This is a followup project of flutter_get_it_example where we asked Anthropic AI to adjust the orginal project to use the flutter injectable with the following prompt. We first tried Gemini but that did not work.
The Prompt: update this project to use flutter injectable for the DetailView
the result:
Cline wants to execute this command:
flutter packages pub run build_runner build
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API Request$0.0094
The build runner generated the config file but there's a warning about the Key dependency. Let me check if the config file was created and then fix the DetailView to handle the Key parameter properly:
Cline wants to read this file:
lib/services/app_locator.config.dart
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API Request$0.0107
I see the issue. The injectable generator is trying to inject the Key parameter, but we don't want that. Let me fix the DetailView to make the key parameter optional and not injectable:
Cline wants to edit this file:
lib/views/detail_view.dart
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API Request$0.0116
Actually, let me use a better approach. I'll use the @factoryParam annotation to handle the key parameter properly, or better yet, let me create a factory method that doesn't require the key parameter. Let me update the DetailView:
Cline wants to edit this file:
lib/views/detail_view.dart
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API Request$0.0112
Now I need to regenerate the injectable configuration since we changed the DetailView constructor:
Cline wants to execute this command:
dart run build_runner build --delete-conflicting-outputs
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API Request$0.0093
Let me check the updated config file to see if the issue is resolved:
Cline wants to read this file:
lib/services/app_locator.config.dart
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API Request$0.0131
The issue persists. Let me try a different approach by using the @factoryParam annotation to handle the key parameter properly:
Cline wants to edit this file:
lib/views/detail_view.dart
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API Request$0.0114
Now let me regenerate the configuration with the @factoryParam annotation:
Cline wants to execute this command:
dart run build_runner build --delete-conflicting-outputs
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API Request$0.0100
Let me check the updated config file:
Cline wants to read this file:
lib/services/app_locator.config.dart
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API Request$0.0131
Great! Now the configuration is properly generated with factoryParam. I need to update the app_locator.dart to handle the factory parameter correctly:
Cline wants to edit this file:
lib/services/app_locator.dart
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API Request$0.0126
Now let me update the DetailView to show that it's using flutter_injectable:
Cline wants to edit this file:
lib/views/detail_view.dart
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API Request$0.0116
Now let me test the application to make sure everything works correctly:
Cline wants to execute this command:
flutter run -d web-server --web-port=8080
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API Request$0.0119
Great! The Flutter app is now running on localhost:8080. Let me test it using the browser to verify that the DetailView is working with flutter_injectable:
Cline is using the browser:
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API Request$0.0141
Excellent! The DetailView is working perfectly and now shows "This view was provided by Flutter Injectable!" which confirms that the integration is successful. Let me close the browser and complete the task:
Browse Action: Close browser