Custom Dropdown

Custom Dropdown package lets you add customizable animated dropdown widget.

Features

Lots of properties to use and customize dropdown widget as per your need. Also usable under Form widget for required validation.

• Custom dropdown using constructor CustomDropdown().
• Custom dropdown with search field using named constructor CustomDropdown.search().
• Custom dropdown with search request field using named constructor CustomDropdown.searchRequest().

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Getting started

1. Add the latest version of package to your pubspec.yaml (and run flutter pub get):

dependencies:
  animated_custom_dropdown: 1.5.0

2. Import the package and use it in your Flutter App.

import 'package:animated_custom_dropdown/custom_dropdown.dart';

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Example usage

1. Custom dropdown

import 'package:animated_custom_dropdown/custom_dropdown.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class CustomDropdownExample extends StatefulWidget {
  const CustomDropdownExample({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  State<CustomDropdownExample> createState() => _CustomDropdownExampleState();
}

class _CustomDropdownExampleState extends State<CustomDropdownExample> {
  final jobRoleCtrl = TextEditingController();

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return CustomDropdown(
      hintText: 'Select job role',
      items: const ['Developer', 'Designer', 'Consultant', 'Student'],
      controller: jobRoleCtrl,
    );
  }
}

2. Custom dropdown with search

import 'package:animated_custom_dropdown/custom_dropdown.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class CustomDropdownExample extends StatefulWidget {
  const CustomDropdownExample({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  State<CustomDropdownExample> createState() => _CustomDropdownExampleState();
}

class _CustomDropdownExampleState extends State<CustomDropdownExample> {
  final jobRoleCtrl = TextEditingController();

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return CustomDropdown.search(
      hintText: 'Select job role',
      items: const ['Developer', 'Designer', 'Consultant', 'Student'],
      controller: jobRoleCtrl,
    );
  }
}

3. Custom dropdown with search request

import 'package:animated_custom_dropdown/custom_dropdown.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class CustomDropdownExample extends StatefulWidget {
  const CustomDropdownExample({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  State<CustomDropdownExample> createState() => _CustomDropdownExampleState();
}

class _CustomDropdownExampleState extends State<CustomDropdownExample> {
  final jobRoleCtrl = TextEditingController();

  Future<List<String>> getFakeRequestData(String query) async {
    List<String> data = ['Developer', 'Designer', 'Consultant', 'Student'];

    return await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1), () {
      return data.where((e) {
        return e.toLowerCase().contains(query.toLowerCase());
      }).toList();
    });
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return CustomDropdown.searchRequest(
      futureRequest: getFakeRequestData,
      hintText: 'Search job role',
      controller: jobRoleCtrl,
      futureRequestDelay: const Duration(seconds: 3),//it waits 3 seconds before start searching (before execute the 'futureRequest' function)
    );
  }
}

Preview

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Todos

• Dropdown field/header builder.
• Only when Tapped on any GestureDetector displaying the dropdown