Google Launches Flutter News Toolkit, Application Template for News Agency

Flutter News Toolkit is a template for making news apps (photo: Flutter)

JAKARTA - After closely partnering with the Google News Initiative (GNI), Flutter, an open-source mobile application created by Google, launched the Flutter News Toolkit, a free application template to accelerate the development of news applications, widely.

In a statement shared, Flutter revealed that the reason behind creating the Flutter News Toolkit is that more and more people are now turning to smartphones to read news.

"In addition to mobile websites, mobile apps can be a great way for news publishers to engage with existing readers, reach new audiences and create new revenue streams," wrote Senior Product Manager for Flutter, Google.

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However, according to Flutter creating a mobile app requires quite a bit of time and effort to design, implement, and deploy it for real.

Meanwhile, for news publishers who have limited financial and human resources, building an application from scratch is a huge undertaking.

"At Google, we want to help developers be successful and productive, so we invested in devices that offer all the common functionality news publishers need, so they can focus on differentiating their brand and content without writing boilerplate code," he said.

More than that, Google's collaboration with industry experts and news publishers globally also led Flutter to present the features needed by news publishers, including:

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More than that, Google's collaboration with industry experts and news publishers globally has also allowed Flutter to provide the features needed by news publishers, including:

• User onboarding: publishers will gain the ability to send push notifications to users to engage their audience, as well as gain ad tracking permissions
• Account creation/login: the user can create an account through the user's social networking platform (such as Google login) without a password
• Content feeds and content pages: here, you can display news articles, videos, images, advertisements, and newsletter sign-up instructions
• Monetization: Google also provides easy monetization tools, by adding subscriptions and various ad formats
• Search: this feature allows users to search for articles by keyword or click into popular searches
• Settings: allow user preferences for notifications, login, and ad tracking