How to manage themes and styles in Flutter?

Managing themes and styles in Flutter involves defining a consistent look and feel across your application. Flutter provides a powerful theming system that allows you to customize colors, fonts, and other visual elements easily.

To manage themes in Flutter, you can use the ThemeData class. This class holds the configuration for the theme, including colors, fonts, and shapes. Here's an example of how to define a custom theme:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

final ThemeData myTheme = ThemeData(
  primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
  accentColor: Colors.amber,
  fontFamily: 'Roboto',
  textTheme: TextTheme(
    headline1: TextStyle(fontSize: 72.0, fontWeight: FontWeight.bold),
    headline6: TextStyle(fontSize: 36.0, fontStyle: FontStyle.italic),
    bodyText2: TextStyle(fontSize: 14.0, fontFamily: 'Hind'),
  ),
);

You can then apply this theme to your entire application by wrapping your MaterialApp or CupertinoApp with a Theme widget:

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Flutter Demo',
      theme: myTheme,
      home: MyHomePage(),
    );
  }
}

For more advanced theming needs, such as dynamic theming or theme switching, you might consider using state management solutions like Provider or Riverpod to manage the theme state across your app.

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