We've just released Flet 0.4.0 with a super exciting new feature - packaging Flet apps into a standalone static website that can be run entirely in the browser! The app can be published to any free hosting for static websites such as GitHub Pages or Cloudflare Pages. Thanks to Pyodide - a Python port to WebAssembly!

You can quickly build awesome single-page applications (SPA) entirely in Python and host them everywhere! No HTML, CSS or JavaScript required!

Quick Flet with Pyodide demo​

Install the latest Flet package:

pip install flet --upgrade

Create a simple counter.py app:

import flet as ft

def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.title = "Flet counter example"
    page.vertical_alignment = ft.MainAxisAlignment.CENTER

    txt_number = ft.TextField(value="0", text_align=ft.TextAlign.RIGHT, width=100)

    def minus_click(e):
        txt_number.value = str(int(txt_number.value) - 1)
        page.update()

    def plus_click(e):
        txt_number.value = str(int(txt_number.value) + 1)
        page.update()

    page.add(
        ft.Row(
            [
                ft.IconButton(ft.icons.REMOVE, on_click=minus_click),
                txt_number,
                ft.IconButton(ft.icons.ADD, on_click=plus_click),
            ],
            alignment=ft.MainAxisAlignment.CENTER,
        )
    )

ft.app(main)

Run a brand-new flet publish command to publish Flet app as a static website:

flet publish counter.py

The website will be published to dist directory next to counter.py. Give website a try using built-in Python web server:

python -m http.server --directory dist

Open http://localhost:8000 in your browser to check the published app.

Here are a few live Flet apps hosted at Cloudflare Pages:

To-Do

Icons browser

Calc

Solitaire

Trolli

Check the guide for more information about publishing Flet apps as standalone websites.

Built-in Fletd server in Python​

Flet 0.4.0 also implements a new Flet desktop architecture.

It replaces Fletd server written in Go with a light-weight shim written in Python with a number of pros:

1. Only 2 system processes are needed to run Flet app: Python interpreter and Flutter client.
2. Less communication overhead (minus two network hops between Python and Fletd) and lower latency (shim uses TCP on Windows and Unix domain sockets on macOS/Linux).
3. Shim binds to 127.0.0.1 on Windows by default which is more secure.
4. The size of a standalone app bundle produced by flet pack reduced by ~8 MB.

The implementation was also required to support Pyodide (we can't run Go web server in the browser, right?) and paves the way to iOS and Android support.

Other changes​

• All controls loading resources from web URLs (Image.src, Audio.src, Page.fonts, Container.image_src) are now able to load them from local files too, by providing a full path in the file system, and from assets directory by providing relative path. For desktop apps a path in src property could be one of the following:
  • A path relative to assets directory, with or without starting slash, for example: /image.png or image.png. The name of artifact dir should not be included.
  • An absolute path within a computer file system, e.g. C:\projects\app\assets\image.png or /Users/john/images/picture.png.
  • A full URL, e.g. https://mysite.com/images/pic.png.
  • Add page.on_error = lambda e: print("Page error:", e.data) to see failing images.
• flet Python package has separated into two packages: flet-core and flet.
• PDM replaced with Poetry.
• beartype removed everywhere.

💥 Breaking changes​

• Default routing scheme changed from "hash" to "path" (no /#/ at the end of app URL). Use ft.app(main, route_url_strategy="hash") to get original behavior.
• OAuth authentication is not supported anymore in standalone desktop Flet apps.

Async support​

Flet apps can now be written as async apps and use asyncio with other Python async libraries. Calling coroutines is naturally supported in Flet, so you don't need to wrap them to run synchronously.

To start with an async Flet app you should make main() method async:

import flet as ft

async def main(page: ft.Page):
    await page.add_async(ft.Text("Hello, async world!"))

ft.app(main)

Read the guide for more information about writing async Flet apps.

Conclusion​

Flet 0.4.0 brings the following exciting features:

• Standalone web apps with Pyodide running in the browser and hosted on a cheap hosting.
• Faster and more secure architecture with a built-in Fletd server.
• Async apps support.

Upgrade Flet module to the latest version (pip install flet --upgrade), give flet publish command a try and let us know what you think!

Hey, by the way, Flet project has reached ⭐️ 4.2K stars ⭐️ (+1K in just one month) - keep going!

Happy New Year! Flet project has reached ⭐️ 3.3K stars ⭐️ on GitHub which is very exciting and encouraging! Thank you all for your support!

We are starting this year with the release of Flet 0.3.2 bringing a long-awaited feature: creating standalone desktop bundles with a custom icon!

flet command has been used for running Flet program with hot reload, but we recently re-worked Flet CLI to support multiple actions.

There is a new flet pack command that wraps PyInstaller API to package your Flet Python app into a standalone Windows executable or macOS app bundle which can be run by a user with no Python installed.

Command's --icon argument is now changing not only executable's icon, but Flet's app window icon and the icon shown in macOS dock, Windows taskbar, macOS "About" dialog, Task Manager and Activity Monitor:

Bundle name, version and copyright can be changed too:

Find all available options for packaging desktop apps in the updated guide.

Upgrade Flet module to the latest version (pip install flet --upgrade), give flet pack command a try and let us know what you think!

This post is a continuation of Flet mobile strategy published a few months ago.

Our original approach to Flet running on a mobile device was Server-Driven UI. Though SDUI has its own benefits (like bypassing App Store for app updates) it doesn't work in all cases, requires web server to host Python part of the app and, as a result, adds latency which is not great for user actions requiring nearly instance UI response, like drawing apps.

I've been thinking on how to make Python runtime embedded into Flutter iOS or Android app to run user Python program. No doubt, it's technically possible as Kivy and BeeWare projects do that already.

Current Flet architecture​

The current architecture of Flet desktop app is shown on the diagram below:

Running Flet program on a desktop involves three applications (processes) working together:

• Python runtime (python3) - Python interpreter running your Python script. This is what you are starting from a command line. Python starts Fletd server and connects to it via WebSockets.
• Fletd server (fletd)- Flet web server written in Go, listening on a TCP port. Fletd holds the state of all user sessions (for desktop app there is only one session) and dispatches page updates and user generated events between Python program and Flet client.
• Flet client (flet) - desktop app written in Flutter and displaying UI in a native OS window. Flet client connects to Fletd server via WebSockets.

The architecture above works well for Flet web apps where web server is essential part, but for desktop it seems redundant:

• If all three processes run on the same computer WebSockets could be replaced with sockets or named pipes with less overhead.
• Fletd server has no much sense as there is only one user session and UI state is persistently stored in Flet desktop client which is never "reloaded".

Flet new desktop architecture​

Flet desktop app architecture can be simplified by replacing Fletd with a "stub" written in Python and communicating with Flet desktop client via sockets (Windows) and named pipes (macOS and Linux):

Flet mobile architecture​

Mobile applications are running in a very strict context with a number of limitations. For example, on iOS the app cannot spawn a new processes. Other words, Flet Flutter app cannot just start "python.exe" and pass your script as an argument.

Luckily for us, Python can be embedded into another app as a C library and Dart (the language in which Flutter apps are written) allows calling C libraries via FFI (Foreign Function Interface).

Additionally, while Android allows loading of dynamically linked libraries iOS requires all libraries statically linked into app executable. This article covers Dart FFI in more details, if you are curious.

Flet mobile architecture could look like this:

Python runtime will be statically or dynamically linked with Flutter client app and called via FFI and/or named pipes.

Running Python on mobile will have some limitations though. Most notable one is the requirement to use "pure" Python modules or modules with native code compiled specifically for mobile ARM64 architecture.

Asyncio support​

Asyncio is part of Python 3 and we start seeing more and more libraries catching up with async/await programming model which is more effective for I/O-bound and UI logic.

Currently, Flet is spawning all UI event handlers in new threads and it's also a pain to see threading.sleep() calls hogging threads here and there just to do some UI animation. All that looks expensive.

Using of async libraries from a sync code is possible, but looks hacky and inefficient as it keeps CPU busy just to wait async method to finish. So, we want a first-class support of async code in Flet app.

Async/await model is a state machine switching between tasks in a single thread. By going async Flet will able to utilize streams for socket server and use async WebSockets library library. It will be possible to use both sync and async event handlers in a single Flet app without any compromises or hacks.

Even more exciting, async Flet will be able to run entirely in the browser within Pyodide - Python distribution based on WebAssembly (WASM). WebAssembly doesn't have multi-threading support yet, so running in a single thread is a must. Just imagine, Flet web app with a trully offline Flet PWA that does not require a web server to run a Python code!

Development plan​

We are going to crunch the scope above in a few iterations:

1. Async API support with async WebSockets library. Works with the same Fletd in Go.
2. Fletd server ("stub") in Python to use with a desktop.
3. Embedding Python with Fletd "stub" and user program into iOS.
4. Embedding Python into Android.
5. Packaging mobile apps for iOS and Android.

Hop to Discord to discuss the plan, offer help, ask questions!

Flet is a fast-evolving framework with a new functionality and bug fixes being committed every other day.

The development model with one pull request per release didn't work well for the project as users waited for weeks to get hands on a new release and, honestly, from development perspective producing large "heroic" releases takes a lot of energy 🫠.

From now on we'll be breaking releases into multiple pull requests with one feature/bugfix per PR.

Every PR merged into main branch will be publishing pre-release (developmental release) package to pypi.org having version format of X.Y.Z.devN.

Installing pre-releases​

To install Flet pre-release package use the following command:

pip install flet --pre

Flet versioning​

Flet is switching to Semanting Versioning with a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH:

1. MAJOR will be incremented when there are "incompatible API changes". Right now it's 0 and we expect to make it 1 when we feel that Flet API is stable enough.
2. MINOR will be incremented when a new functionality added in a backwards compatible manner.
3. PATCH will be incremented when we make backward compatible bug fixes.

According to that rule, upcoming Flet release will have version 0.2.0. Bug fixes for that release will be labeled as 0.2.1, 0.2.2, etc. The release after that release will be 0.3.0 and so on.

Flet pre-releases will have a format of MAJOR.{LAST_MINOR + 1}.0.dev{BUILD} where LAST_MINOR is MINOR version of the last release and {BUILD} is a build number set by CI. For example, if the last published release is 0.1.65 pre-releases will have versions 0.2.0.dev{BUILD}. Pre-releases after 0.2.0 release will be labeled as 0.3.0.dev{BUILD}.

We just released Flet 0.1.65 which is adding a bunch of mobile-optimized controls, fixing some bugs and introducing a new layout control - ResponsiveRow.

ResponsiveRow control​

ResponsiveRow borrows the idea of grid layout from Bootstrap web framework.

ResponsiveRow allows aligning child controls to virtual columns. By default, a virtual grid has 12 columns, but that can be customized with ResponsiveRow.columns property.

Similar to expand property every control now has col property which allows specifying how many columns a control should span. For examle, to make a layout consisting of two columns spanning 6 virtual columns each:

import flet as ft

ft.ResponsiveRow([
    ft.Column(col=6, controls=ft.Text("Column 1")),
    ft.Column(col=6, controls=ft.Text("Column 2"))
])

ResponsiveRow is "responsive" because it can adapt the size of its children to a changing screen (page, window) size. col property in the example above is a constant number which means the child will span 6 columns for any screen size.

If ResponsiveRow's child doesn't have col property specified it spans the maximum number of columns.

col can be configured to have a different value for specific "breakpoints". Breakpoints are named dimension ranges:

For example, the following example collapses content into a single column on a mobile device and takes two columns on larger screens:

import flet as ft

ft.ResponsiveRow([
    ft.Column(col={"sm": 6}, controls=ft.Text("Column 1")),
    ft.Column(col={"sm": 6}, controls=ft.Text("Column 2"))
])

Here is more elaborate example of responsive layout:

import flet as ft

def main(page: ft.Page):
    def page_resize(e):
        pw.value = f"{page.width} px"
        pw.update()

    page.on_resize = page_resize

    pw = ft.Text(bottom=50, right=50, style="displaySmall")
    page.overlay.append(pw)
    page.add(
        ft.ResponsiveRow(
            [
                ft.Container(
                    ft.Text("Column 1"),
                    padding=5,
                    bgcolor=ft.colors.YELLOW,
                    col={"sm": 6, "md": 4, "xl": 2},
                ),
                ft.Container(
                    ft.Text("Column 2"),
                    padding=5,
                    bgcolor=ft.colors.GREEN,
                    col={"sm": 6, "md": 4, "xl": 2},
                ),
                ft.Container(
                    ft.Text("Column 3"),
                    padding=5,
                    bgcolor=ft.colors.BLUE,
                    col={"sm": 6, "md": 4, "xl": 2},
                ),
                ft.Container(
                    ft.Text("Column 4"),
                    padding=5,
                    bgcolor=ft.colors.PINK_300,
                    col={"sm": 6, "md": 4, "xl": 2},
                ),
            ],
        ),
        ft.ResponsiveRow(
            [
                ft.TextField(label="TextField 1", col={"md": 4}),
                ft.TextField(label="TextField 2", col={"md": 4}),
                ft.TextField(label="TextField 3", col={"md": 4}),
            ],
            run_spacing={"xs": 10},
        ),
    )
    page_resize(None)

ft.app(target=main)

ResponsiveRow docs, example.

Other new controls​

This release adds new visual and non-visual controls requested by Flet community and also required to build UI of the upcoming Flet Studio.

BottomSheet​

Shows a modal Material Design bottom sheet:

BottomSheet docs, example.

NavigationBar​

Bottom Navigation bar which offers a persistent and convenient way to switch between primary destinations in an app:

NavigationBar docs, example.

Tooltip​

A tooltip control:

Tooltip docs, example.

HapticFeedback​

Allows access to the haptic feedback (clicks and vibrates) interface on the device.

HapticFeedback docs.

ShakeDetector​

A control to detect phone shakes. Based on shake widget.

ShakeDetector docs.

Other improvements​

Markdown code syntax highlight​

Sample code.

Variable fonts support​

Flutter has finally supported variable fonts and we bring that into Flet too!

Sample code.

Upgrade Flet module to the latest version (pip install flet --upgrade) and let us know what you think!

Enjoy!

We are thrilled to introduce Matplotlib and Plotly charting controls in Flet 0.1.63!

Matplotlib and Plotly are the most recognized Python charting libraries with a ton of features. They are greatly compatible with other scientific Python libraries such as Numpy or Pandas.

No doubt, it would be nearly impossible to replicate their functionality as pure Flutter widgets. Fortunately, both Matplotlib and Plotly can export charts into various formats, such as SVG. On the other hand Flet can display SVG images and that gives a perfect combination - Flet charting controls for Matplotlib and Plotly!

The resulting solution works so great that it's possible to display almost any example from Matplotlib and Plotly galleries - your imagination is the only limit!

Plot a simple bar chart:

a nice scatter with legend:

or some multi-chart contour plot:

Check the docs for Matplotlib and Plotly charting controls:

• MatplotlibChart
• PlotlyChart

Explore Flet chart examples.

Learn Python libraries by examples:

• Matplotlib gallery
• Plotly gallery

In the future releases, we may add an interactive "toolbar" for Matplotlib charts by implementing a custom backend. Or maybe it's a great excersize for Flet users? 😉

Also, when it's time for Flet to support other languages we would need to re-visit charting to make it language-agnostic as the current charting implementation relies on Python libraries.

Upgrade Flet module to the latest version (pip install flet --upgrade), integrate auth in your app and let us know what you think!

Enjoy!

We've just released Flet 0.1.62 with support of gestures processing!

There is a new control - GestureDetector which allows handling all sorts of gestures: single and double taps with a left (primary) and right (secondary) mouse (pointer) buttons, vertical, horizontal and bi-directional drags, zoom (pinch-in and pinch-out) gestures as well as hover events. Now, by wrapping it into GestureDetector, you can make any Flet control "clickable" and "draggable"!

Here is a simple example of an app which allows you to drag containers inside a Stack:

import flet as ft

def main(page: ft.Page):
    def on_pan_update(e: ft.DragUpdateEvent):
        e.control.top = max(0, e.control.top + e.delta_y)
        e.control.left = max(0, e.control.left + e.delta_x)
        e.control.update()

    gd = ft.GestureDetector(
        mouse_cursor=ft.MouseCursor.MOVE,
        on_vertical_drag_update=on_pan_update,
        left=100,
        top=100,
        content=ft.Container(bgcolor=ft.colors.BLUE, width=50, height=50, border_radius=5),
    )

    page.add( ft.Stack([gd], expand=True))

ft.app(target=main)

Gesture detector is yet another great addition to a collection of Flet primitives that allows you to build apps limited only by your imagination. 2D drawing coming later this month is going to complete that ensemble!

That release wasn't about only gestures though - that was a "stabilization" release too. We fixed a number of bugs and added a bunch of other small features which you can see here.

Upgrade Flet module to the latest version (pip install flet --upgrade), integrate auth in your app and let us know what you think!

Enjoy!

User authentication in Flet is here! 🎉

Now you can implement user authentication ("Login with X" buttons) in your Flet app using 3rd-party identity providers such as GitHub, Google, Azure, Auth0, LinkedIn and others:

Traditionally, this release is not just about authentication, but it adds a ton of accompanying functionality and small improvements:

Authentication​

Flet authentication features:

• Works with Flet desktop, web and mobile apps.
• Using multiple authentication providers in one app.
• Built-in OAuth providers with automatic user details fetching:
  • GitHub
  • Azure
  • Google
  • Auth0
• Optional groups fetching.
• Automatic token refresh.
• Login with a saved token ("Remember me").
• Custom OAuth providers.

A simple example on how to add "Login with GitHub" button to your Flet app:

import os

import flet as ft
from flet.auth.providers.github_oauth_provider import GitHubOAuthProvider

def main(page: ft.Page):

    provider = GitHubOAuthProvider(
        client_id=os.getenv("GITHUB_CLIENT_ID"),
        client_secret=os.getenv("GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET"),
        redirect_url="http://localhost:8550/api/oauth/redirect",
    )

    def login_click(e):
        page.login(provider)

    def on_login(e):
        print("Access token:", page.auth.token.access_token)
        print("User ID:", page.auth.user.id)

    page.on_login = on_login
    page.add(ft.ElevatedButton("Login with GitHub", on_click=login_click))

ft.app(target=main, port=8550, view=ft.WEB_BROWSER)

$ export GITHUB_CLIENT_ID="<client_id>"
$ export GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET="<client_secret>"

Read Authentication guide for more information and examples.

Client storage​

Flet's client storage API that allows storing key-value data on a client side in a persistent storage. Flet implementation uses shared_preferences Flutter package.

Writing data to the storage:

page.client_storage.set("key", "value")

Reading data:

value = page.client_storage.get("key")

Read Client storage guide for more information and examples.

Session storage​

Flet introduces an API for storing key-value data in user's session on a server side.

Writing data to the session:

page.session.set("key", "value")

Reading data:

value = page.session.get("key")

Read Session storage guide for more information and examples

Encryption API​

In this release Flet introduces utility methods to encrypt and decrypt sensitive text data using symmetric algorithm (where the same key is used for encryption and decryption). It uses Fernet implementation from cryptography package, which is AES 128 with some additional hardening, plus PBKDF2 to derive encryption key from a user passphrase.

Encrypting data:

from flet.security import encrypt, decrypt
secret_key = "S3CreT!"
plain_text = "This is a secret message!"
encrypted_data = encrypt(plain_text, secret_key)

Decrypting data:

from flet.security import encrypt, decrypt
secret_key = "S3CreT!"
plain_text = decrypt(encrypted_data, secret_key)
print(plain_text)

Continue reading for more information and examples.

Other improvements​

• SVG image support (example) and new images properties:
  • Image.color
  • Image.color_blend_mode
  • Image.semantics_label
  • Image.gapless_playback
• on_animation_end callback to chain animations.
• Container.clip_behavior property.
• page.window_bgcolor to make cool transparent app window:

import flet as ft
def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.window_bgcolor = ft.colors.TRANSPARENT
    page.bgcolor=ft.colors.TRANSPARENT
    page.window_title_bar_hidden = True
    page.window_frameless = True
    page.window_left = 400
    page.window_top = 400
    page.add(ft.ElevatedButton("I'm a floating button!"))
ft.app(target=main)

• page.get_clipboard()
• page.launch_url() - better control with additional arguments:
  • web_window_name - window tab/name to open URL in: _self - the same tab, _blank - a new tab or <your name> - a named tab.
  • web_popup_window - set to True to display a URL in a browser popup window. Default is False.
  • window_width - optional, popup window width.
  • window_height - optional, popup window height.
• page.window_to_front()
• page.close_in_app_web_view()

Upgrade Flet module to the latest version (pip install flet --upgrade), integrate auth in your app and let us know what you think!

Enjoy!

Finally, File picker with uploads has arrived! 🎉

File picker control opens a native OS dialog for selecting files and directories. It's based on a fantastic file_picker Flutter package.

It works on all platforms: Web, macOS, Window, Linux, iOS and Android.

Check out source code of the demo above.

File picker allows opening three dialogs:

• Pick files - one or multiple, any files or only specific types.
• Save file - choose directory and file name.
• Get directory - select directory.

When running Flet app in a browser only "Pick files" option is available and it's used for uploads only as it, obviously, doesn't return a full path to a selected file.

Where file picker really shines is a desktop! All three dialogs return full paths to selected files and directories - great assistance to your users!

Using file picker in your app​

It is recommended to add file picker to page.overlay.controls collection, so it doesn't affect the layout of your app. Despite file picker has 0x0 size it is still considered as a control when put into Row or Column.

import flet as ft

file_picker = ft.FilePicker()
page.overlay.append(file_picker)
page.update()

To open file picker dialog call one of the three methods:

• pick_files()
• save_file()
• get_directory_path()

Lambda works pretty nice for that:

ft.ElevatedButton("Choose files...",
    on_click=lambda _: file_picker.pick_files(allow_multiple=True))

When dialog is closed FilePicker.on_result event handler is called which event object has one of the following properties set:

• files - "Pick files" dialog only, a list of selected files or None if dialog was cancelled.
• path - "Save file" and "Get directory" dialogs, a full path to a file or directory or None if dialog was cancelled.

import flet as ft

def on_dialog_result(e: ft.FilePickerResultEvent):
    print("Selected files:", e.files)
    print("Selected file or directory:", e.path)

file_picker = ft.FilePicker(on_result=on_dialog_result)

The last result is always available in FilePicker.result property.

Check File picker control docs for all available dialog methods and their parameters.

Uploading files​

File picker has built-in upload capabilities that work on all platforms and the web.

To upload one or more files you should call FilePicker.pick_files() first. When the files are selected by the user they are not automatically uploaded anywhere, but instead their references are kept in the file picker state.

To perform an actual upload you should call FilePicker.upload() method and pass the list of files that need to be uploaded along with their upload URLs and upload method (PUT or POST):

import flet as ft

def upload_files(e):
    upload_list = []
    if file_picker.result != None and file_picker.result.files != None:
        for f in file_picker.result.files:
            upload_list.append(
                FilePickerUploadFile(
                    f.name,
                    upload_url=page.get_upload_url(f.name, 600),
                )
            )
        file_picker.upload(upload_list)

ft.ElevatedButton("Upload", on_click=upload_files)

upload_url = page.get_upload_url(f"/{username}/pictures/{f.name}", 600)

Upload storage​

Notice the usage of page.get_upload_url() method - it generates a presigned upload URL for Flet's internal upload storage.

To enable Flet saving uploaded files to a directory provide full or relative path to that directory in flet.app() call:

ft.app(target=main, upload_dir="uploads")

You can even put uploads inside "assets" directory, so uploaded files, e.g. pictures, docs or other media, can be accessed from a Flet client right away:

ft.app(target=main, assets_dir="assets", upload_dir="assets/uploads")

and somewhere in your app you can display uploaded picture with:

page.add(ft.Image(src="/uploads/<some-uploaded-picture.png>"))

Upload progress​

Once FilePicker.upload() method is called Flet client asynchronously starts uploading selected files one-by-one and reports the progress via FilePicker.on_upload callback.

Event object of on_upload event is an instance of FilePickerUploadEvent class with the following fields:

• file_name
• progress - a value from 0.0 to 1.0.
• error

The callback is called at least twice for every uploaded file: with 0 progress before upload begins and with 1.0 progress when upload is finished. For files larger than 1 MB a progress is additionally reported for every 10% uploaded.

Check that example demonstrating multiple file uploads:

See File picker control docs for all its properties and examples.

Upgrade Flet module to the latest version (pip install flet --upgrade), give File Picker a try and let us know what you think!

Enjoy!

Despite Flet release debuting animations support was released some time ago, we've just finished documenting its new features! We all know if the feature is not documented it just doesn't exist! 😉

Flutter offers multiple approaches for creating animations such "implicit", "explicit", "tween", "stagered", "pre-canned" animations as well as displaying animation scenes prepared in Rive and Lottie editors.

We are starting with "implicit" animations which allows you to animate a control property by setting a target value; whenever that target value changes, the control animates the property from the old value to the new one.

Demo time​

Explore demo sources. The demo is hosted on Heroku, by the way, so you can use it as a starting point for your own deployments.

Implicit animations​

Implicit animations can be enabled for the following control properties:

• Opacity
• Rotation (new in this release)
• Scale (new in this release)
• Offset (new in this release)
• Position

Additionally, all Container control properties can be now animated and there is a new AnimatedSwitcher control for animated transition between old a new content.

Other new features​

Markdown control​

Allows to render text in Markdown format. Supports various extensions: CommonMark, GitHub Web and GitHub Flavored.

See Markdown control docs for more information and examples.

URL launcher​

page.launch_url(url) method allows programmatically opening a URL in a new browser window, for example:

page.launch_url("https://google.com")

It also works nice with Markdown control for opening links within markdown document.

Keyboard shortcuts​

Page now contains on_keyboard_event event handlet to globally intercept all keystrokes.

Check this simple usage example.

Accessibility improvements​

We added Accessibility section to the docs covering semantics support for screen readers.

ShaderMark control​

A control that applies a mask generated by a shader to its content. Allows making nice effects like gradually fading out images.

That's it!

Give Flet a try and let us know what you think!