Josh Burton
@josh.app
Flutter Developer, Coffee Addict, New Zealander
Flutter accessibility experts:
How i can stop the AppBar back button being the first focused and announced widget on a page?
Seems like bad UX for accessibility users.
How i can stop the AppBar back button being the first focused and announced widget on a page?
Seems like bad UX for accessibility users.
September 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Flutter accessibility experts:
How i can stop the AppBar back button being the first focused and announced widget on a page?
Seems like bad UX for accessibility users.
How i can stop the AppBar back button being the first focused and announced widget on a page?
Seems like bad UX for accessibility users.
Anyone else having issues with Flutter 3.35 bundling assets from packages?
It seems if a package is a dependency override, the assets no longer get bundled...
github.com/flutter/flut...
It seems if a package is a dependency override, the assets no longer get bundled...
github.com/flutter/flut...
Flutter 3.35 no longer bundles assets from overridden packages · Issue #174593 · flutter/flutter
Steps to reproduce depend on a flutter package with assets via dependency_overrides only. Attempt to use an asset from that package Asset is unable to be found This worked on previous Flutter versi...
github.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Anyone else having issues with Flutter 3.35 bundling assets from packages?
It seems if a package is a dependency override, the assets no longer get bundled...
github.com/flutter/flut...
It seems if a package is a dependency override, the assets no longer get bundled...
github.com/flutter/flut...
I'm going to miss being able to force multi-line formatting using a trailing comma, but otherwise this release looks great!
Dart 3.7 is here! We’ve got wildcard variables, new formatter style, cool updates to pub.dev, plus all the ways we’re continuing to make Dart the best it can be. Read all about 3.7 in our blog post: goo.gle/dart37
February 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I'm going to miss being able to force multi-line formatting using a trailing comma, but otherwise this release looks great!
Started using Cursor this week. Not liking VS Code but Cursor Composer can give some great results.
Still need to dive into cursorrules and tweak my workflow.
Really looking forward to @jetbrains.com Junie to get the same thing in Intellij!
Still need to dive into cursorrules and tweak my workflow.
Really looking forward to @jetbrains.com Junie to get the same thing in Intellij!
February 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Started using Cursor this week. Not liking VS Code but Cursor Composer can give some great results.
Still need to dive into cursorrules and tweak my workflow.
Really looking forward to @jetbrains.com Junie to get the same thing in Intellij!
Still need to dive into cursorrules and tweak my workflow.
Really looking forward to @jetbrains.com Junie to get the same thing in Intellij!
Anyone else had major issues using dart cli tools since dart 3.6?
I have a CLI tool I develop and use daily, which is globally activated from a local source.
Now I'm frequently getting the error:
'The current activation of `my_cli` cannot resolve to the same set of dependencies'.
I have a CLI tool I develop and use daily, which is globally activated from a local source.
Now I'm frequently getting the error:
'The current activation of `my_cli` cannot resolve to the same set of dependencies'.
January 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Anyone else had major issues using dart cli tools since dart 3.6?
I have a CLI tool I develop and use daily, which is globally activated from a local source.
Now I'm frequently getting the error:
'The current activation of `my_cli` cannot resolve to the same set of dependencies'.
I have a CLI tool I develop and use daily, which is globally activated from a local source.
Now I'm frequently getting the error:
'The current activation of `my_cli` cannot resolve to the same set of dependencies'.
Spent the morning rewriting a polling function that used Timer/Completer/Future into a much nicer version using Stream.periodic.
It turns out Stream.periodic is essentially impossible to test via Flutter Widget tests 😭
Darts async features really need a lot of work.
It turns out Stream.periodic is essentially impossible to test via Flutter Widget tests 😭
Darts async features really need a lot of work.
January 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Spent the morning rewriting a polling function that used Timer/Completer/Future into a much nicer version using Stream.periodic.
It turns out Stream.periodic is essentially impossible to test via Flutter Widget tests 😭
Darts async features really need a lot of work.
It turns out Stream.periodic is essentially impossible to test via Flutter Widget tests 😭
Darts async features really need a lot of work.
My last day of holiday and I've finally started a new side project 🎉
Using Dart for the backend deployed via Cloud Run. Excited to see how it turns how with the whole stack in Dart.
Using Dart for the backend deployed via Cloud Run. Excited to see how it turns how with the whole stack in Dart.
January 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
My last day of holiday and I've finally started a new side project 🎉
Using Dart for the backend deployed via Cloud Run. Excited to see how it turns how with the whole stack in Dart.
Using Dart for the backend deployed via Cloud Run. Excited to see how it turns how with the whole stack in Dart.
A bit of holiday baking today
December 24, 2024 at 1:39 AM
A bit of holiday baking today
Next year I want to start a weekly 'journal' of work achievements, things I'm proud of etc.
I'm thinking a private github repo, with a github app that opens a PR weekly.
I'm thinking a private github repo, with a github app that opens a PR weekly.
December 21, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Next year I want to start a weekly 'journal' of work achievements, things I'm proud of etc.
I'm thinking a private github repo, with a github app that opens a PR weekly.
I'm thinking a private github repo, with a github app that opens a PR weekly.
Anyone have app recommendations for teaching a 3 year old to read?
Duolingo ABC is ok but looking for more options
Duolingo ABC is ok but looking for more options
December 21, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Anyone have app recommendations for teaching a 3 year old to read?
Duolingo ABC is ok but looking for more options
Duolingo ABC is ok but looking for more options
Last day of work for year - so of course I now have the sudden urge to start a side project 🤣
December 19, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Last day of work for year - so of course I now have the sudden urge to start a side project 🤣
Flutter devs - is there a nicer way to fill the bottom scroll offset of a CustomScrollView (which uses BouncingScrollPhysics)?
I'm currently using a scrollController.offset to display a Container behind the scroll view sized to the height of the scroll.
It works, but is there a better way?
I'm currently using a scrollController.offset to display a Container behind the scroll view sized to the height of the scroll.
It works, but is there a better way?
December 19, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Flutter devs - is there a nicer way to fill the bottom scroll offset of a CustomScrollView (which uses BouncingScrollPhysics)?
I'm currently using a scrollController.offset to display a Container behind the scroll view sized to the height of the scroll.
It works, but is there a better way?
I'm currently using a scrollController.offset to display a Container behind the scroll view sized to the height of the scroll.
It works, but is there a better way?
Is anyone using tart.run (macOS virtual machine) for CI on self hosted runners?
I have some questions!
I have some questions!
Toolset to build, run and manage macOS and Linux VMs
Native performance. Remote storage for Virtual Machines. Many integrations including GitHub, GitLab and more.
tart.run
December 5, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Is anyone using tart.run (macOS virtual machine) for CI on self hosted runners?
I have some questions!
I have some questions!
Are there any good AI UI design tools yet?
December 3, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Are there any good AI UI design tools yet?
Can any Flutter/Dart experts enlightem me as to why jsonEncode escapes strings (e.g. \n becomes \\n).
This doesn't seem standard for json encoding.
Can it be disabled?
This doesn't seem standard for json encoding.
Can it be disabled?
November 27, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Can any Flutter/Dart experts enlightem me as to why jsonEncode escapes strings (e.g. \n becomes \\n).
This doesn't seem standard for json encoding.
Can it be disabled?
This doesn't seem standard for json encoding.
Can it be disabled?
Struggling to get Flutter working as a Daydream service (screensaver) on Android TV.
Anyone else tried and had success?
Anyone else tried and had success?
November 23, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Struggling to get Flutter working as a Daydream service (screensaver) on Android TV.
Anyone else tried and had success?
Anyone else tried and had success?
Flutter with xcode 16 simulator is super flakey.
Running the app doesn't work half the time.
Anyone else having issues?
Running the app doesn't work half the time.
Anyone else having issues?
November 10, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Flutter with xcode 16 simulator is super flakey.
Running the app doesn't work half the time.
Anyone else having issues?
Running the app doesn't work half the time.
Anyone else having issues?
July 25, 2023 at 4:37 AM
Hello Bluesky 👋
Where's all the flutter devs at?
Where's all the flutter devs at?
July 25, 2023 at 3:53 AM
Hello Bluesky 👋
Where's all the flutter devs at?
Where's all the flutter devs at?