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migrate to material_ui #50
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as per flutter 3.47, the standalone material_ui package was previously built directly into the core Flutter framework as package:flutter/material.dart. It has been decoupled from the flutter/flutter repository into its new home here in flutter/packages.
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ppamorim commentedon Oct 30, 2026
@cedvdb Thanks for flagging this. We're going to hold off for now, but we will keep the issue open to track it.
As of Flutter 3.47,
package:flutter/material.dartstill ships in the SDK and isn't deprecated, so nothing is broken for octo_image users today. Switching now would cost more than it gains:material_uirequires Flutter >= 3.47, while octo_image currently supports >= 3.10.cupertino_ui,intl,flutter_localizationsandmaterial_color_utilities, and we try to keep the package free of dependencies beyond the Flutter SDK.material_uiwidgets are separate classes from the SDK ones. Most apps are still onflutter/material, and in those apps our defaultCircularProgressIndicatorwould likely stop picking up the app'sTheme.Very little of our code touches Material (
CircularProgressIndicatorand twoIcons), so the switch will be small when it's time. We'll migrate onceflutter/material.dartis deprecated or most of the ecosystem has moved over, and ship it as a major version because it raises the minimum Flutter version.