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Building a login UI for your mobile app is one of the most essential components to get right. After all, it’s the first screen your users will interact with! In this post, we’ll walk through how to create a Flutter Login UI from scratch, step by step. Whether you're building your first Flutter app or you're a seasoned developer looking for a refresher, this guide will make the process easy to follow.
Before we dive into the code, let’s quickly talk about why Flutter is an excellent choice for building mobile apps and their UIs. Flutter is a powerful cross-platform framework that allows you to build apps for both Android and iOS using a single codebase. With its wide range of pre-designed widgets and fast rendering engine, Flutter lets you design beautiful and responsive user interfaces with ease—perfect for a sleek login screen!
Now, let’s get started!
If you haven’t already set up Flutter, follow these simple steps to get going:
Once your environment is set up, you’re ready to start coding your login UI!
Now for the fun part—let’s create the login UI using Flutter! Here’s a simple way to build it:
To start, we’ll need a couple of key UI components:
Here’s an example of a simple login form layout:
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import ‘package:flutter/material.dart’;
void main() {
runApp(MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
home: LoginScreen(),
);
}
}
class LoginScreen extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_LoginScreenState createState() => _LoginScreenState();
}
class _LoginScreenState extends State<LoginScreen> {
final _usernameController = TextEditingController();
final _passwordController = TextEditingController();
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text(“Login UI”),
),
body: Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16.0),
child: Column(
children: [
TextField(
controller: _usernameController,
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: ‘Username’),
),
TextField(
controller: _passwordController,
obscureText: true,
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: ‘Password’),
),
SizedBox(height: 20),
ElevatedButton(
onPressed: () {
// Handle login logic
},
child: Text(“Login”),
),
],
),
),
);
}
}
No login form is complete without validation. To ensure that the user has entered valid data, we can add simple checks to verify if the username and password fields are filled in before they can proceed.
Here’s how you can add basic validation:
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void _validateLogin() {
String username = _usernameController.text;
String password = _passwordController.text;
if (username.isEmpty || password.isEmpty) {
// Show an error message
ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(
SnackBar(content: Text(“Please enter both username and password”)),
);
} else {
// Proceed with login
print(“Logging in…”);
}
}
You can then call _validateLogin() when the login button is pressed.
To make your login UI look appealing, you can add padding, adjust the text input styles, and tweak button appearance. Here’s an example of improving the look:
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TextField(
controller: _usernameController,
decoration: InputDecoration(
labelText: ‘Username’,
border: OutlineInputBorder(),
prefixIcon: Icon(Icons.person),
),
),
This will add a border around the text field and a person icon for a better user experience.
If you want to take your login UI further, you can connect it to a backend server or database using APIs. This will allow you to authenticate users with real credentials. For now, we’re focusing on the front-end UI, but integrating it with a backend is easy to achieve once you’re familiar with the basics.
You can use simple conditions to check if the fields are empty or contain valid data. This can be done using basic if statements to ensure that users input both their username and password.
Yes! Flutter allows you to customize almost everything, from text colors and font sizes to the layout and behavior of buttons and text fields. You can use widgets like Container, Padding, and Column to fine-tune the layout.
You can integrate your login form with a backend by using HTTP requests to authenticate the user. The http package in Flutter allows you to make API calls to your server for validation.
Absolutely! Flutter’s powerful widget system and fast rendering engine make it an excellent choice for creating stunning and responsive login screens, ensuring a smooth user experience across both Android and iOS devices.
Congratulations, you’ve just built a Flutter Login UI! This simple and clean login form is a great starting point, and you can continue to refine it by adding features like “Forgot Password” options, social media logins, or custom error messages.
The flexibility of Flutter makes it a perfect framework for building cross-platform apps with smooth, responsive UIs. Whether you’re building a small app or a large-scale project, Flutter has the tools to create polished, professional user experiences.
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