AI Chatbot App

This is a Flutter application that provides a conversational interface with an AI chatbot named Gemini. Users can interact with Gemini in real-time, view past messages, and send new messages.

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Features

• Chat Interface: Engage in interactive two-way communication with the AI chatbot.
• Chat History: Access and review previous conversations with Gemini.
• Seamless Scrolling: The chat screen automatically scrolls down to display the latest message, ensuring a smooth conversation flow.
• Local Data Storage: The app utilizes Hive for storing chat messages or other app data locally on the device (depending on hive and hive_flutter dependencies).

Dependencies

• flutter: The core framework for building cross-platform mobile apps.
• cupertino_icons (optional): Provides Cupertino icons for a more native-looking iOS style.
• flutter_dotenv (optional): Enables loading environment variables from a .env file.
• flutter_markdown : Allows displaying markdown content within your app.
• flutter_spinkit (optional): Provides various loading spinners for visual feedback.
• google_generative_ai: Integrates with Google's generative AI services for chatbot functionality.
• hive: A NoSQL database for storing app data locally.
• hive_flutter: Provides Flutter-specific bindings for using Hive.
• image_picker: Enables picking images from the device's gallery or camera.
• path_provider: Helps determine platform-specific file system paths for storing data.
• provider: A state management solution for managing app data across widgets.
• uuid: Generates Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) for various purposes.

Development Setup

1. Prerequisites: Ensure you have Flutter and Dart installed on your development machine. You can follow the official installation guide at Flutter Get Started.
2. Clone or Download the Project: Obtain the project code, either by cloning the Git repository or downloading the source files.
3. Get Your Gemini API Go to Google AI for Developers and get your API key.
4. Set the API key:
   • Copy .env.example to .env and replace API_KEY=your_google_ai_api_key, or
   • Run Flutter with --dart-define=API_KEY=your_google_ai_api_key
5. Run the App: Navigate to the project directory in your terminal and execute flutter run.

Android Build Fix

This project has been updated for newer Java versions used by current Flutter and Android Studio installs.

• Gradle wrapper updated to 8.14
• Android Gradle Plugin updated to 8.11.1
• Kotlin plugin updated to 2.2.20
• Android Java/Kotlin target updated to 17

If you pulled older project files before this fix and still see an error mentioning gradle-7.6.3 or Unsupported class file major version 65/66, run:

flutter clean
flutter pub get

Then rebuild the app.

Usage

The home screen serves as the central navigation point for this AI chatbot app. Users can:

• View their chat history.
• Engage in real-time chat with the chatbot.
• Access their profile information and settings.

Contributing

We encourage contributions to this project! If you have improvements or suggestions, feel free to create a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License check the LICENSE file for details.

Author

Aayush D.C Dangi (dcaayushd)