Windows 10: Google shows off its Flutter app for Windows 10 with new Photo Search

Like Microsoft, Google is also actively working on cross-platform UI solutions. Flutter is an open-source UI framework for desktop, mobile, and web. Google’s Flutter-based apps are already available on the web and mobile platforms, and Google is also actively working on Windows 10 support.

Earlier this year, Google published Flutter-based UWP apps for Windows 10, which were meant to be ‘proof of concept’.

Google allows developers to use Flutter as a single code base for writing apps for Android, iOS, and now Windows 10. The Flutter team at Google believes in cross-platform development and their vision is similar to Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

The UWP support, which was added earlier this year, should help developers bring their mobile apps to Windows 10.

Yesterday, Google published a new UWP Flutter app that uses Unsplash API to enable a new photo search experience. The Unsplash API uses modern JSON API to render content from Unplash (one of the best platforms for freely-usable images) and the experience is surprisingly smooth.



The app is titled “Flutter Desktop Photo Search” and it’s another proof of concept (not intended for consumer use). Google is currently targeting desktop PCs, but the app also works well on more mobile solutions like Surface Go with and without touch support.

It’s worth noting that the demo app published by Google is scrapping photos from the web, but it’s still offering a native experience with an adaptive user interface, which is impressive.

Using Google Flutter, developers can soon create wallpaper apps and photo viewer that will work across all platforms including Windows 10.

It’s unclear when Google will bring its own consumer apps to the Microsoft Store, but you can expect third-party Windows 10 apps based on Flutter platform next year.

Developers can already begin writing apps using Flutter and target both mobile and desktop PCs. According to Google, there are currently more than “100,000 Flutter apps in the Google Play Store”.

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IE11 Google Toolbar no auto search suggestions, no search history?

Since the last Win 10 update my Google Toolbar won't list any search suggestions as I type and there is no search history listed. The Google tool bar will allow a search, but after a few searches no search history shows and no "clear search" button is listed either.

I have turnd on "Suggest searches as you type", and "store search histroy on my computer" in the Google Toolbar options.

Any suggestions to fix this?

 

Google Photos not visible in Pictures library

Hi Jdmuratore,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Community Forums.

Please answer these questions to get clarity on this issue:

1. Were you able to see the Google photos folder in the File Explorer Pictures Library previously?
   
2. Have you enabled the Sync feature in the Google Drive app?
   
3. Are you able see the photos in the path under "C:\Users\,username>\Google Drive\Google Photos?
   

However, let us follow these methods to check if that works.

Method 1: Suggest you to Index the Google Drive folder and check if that helps. Refer to the suggestion provided by ‘Marc Cai’ from this thread:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-win_cortana/windows-10-search-does-not-show-google-drive/c1560c83-0e77-4387-8ac0-d3e945729c16

Method 2: Suggest you to refer to the steps from this Google article to see if that helps.
See photos & videos with Google Photos & Google Drive:
https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6156103?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en&oco=0

Alternatively, you may also contact
Google support for further help.

Note: Since the websites are not hosted by Microsoft, the links may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

Let us know the result of the steps performed so that we can help you further.

Awaiting your reply.

Regards,

Srimadhwa B

Microsoft Community-Moderator