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Develop a Global Hotkey Desktop App with Flutter

This tutorial will guide you through developing a macOS desktop application using Flutter that can be invoked with global hotkeys.

Project Overview

We will develop a simple yet practical desktop application with the following features:

  • Quick show/hide with global hotkeys
  • Customizable hotkey combinations
  • Elegant window management
  • Native macOS experience

Tech Stack

  • Flutter: Cross-platform UI framework
  • window_manager: Window management
  • hotkey_manager: Global hotkey management

Requirements

  • macOS operating system
  • Flutter development environment
  • VS Code or other editors

Contents

00-Environment Setup

01-Create Project

02-Window Management

03-Hotkey Settings

04-State Management

05-Package and Release

Note

This tutorial uses macOS as an example. While Flutter is cross-platform, Windows and Linux might require slightly different configurations.

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