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Step 4 · Mobile Apps

The Three Phone Apps

Which folder builds which app, the order to set them up in, and how to run them on a phone.

10 min

Zipkart has three phone apps. Each is its own Flutter project with its own package name, and all three use the same Firebase project.

Customer appFolder customer/ · Android, iOS and the customer website · com.zipkart.customerStore appFolder store/ · Android, iOS and the store panel website · com.zipkart.storeDelivery Boy appFolder driver/ · Android and iOS · com.zipkart.driver
Customer app
Customer app
Store app
Store app
Delivery Boy app
Delivery Boy app

Set them up in this order#

Done in Step 2

Your package names and the Firebase connection are already set. This step makes the apps yours and builds them for the stores.

1Name & iconWhat people see on their phone. 2Maps keyOptional: only for Google Maps. 3SHA keysFor Google and phone sign-in. 4Android releaseSigning key, then APK or AAB. 5iPhone releaseXcode, push key, App Store.

Everything else is in the admin panel

Shop name, logo, colours, fonts, sign-in methods, payment gateways, map provider, languages and texts are not in the app code. You change them in the admin panel and the apps update without a new build.

Run an app#

Connect a phone with USB debugging on, or start an emulator or the iOS Simulator, then:

cd customer
flutter pub get
flutter run

Use cd store or cd driver for the other apps.

File → Open and pick the app folder (for example customer), not the whole Zipkart folder. Choose a device in the toolbar and click the green Run button.

File → Open Folder and pick the app folder. Choose a device at the bottom right and press F5.

Command Does
flutter devices Lists connected phones and emulators
flutter run -d <device_id> Runs on one device
flutter run --release The fast release build. Use it to judge speed.
flutter run -d chrome Runs the customer website or store panel (from customer/ or store/)

First build is slow

The first build downloads packages and can take several minutes. Later builds take seconds. Press r to hot reload, R to restart, q to quit.