Flutter IOS Setup

1.Introduction

In this article, we are going to set up the Restart App’s initial setup for real-time use cases.

Note: Before ios setup, please complete all the server & firebase & code changes, map setup which is mentioned in android setup & server setup sections.
flutter version for this project is 'Channel stable, 3.24.5'


<strong>Note:</strong> File Location: "project/ios/Runner/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj"


PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = 'your bundle id here';  (change in 6 places in same file)
DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = 'team id'; (change your apple team id here)


<key> CFBundleDisplayName </key>

<string>project name here </string>


<array>
<string>Encoded app id from firebasse </string>
</array>

Replace"Encoded app id from firebasse" with the encoded app id of Firebase project

Open your project File with the Xcode IDE which is used to create the project and also it is very powerful. project file is in location,
Note : File Location : "project/ios/runner.xcworkspace"

change map api key in file, Note : File Location : project/ios/Runner/appDelegate.swift


GMSServices.provideAPIKey("your map key here")

Rename the project with your app name and bundle identifier
in Xcode / Runner / General /

Create a bundle identifier for your app in developer account.
create development and distribution certificates.kindly refer this url for reference - https://medium.com/mobile-devops-ci-cd-ct/steps-to-create-ios-developer-and-distribution-certificates-with-and-without-a-mac-8449b973ef9d
Create provisioning profiles for both development and distribution. kindly refer this url for reference - https://clearbridgemobile.com/how-to-create-a-distribution-provisioning-profile-for-ios/
Create APNS auth key for push notification.
Register your bundle identifier in firebase project that you changed in xcode.
Firebase -: setup phone number authentication, cloud messaging and firebase database.
Download the googleservicePlist json from firebase.
Now open the project.
add googleservice-Info.plist in project/ios/Runner/ or from xcode right click Runner and click Add files to runner and choose googleserviceInfo.plist file as shown in image.

after open the google-services.json file, and find out the "API_KEY","GOOGLE_APP_ID","PROJECT_ID","GCM_SENDER_ID"
replace these key values in "project/lib/common/app_constant.dart" file
(GCM_SENDER_ID as firebasemessagingSenderId, GOOGLE_APP_ID as firebaseAppId)
copy the google app id from googleserviceplist.json and paste it in url scheme in Xcode / Runner / Info / url types as shown in image

replace App Icon in assets in the folder in following size and names without alpha and transparent background project/ios/Runner/Assets.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset/

Icon-App-20x20@1x.png - (20x20) x1 size - 20x20

Icon-App-20x20@2x.png - (20x20) x2 size - 40x40

Icon-App-20x20@3x.png - (20x20) x3 size - 60x60

Icon-App-29x29@1x.png - (29x29) x1 size - 29x29

Icon-App-29x29@2x.png - (29x29) x2 size - 58x58

Icon-App-29x29@3x.png - (29x29) x3 size - 87x87

Icon-App-40x40@1x.png - (40x40) x1 size - 40x40

Icon-App-40x40@2x.png - (40x40) x2 size - 80x80

Icon-App-40x40@3x.png - (40x40) x3 size - 120x120

Icon-App-60x60@2x.png - (60x60) x2 size - 120x120

Icon-App-60x60@3x.png - (60x60) x3 size - 180x180

Icon-App-76x76@1x.png - (76x76) x1 size - 76x76

Icon-App-76x76@2x.png - (76x76) x2 size - 152x152

Icon-App-83.5x83.5@2x.png - (83.5x83.5) x2 size - 167x167

Icon-App-1024x1024@1x.png - (1024x1024) x1 size - 1024x1024

in go to folder 'project/ios' and run command 'flutter build ios --release -target lib/env/main_dev.dart'
to create archive file to upload run command 'flutter build ipa' from folder 'project/ios'.

you will find archive file in folder project/build/ios/archive/Runner.xcarchive