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# Photo Search app
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This desktop application enables you to search
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[Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/) for photographs that interest you.
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To use it, you need to add an **Access Key** from
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[Unsplash API](https://unsplash.com/developers) to
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`lib/unsplash_access_key.dart`.
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This sample works on Windows, macOS and Linux.
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## A quick tour of the code
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This Flutter project builds a desktop application. It utilises the following
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desktop specific plugins:
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- [file_chooser] to enable the application user to select where to save a photo
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from the Unsplash API.
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- [menubar] for exposing Image Search functionality through the menu bar.
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- [url_launcher] to open external links.
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The Unsplash API client entry point is in the [Unsplash] class, and is built
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atop [http], [built_value] and [built_collection] for JSON Rest API access.
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The [DataTreeNode] and widget family, along with the [Split] widget capture
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desktop file explorer master/detail view idioms.
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## Deploying to the Microsoft Store
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This sample uses Yehuda Kremer's [MSIX pub package][msix_pub_package]
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to bundle up the Windows release build for distribution to the
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[Microsoft Store][]. Microsoft maintains a [plethora of documentation][ms_store_publishing_doc]
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on deploying to the Microsoft Store.
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See the `msix_config` stanza in this sample's `pubspec.yaml` for an
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example configuration. Make sure the `display_name`, `publisher_display_name`
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`publisher` and `identity_name` attributes match the settings in your
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Microsoft Partner Center application submission.
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## macOS Network and File entitlements
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To access the network, macOS requires applications enable the
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[com.apple.security.network.client entitlement][macOS-client]. For this
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sample, this entitlement is required to access the Unsplash API.
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Likewise, to save a Photo to the local file system using the `file_chooser` plugin requires the
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[com.apple.security.files.user-selected.read-write entitlement][macOS-read-write].
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Please see [macOS Signing and Security][macOS-security] for more detail.
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## Flutter Desktop is not in Flutter Stable Release Channel
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This sample is a preview, intended to enable developers to preview what is
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under development. As such, it is currently only available for use on
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the `dev` and `master` channels of Flutter. Please see
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[Flutter build release channels][flutter_channels] for more detail,
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and how to switch between Flutter release channels.
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[DataTreeNode]: lib/src/widgets/data_tree.dart
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[Split]: lib/src/widgets/split.dart
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[Unsplash]: lib/src/unsplash/unsplash.dart
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[built_collection]: https://pub.dev/packages/built_collection
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[built_value]: https://pub.dev/packages/built_value
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[file_chooser]: https://github.com/google/flutter-desktop-embedding/tree/master/plugins/file_chooser
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[flutter_channels]: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/wiki/Flutter-build-release-channels
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[http]: https://pub.dev/packages/http
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[macOS-client]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com_apple_security_network_client
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[macOS-read-write]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com_apple_security_files_user-selected_read-write
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[macOS-security]: https://github.com/google/flutter-desktop-embedding/blob/master/macOS-Security.md
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[menubar]: https://github.com/google/flutter-desktop-embedding/tree/master/plugins/menubar
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[url_launcher]: https://pub.dev/packages/url_launcher
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[msix_pub_package]: https://pub.dev/packages/msix
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[Microsoft Store]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/p/flutter-desktop-photo-search/9nh719dxcpj4
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[ms_store_publishing_doc]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/publish/
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