Understanding Firestore Integration in Flutter: A Case Study on Managing Pipe Stock Prices

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To create a Flutter app with Firestore for managing stock prices of pipes, you’ll need to set up Firestore in your Flutter project and use it for CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations. Here’s a basic example of how you can implement this :

1. Add Dependencies

First, add Firestore and other necessary dependencies to your `pubspec.yaml`:

dependencies:
flutter:
sdk: flutter
cloud_firestore: ^4.13.6
firebase_core: ^2.24.2

Don’t forget to run `flutter pub get` to install these dependencies.

2. Initialize Firebase

You need to initialize Firebase in your main.dart:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:firebase_core/firebase_core.dart';

void main() async {
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
  await Firebase.initializeApp();
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Flutter Firestore Demo',
      theme: ThemeData(
        primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
      ),
      home: PipeListScreen(),
    );
  }
}

3. Firestore CRUD Operations