Build apps people carry in their pocket. Go from zero to a published app in about five months — using Flutter to ship for Android and iOS from one codebase.
You learn mobile by shipping apps, not watching them. Every phase below ends in a working app on your own phone — and the last one goes live on the Play Store.
Who it suits: You want to build apps people carry everywhere and see your work on real phones.
Indicative 2026 starting ranges in India — actual pay varies widely by city, company, and skill. Salary is an outcome of skill and a strong project portfolio, not a guarantee.
Programming and the mobile mindset.
Dart fundamentals: variables, functions, classes.
Screens, navigation, touch, responsiveness.
Flutter SDK, Android Studio, emulator setup.
A simple single-screen app you run yourself.
Build real, multi-screen apps with Flutter.
The building blocks of every Flutter UI.
Rows, columns, themes, responsive design.
setState and Provider.
Routes, passing data between screens.
Text fields, validation, user input.
Persist data on the device.
A notes or expense-tracker app.
Connect apps to APIs and a real backend.
Fetch live data over the network.
Parse data into typed objects.
Sign-up, login, user sessions.
A cloud database for your app.
Re-engage users with messages.
A social or chat app backed by Firebase.
Make it feel great and publish it.
Smooth transitions and micro-interactions.
Find and fix issues before release.
App icons, splash screens, release builds.
Get an app onto the Google Play Store.
A polished, published app people can install.
Projects beat certificates. Do them in order — each builds on the last. Put every one on GitHub with a clear README.
Your first real app — layout, logic, and a live API.
A notes or expense tracker with navigation and storage.
A news or movies app pulling live data.
Login, a cloud database, and real-time updates.
A complete app, live and installable by anyone.
Click any resource to open it — free and well-known first, then build something with it.
Universal (any field): roadmap.sh · freeCodeCamp · GitHub Student Pack · Coursera
Free — the full mobile toolchain and an emulator.
flutter create then flutter run to see it on the emulator.
Edit the text and hot-reload it. You're building apps now.
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This roadmap is a free educational resource. Timelines are a guide — everyone learns at a different pace. Referenced resources (Flutter docs, freeCodeCamp, The Net Ninja (YouTube), Google Codelabs, Firebase docs) are for learning only and are not affiliated with PathAhead.