Introduction
The Google AI Dart SDK has made Flutter programming even more fascinating. This official offering from Google brings the power of cutting-edge generative AI models like Gemini directly to your Flutter and Dart applications, opening up a universe of creative possibilities. Whether you want to improve user experiences, automate processes, or add AI magic to your projects.
What can you develop?
Gemini API can help you develop various applications. For instance,
- Summarise lengthy texts and capture their key points.
- Build smart chatbots that resemble human conversations
- A visual search engine that allows users to upload pictures and receive descriptions
- And many more
Installation
Follow the steps below to enable Google Gemini in your Flutter project.
Get an API key: You can head over to https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey and create a Gemini API key.
Add the dependency: You need to add the google_generative_ai dependency to the pubspec.yaml file in your flutter project.
dependencies:
google_generative_ai: ^0.2.0
Run the Flutter pub and get after that.
How to use it?
import 'package:google_generative_ai/google_generative_ai.dart';
const apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY'; // Replace with your actual API key
void main() async {
// Create a GenerativeModel instance
final model = GenerativeModel(model: 'gemini-pro', apiKey: apiKey);
// Generate text content based on a prompt
final prompt = 'Write a poem about a brave heart.';
final content = [Content.text(prompt)];
final response = await model.generateContent(content);
// Display the generated text
print(response.text);
}
Conclusion
In this article, we discussed the google_generative_ai package, an exciting tool for Flutter developers. The use of generative AI models in your apps can unlock new levels of creativity, automation, and engagement for users. In the next upcoming article, I will use google_generative_ai to build a sample application. Thank you for reading this article. If you found it helpful, free to connect with me on LinkedIn and say hi. Stay tuned for the next article.
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