Null safety in Flutter

Null safety is available in the Flutter beta channel, starting with build 1.24.0-10.2.pre. You can now migrate your Flutter packages to use non-nullable types like this:

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  final int anInt = 3; // Cannot be null.
  final int? aNullableInt = null; // Can be null.

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Nullable Fields Demo',
      home: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: Text('Nullable Fields Demo'),
        ),
        body: Center(
          child: Column(
            children: [
              Text('anInt is $anInt.'),
              Text('aNullableInt is $aNullableInt.'),
            ],
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

To learn about null safety, read these pages:

• Sound null safety: The null safety homepage. Has basic information, with links to everything else you might need.
• Understanding null safety: A deep dive into null safety, written by Dart engineer Bob Nystrom.

When you’re ready to start migrating your packages to null safety, check out these pages:

• Migrating to null safety: Instructions for converting your packages to null safety.
• Unsound null safety: Conceptual and practical information about mixed-mode programs, in which only some libraries are null safe.
• FAQ: Questions that have come up during migration to null safety.