I Made It Rain on Your Flutter Screen (Literally)

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Create a rain-on-glass effect in Flutter with physics, reflections, and accelerometer parallax

intermediate Published 9 Apr 2026
Action Steps
  1. Create a new Flutter project using the command 'flutter create rainy_day'
  2. Add the necessary dependencies to the pubspec.yaml file
  3. Design the rain-on-glass effect using Flutter's CustomPaint widget
  4. Implement physics and reflections for the rain drops using Dart
  5. Test and refine the effect using the accelerometer and parallax
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Mobile app developers and designers can benefit from this tutorial to enhance their app's visual effects and user experience

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💡 Use Flutter's CustomPaint widget and Dart to create complex visual effects like rain-on-glass

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Create a rain-on-glass effect in Flutter with physics, reflections, and accelerometer parallax

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# I Made It Rain on Your Flutter Screen (Literally)

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It was raining. I had nothing specific to work on. I had this idea for a rain-on-glass effect — drops with reflections, physics,
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