In Android, every single View subclass has a setVisibility() method that allows you modify the visibility of a View object
There are 3 options of setting the visibility:
- Visible: Renders the
Viewvisible inside the layout - Invisible: Hides the
View, but leaves a gap that is equivalent to what theViewwould occupy if it were visible - Gone: Hides the
View, and removes it entirely from the layout. It's as if itsheightandwidthwere0dp
Is there something equivalent to the above for Widgets in Flutter?
For a quick reference: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#attr_android:visibility
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The answer is
One solution is to set tis widget color property to Colors.transparent. For instance:
IconButton(
icon: Image.asset("myImage.png",
color: Colors.transparent,
),
onPressed: () {},
),
In flutter 1.5 and Dart 2.3 for visibility gone, You can set the visibility by using an if statement within the collection without having to make use of containers.
e.g
child: Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
children: <Widget>[
Text('This is text one'),
if (_isVisible) Text('can be hidden or shown'), // no dummy container/ternary needed
Text('This is another text'),
RaisedButton(child: Text('show/hide'), onPressed: (){
setState(() {
_isVisible = !_isVisible;
});
},)
],
)
Maybe you can use the Navigator function like this Navigator.of(context).pop();
bool _visible = false;
void _toggle() {
setState(() {
_visible = !_visible;
});
}
onPressed: _toggle,
Visibility(
visible:_visible,
child: new Container(
child: new Container(
padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(15.0, 0.0, 15.0, 10.0),
child: new Material(
elevation: 10.0,
borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(25.0),
child: new ListTile(
leading: new Icon(Icons.search),
title: new TextField(
controller: controller,
decoration: new InputDecoration(
hintText: 'Search for brands and products', border: InputBorder.none,),
onChanged: onSearchTextChanged,
),
trailing: new IconButton(icon: new Icon(Icons.cancel), onPressed: () {
controller.clear();
onSearchTextChanged('');
},),
),
),
),
),
),
For beginner try this too.
class Visibility extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_VisibilityState createState() => _VisibilityState();
}
class _VisibilityState extends State<Visibility> {
bool a = true;
String mText = "Press to hide";
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return new MaterialApp(
title: "Visibility",
home: new Scaffold(
body: new Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
children: <Widget>[
new RaisedButton(
onPressed: _visibilitymethod, child: new Text(mText),),
a == true ? new Container(
width: 300.0,
height: 300.0,
color: Colors.red,
) : new Container(),
],
)
),
);
}
void _visibilitymethod() {
setState(() {
if (a) {
a = false;
mText = "Press to show";
} else {
a = true;
mText = "Press to hide";
}
});
}
}
Invisible: The widget takes physical space on the screen but not visible to user.
Gone: The widget doesn't take any physical space and is completely gone.
Invisible example
Visibility(
child: Text("Invisible"),
maintainSize: true,
maintainAnimation: true,
maintainState: true,
visible: false,
),
Gone example
Visibility(
child: Text("Gone"),
visible: false,
),
Alternatively, you can use if condition for both invisible and gone.
Column(
children: <Widget>[
if (show) Text("This can be visible/not depending on condition"),
Text("This is always visible"),
],
)
Update
Flutter now has a Visibility widget. To implement your own solution start with the below code.
Make a widget yourself.
show/hide
class ShowWhen extends StatelessWidget {
final Widget child;
final bool condition;
ShowWhen({this.child, this.condition});
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Opacity(opacity: this.condition ? 1.0 : 0.0, child: this.child);
}
}
show/remove
class RenderWhen extends StatelessWidget {
final Widget child;
final bool condition;
RenderWhen({this.child, this.show});
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return this.condition ? this.child : Container();
}
}
By the way, does any one have a better name for the widgets above?
More Reads
- Article on how to make a visibility widget.
Try the Offstage widget
if attribute offstage:true the not occupy the physical space and invisible,
if attribute offstage:false it will occupy the physical space and visible
Offstage(
offstage: true,
child: Text("Visible"),
),
You can encapsulate any widget in your code with a new widget called (Visibility), this is from the yellow lamp at the very left side of the widget that you want it to be in-visible
example: say you want to make a row invisible:
- Click in the lamp and choose (Wrap with widget)
- Rename the widget to Visibility
- Add the visible property and set it to false
The Child of the newly created widget (Visibility Widget) is the Widget that you want it to be invisible
Visibility( visible: false, child: Row( crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start, children: <Widget>[ SizedBox( width: 10, ), Text("Search", style: TextStyle(fontSize: 20 ),), ], ), ),
I hope it will help someone in the future
Flutter now contains a Visibility Widget that you should use to show/hide widgets. The widget can also be used to switch between 2 widgets by changing the replacement.
This widget can achieve any of the states visible, invisible, gone and a lot more.
Visibility(
visible: true //Default is true,
child: Text('Ndini uya uya'),
//maintainSize: bool. When true this is equivalent to invisible;
//replacement: Widget. Defaults to Sizedbox.shrink, 0x0
),
As already highlighted by @CopsOnRoad, you can use the Visibility widget. But, if you want to keep its state, for example, if you want to build a viewpager and make a certain button appear and disappear based on the page, you can do it this way
void checkVisibilityButton() {
setState(() {
isVisibileNextBtn = indexPage + 1 < pages.length;
});
}
Stack(children: <Widget>[
PageView.builder(
itemCount: pages.length,
onPageChanged: (index) {
indexPage = index;
checkVisibilityButton();
},
itemBuilder: (context, index) {
return pages[index];
},
controller: controller,
),
Container(
alignment: Alignment.bottomCenter,
child: Row(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.end,
children: <Widget>[
Visibility(
visible: isVisibileNextBtn,
child: "your widget"
)
],
),
)
]))
To collaborate with the question and show an example of replacing it with an empty Container().
Here's the example below:
import "package:flutter/material.dart";
void main() {
runApp(new ControlleApp());
}
class ControlleApp extends StatelessWidget {
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return new MaterialApp(
title: "My App",
home: new HomePage(),
);
}
}
class HomePage extends StatefulWidget {
@override
HomePageState createState() => new HomePageState();
}
class HomePageState extends State<HomePage> {
bool visibilityTag = false;
bool visibilityObs = false;
void _changed(bool visibility, String field) {
setState(() {
if (field == "tag"){
visibilityTag = visibility;
}
if (field == "obs"){
visibilityObs = visibility;
}
});
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context){
return new Scaffold(
appBar: new AppBar(backgroundColor: new Color(0xFF26C6DA)),
body: new ListView(
children: <Widget>[
new Container(
margin: new EdgeInsets.all(20.0),
child: new FlutterLogo(size: 100.0, colors: Colors.blue),
),
new Container(
margin: new EdgeInsets.only(left: 16.0, right: 16.0),
child: new Column(
children: <Widget>[
visibilityObs ? new Row(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.end,
children: <Widget>[
new Expanded(
flex: 11,
child: new TextField(
maxLines: 1,
style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.title,
decoration: new InputDecoration(
labelText: "Observation",
isDense: true
),
),
),
new Expanded(
flex: 1,
child: new IconButton(
color: Colors.grey[400],
icon: const Icon(Icons.cancel, size: 22.0,),
onPressed: () {
_changed(false, "obs");
},
),
),
],
) : new Container(),
visibilityTag ? new Row(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.end,
children: <Widget>[
new Expanded(
flex: 11,
child: new TextField(
maxLines: 1,
style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.title,
decoration: new InputDecoration(
labelText: "Tags",
isDense: true
),
),
),
new Expanded(
flex: 1,
child: new IconButton(
color: Colors.grey[400],
icon: const Icon(Icons.cancel, size: 22.0,),
onPressed: () {
_changed(false, "tag");
},
),
),
],
) : new Container(),
],
)
),
new Row(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
children: <Widget>[
new InkWell(
onTap: () {
visibilityObs ? null : _changed(true, "obs");
},
child: new Container(
margin: new EdgeInsets.only(top: 16.0),
child: new Column(
children: <Widget>[
new Icon(Icons.comment, color: visibilityObs ? Colors.grey[400] : Colors.grey[600]),
new Container(
margin: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 8.0),
child: new Text(
"Observation",
style: new TextStyle(
fontSize: 12.0,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w400,
color: visibilityObs ? Colors.grey[400] : Colors.grey[600],
),
),
),
],
),
)
),
new SizedBox(width: 24.0),
new InkWell(
onTap: () {
visibilityTag ? null : _changed(true, "tag");
},
child: new Container(
margin: new EdgeInsets.only(top: 16.0),
child: new Column(
children: <Widget>[
new Icon(Icons.local_offer, color: visibilityTag ? Colors.grey[400] : Colors.grey[600]),
new Container(
margin: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 8.0),
child: new Text(
"Tags",
style: new TextStyle(
fontSize: 12.0,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w400,
color: visibilityTag ? Colors.grey[400] : Colors.grey[600],
),
),
),
],
),
)
),
],
)
],
)
);
}
}
Source: Stackoverflow.com