Installation

• Install
  • Adding your .env file
  • Running the project
• Metro CLI
  • Set up an alias for Metro CLI (Mac)

Install

You can either download Nylo here or clone the git repository using the below command.

git clone https://github.com/nylo-core/nylo.git nylo_app

Note: run flutter pub get when opening the project for the first time to fetch all dependencies.

Adding your .env file

You will also need to add a .env file to your project at the root level. If you've downloaded Nylo through our site or on GitHub, this file will already be there.

The project must have a .env file to build successfully.

Specific .env file per environment

You can create a .env.production file at the rool level of your project. Add it to your assets in pubspec.yaml and then run or build your flutter app by specifiying the env file path like below. ENV_FILE_PATH defaults to .env.

flutter run --dart-define ENV_FILE_PATH=.env.production

flutter build --dart-define ENV_FILE_PATH=.env.staging

Running the project

Nylo projects run in the exact 'normal' way you'd build a Flutter app. Depending on which IDE you have chosen, this part will be slightly different.

Check this guide here for Android Studio or Visual Studio Code.

Once you have done the above steps, try running the project. If the build is successful, the app will display Nylo's default landing screen.

Metro CLI tool

Nylo provides a CLI tool called Metro. It's been built so you can run commands in the terminal to create things. Using Metro, you can create the following in your projects:

• Models
• Controllers
• Pages
• Stateful widgets and stateless widgets
• Events
• Providers
• API Services

E.g. Running flutter pub run nylo_framework:main make:model Property will create a new 'Property' model in your project.

To access the menu, you can run the below in the terminal.

• flutter pub run nylo_framework:main

Creating an alias for Metro (Mac guide)

Typing flutter pub run nylo_framework:main each time you want to run a command is long. So, to make things easier, create an alias.

If you're new to aliases, they allow you to create alternative names for your commands.

E.g. flutter pub run nylo_framework:main can become metro.

1. Open your bash_profile

sudo open ~/.bash_profile

2. Add this alias to your bash_profile

...
alias metro='flutter pub run nylo_framework:main'

3. Then run the following

source ~/.bash_profile

Now you can type metro from your terminal to run commands in your Nylo project.

Can't find your bash_profile?

If you are unsure where to add the above, check out some guides online for where to find your bash_profile file. The above example assumes that your bash_profile is in your ~/ location.