Async, Await and Futures in Dart

Async, Await and Futures in Dart — a practical guide to Dart async await Futures with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

Networking, storage, and many plugins return Futures — await them in async methods.

Async example

Future<String> fetchName() async {
  await Future.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 200));
  return 'Asha';
}