animated_item_picker

Animated Item Picker

Generic item picker that encapsulates single or multiple item selection logic.

Suitable for fixed size item lists, e.g level, week day or gender selector etc.

Supports tapUp/tapDown item opacity animation.

Preview

Usage

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return AnimatedItemPicker(
          axis: Axis.horizontal,
          multipleSelection: false,
          itemCount: yourModelList.length,
          pressedOpacity: 0.85,
          initialSelection: {defaultItemIndex},
          onItemPicked: (index, selected) {
         
          },
          itemBuilder: (index, animValue, selected) => _YourItemWidget(
            name: yourModelList[index].name,
            borderColor: _colorTween1.transform(animValue),
            textColor: _colorTween2.transform(animValue),
            iconColor: _colorTween3.transform(animValue)
          ),
      );
  }

Article

Often a user has to make a choice in an application, eg. gender, difficulty level, or switch a tab, etc. You can agree that well-designed animated item selection will make your UI look more intuitively with enhanced User Experience.

We at KiRN tech use this element so often that we decided to create a separate package for it.

Here we'll walk through the base stages of this package creation:

• Define AnimatedItemPicker API.
• Implement select/unSelect item animation
• Animate item selection opacity

More: https://kirn.tech/article-flutteranimation-animated-item-picker