2d81adf7
Flutter Examples Flutter Examples
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This directory contains several examples of using Flutter. Each of these is an This directory contains several examples of using Flutter. To run an example,
individual Dart application package. use `flutter run` inside that example's directory. See the [getting started
guide](https://flutter.io/getting-started/) to install the `flutter` tool.
To run an example, use `flutter run` inside that example's directory. See the For additional samples, see the
[getting started guide](https://flutter.io/getting-started/) to install [`flutter/samples`](https://github.com/flutter/samples) repo.
the `flutter` tool.
**Tip:** To see examples of how to use a specific Flutter framework class,
copy and paste a URL with this format in your browser. Replace `foo` with the
classname you are searching for (for example, here's the
[query](https://github.com/flutter/flutter/search?q=path%3Aexamples+new+AppBar)
for examples of the
[`AppBar`](https://docs.flutter.io/flutter/material/AppBar-class.html) class).
```
https://github.com/flutter/flutter/search?q=path%3Aexamples+new+foo
```
Available examples include: Available examples include:
- **Hello, world** The [hello world app](hello_world) is a basic app that shows - **Hello, world** The [hello world app](hello_world) is a minimal Flutter app
the text "hello, world." that shows the text "hello, world."
- **Flutter gallery** The [flutter gallery app](flutter_gallery) showcases - **Flutter gallery** The [flutter gallery app](flutter_gallery) showcases
Flutter's widgets, including its implementation of Flutter's widgets, including its implementation of [material
[material design](https://material.google.com/). design](https://material.google.com/).
- **Platform Channel** The [platform channel app](platform_channel)
demonstrates how to connect a Flutter app to platform-specific APIs. For
documentation, see <https://flutter.io/platform-channels/>.
- **Platform Channel Swift** The [platform channel swift app](platform_channel_swift) - **Layers** The [layers vignettes](layers) show how to use the various layers
is the same as [platform channel](platform_channel) but the iOS version is in in the Flutter framework. For details, see the [layers
Swift and there is no Android version. README](layers/README.md).
- **Flutter View** The [flutter view app](flutter_view) demonstrates how to - **Platform Channel** The [platform channel app](platform_channel) demonstrates
embed Flutter within an iOS or Android app. how to connect a Flutter app to platform-specific APIs. For documentation, see
<https://flutter.io/platform-channels/>.
- **Layers** The [layers vignettes](layers) show how to use the various layers - **Platform Channel Swift** The [platform channel swift
in the Flutter framework. For details, see the [layers README](layers/README.md). app](platform_channel_swift) is the same as [platform
channel](platform_channel) but the iOS version is in Swift and there is no
Android version.
- **Stocks** The [stocks](stocks) demo shows how one might structure ## Notes
an application with several screens.
Note on Gradle wrapper files in `.gitignore`: Note on Gradle wrapper files in `.gitignore`:
Gradle wrapper files should normally be checked into source control. Gradle wrapper files should normally be checked into source control. The example
The example projects don't do that to avoid having several copies of the projects don't do that to avoid having several copies of the wrapper binary in
wrapper binary in the Flutter repo. Instead, the Gradle wrapper is the Flutter repo. Instead, the Gradle wrapper is injected by Flutter tooling,
injected by Flutter tooling, and the wrapper files are .gitignore'd to and the wrapper files are .gitignore'd to avoid making the Flutter repository
avoid making the Flutter repository dirty as a side effect of running dirty as a side effect of running the examples.
the examples.
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