A Flutter ListView
that implicitly calculates the changes between two lists using the MyersDiff
algorithm and animates between them for you. The ImplicitlyAnimatedReorderableList
adds reordering support to its items with fully custom animations.
Click here to view the full example.
Add it to your pubspec.yaml
file:
dependencies:
implicitly_animated_reorderable_list: ^0.4.0
Install packages from the command line
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The package contains two ListViews
: ImplicitlyAnimatedList
which is the base class and offers implicit animation for item insertions
, removals
as well as updates
, and ImplicitlyAnimatedReorderableList
which extends the ImplicitlyAnimatedList
and adds reordering support to its items. See examples below on how to use them.
ImplicitlyAnimatedList
is based on AnimatedList
and uses the MyersDiff
algorithm to calculate the difference between two lists and calls insertItem
and removeItem
on the AnimatedListState
for you.
// Specify the generic type of the data in the list.
ImplicitlyAnimatedList<MyGenericType>(
// The current items in the list.
items: items,
// Called by the DiffUtil to decide whether two object represent the same item.
// For example, if your items have unique ids, this method should check their id equality.
areItemsTheSame: (a, b) => a.id == b.id,
// Called, as needed, to build list item widgets.
// List items are only built when they're scrolled into view.
itemBuilder: (context, animation, item, index) {
// Specifiy a transition to be used by the ImplicitlyAnimatedList.
// See the Transitions section on how to import this transition.
return SizeFadeTransition(
sizeFraction: 0.7,
curve: Curves.easeInOut,
animation: animation,
child: Text(item.name),
);
},
// An optional builder when an item was removed from the list.
// If not specified, the List uses the itemBuilder with
// the animation reversed.
removeItemBuilder: (context, animation, oldItem) {
return FadeTransition(
opacity: animation,
child: Text(oldItem.name),
);
},
);
If you have a
CustomScrollView
you can use theSliverImplicitlyAnimatedList
.
As
AnimatedList
doesn't support item moves, a move is handled by removing the item from the old index and inserting it at the new index.
ImplicitlyAnimatedReorderableList
is based on ImplicitlyAnimatedList
and adds reordering support to the list.
ImplicitlyAnimatedReorderableList<MyGenericType>(
items: items,
areItemsTheSame: (oldItem, newItem) => oldItem.id == newItem.id,
onReorderFinished: (item, from, to, newItems) {
// Remember to update the underlying data when the list has been
// reordered.
setState(() {
items
..clear()
..addAll(newItems);
});
},
itemBuilder: (context, itemAnimation, item, index) {
// Each item must be wrapped in a Reorderable widget.
return Reorderable(
// Each item must have an unique key.
key: ValueKey(item),
// The animation of the Reorderable builder can be used to
// change to appearance of the item between dragged and normal
// state. For example to add elevation when the item is being dragged.
// This is not to be confused with the animation of the itemBuilder.
// Implicit animations (like AnimatedContainer) are sadly not yet supported.
builder: (context, dragAnimation, inDrag) {
final t = dragAnimation.value;
final elevation = lerpDouble(0, 8, t);
final color = Color.lerp(Colors.white, Colors.white.withOpacity(0.8), t);
return SizeFadeTransition(
sizeFraction: 0.7,
curve: Curves.easeInOut,
animation: itemAnimation,
child: Material(
color: color,
elevation: elevation,
type: MaterialType.transparency,
child: ListTile(
title: Text(item.name),
// The child of a Handle can initialize a drag/reorder.
// This could for example be an Icon or the whole item itself. You can
// use the delay parameter to specify the duration for how long a pointer
// must press the child, until it can be dragged.
trailing: Handle(
delay: const Duration(milliseconds: 100),
child: Icon(
Icons.list,
color: Colors.grey,
),
),
),
),
);
},
);
},
// Since version 0.2.0 you can also display a widget
// before the reorderable items...
header: Container(
height: 200,
color: Colors.red,
),
// ...and after. Note that this feature - as the list itself - is still in beta!
footer: Container(
height: 200,
color: Colors.green,
),
// If you want to use headers or footers, you should set shrinkWrap to true
shrinkWrap: true,
);
For a more in depth example click here.
You can use some custom transitions (such as the SizeFadeTransition
) for item animations by importing the transitions pack:
import 'package:implicitly_animated_reorderable_list/transitions.dart';
If you want to contribute your own custom transitions, feel free to make a pull request.
Note that this package is still in its very early phase and not enough testing has been done to guarantee stability.
Also note that computing the diff between two very large lists may take a significant amount of time (the computation is done on a background isolate though unless spawnIsolate
is set to false
).
The diff algorithm that ImplicitlyAnimatedList
uses was written by Dawid Bota at GitLab.
You can take a look at the Roadmap to see which featues I am working on or plan to implement in future versions.