🎹 How to Read MIDI (.mid) Files in Flutter for a Piano Learning App
If you're building a piano learning app in Flutter , using MIDI ( .mid ) files is one of the smartest ways to provide structured lessons, playback, and note tracking. MIDI files store musical data — not audio — such as note pitches, durations, and velocities. This makes them perfect for interactive apps like virtual pianos or music games. In this blog post, we’ll show you how to read .mid files in Flutter using the dart_midi package. 📦 Step 1: Add Dependencies Add the dart_midi package in your pubspec.yaml : yaml Copy Edit dependencies: dart_midi: ^1.0.2 This package lets you parse MIDI files and access tracks, notes, and events in Dart code. 📂 Step 2: Load the MIDI File You can load the file either from local storage using file_picker or from your app assets. From Assets: yaml Copy Edit flutter: assets: - assets/songs/example.mid From File Picker: dart Copy Edit import 'package:file_picker/file_picker.dart'; void pickMidiFile() async ...