Most Important changes in Flutter 3.22 | Flutter Explained

What’s new in Flutter 3.22?

Welcome back for another exciting Flutter stable release! This time, we’re thrilled to present Flutter 3.22, which brings WebAssembly to the stable channel, a fully featured Vulkan backend for Impeller on Android, and many more enhancements.

Check the official release for more.

What are the most important changes?

Key highlights of Flutter 3.22 include:

• WebAssembly: Now available on the stable channel, offering significant performance improvements, especially for apps with animations and rich transitions.
• Impeller Updates: The Vulkan backend for Android is feature complete, providing smoother graphics and improved performance. Ongoing optimizations for blur effects and complex path rendering have also been implemented.
• Widget State Properties: MaterialState has been renamed to WidgetState, making it available to more developers.
• Dynamic View Sizing: Enhancements for better UI adaptability across various device screens.
• Improved Form Validation: More flexible methods for robust user input handling.
• Flavor-Conditional Asset Bundling: Configure individual assets to be bundled only for specific flavors.
• Vertex AI for Firebase: Public preview release of the Dart SDK for building generative AI features.
• DevTools Updates: Performance improvements and new features for better debugging and profiling.
• Platform View Performance: Significant improvements for iOS and Android, especially in scenarios with multiple inline ads.
• End of Support for KitKat: Flutter now only supports devices running Lollipop (API 21) and above.

Flutter 3.22 Remarks

The Flutter 3.22 release showcases the incredible contributions from our community. As we move forward, we encourage developers to explore these new features, provide feedback, and continue to innovate with Flutter. We can’t wait to see what you build!