flutter_paginator

Flutter Paginator

A customizable pagination package for Flutter. This package can be used to fetch and display data from an API page by page.

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Installing

dependencies:
  flutter_paginator: ^0.0.6

Description

Paginator extends StatefulWidget has 3 constructors namely Paginator.listView, Paginator.gridView and Paginator.pageView. Paginator.listView, Paginator.gridView and Paginator.pageView are descendants of ListView, GridView and PageView. Paginator.listView, Paginator.gridView and Paginator.pageView got all the features of their ancestors and they are need to provide additional functions that are essential in doing their task.

PageLoadFuture

• Loads the page asynchronously when the page number is given.
• This should return an instance of a Future.
• Called when the next page is needed to be loaded.

PageItemsGetter

• This function should return list of page item data when page data is given.
• This is called after successful completion of PageLoadFuture.
• The page items returned by this method is added to the list of all the page items.

ListItemBuilder

• Builds list item when item data and item index are given.
• This should return an instance of a Widget.

LoadingWidgetBuilder

• Builds loading widget.
• This should return an instance of a Widget.

ErrorWidgetBuilder

• Builds error widget when page data and error callback are given.
• This should return an instance of a Widget.

EmptyListWidgetBuilder

• Builds empty list widget.
• This is displayed when the total number of list items is zero.
• This should return an instance of a Widget.

TotalItemsGetter

• This should return total number of list items when page data is given.

PageErrorChecker

• This should return true if page has error else false, when page data is given.

Using

import 'dart:async';
import 'dart:convert';
import 'dart:io';

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;

import 'package:flutter_paginator/flutter_paginator.dart';
import 'package:flutter_paginator/enums.dart';

void main() => runApp(MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Flutter Paginator',
      home: HomePage(),
    );
  }
}

class HomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  State<StatefulWidget> createState() {
    return HomeState();
  }
}

class HomeState extends State<HomePage> {
  GlobalKey<PaginatorState> paginatorGlobalKey = GlobalKey();

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text('Flutter Paginator'),
        actions: <Widget>[
          IconButton(
            icon: Icon(Icons.format_list_bulleted),
            onPressed: () {
              paginatorGlobalKey.currentState
                  .changeState(listType: ListType.LIST_VIEW);
            },
          ),
          IconButton(
            icon: Icon(Icons.grid_on),
            onPressed: () {
              paginatorGlobalKey.currentState.changeState(
                listType: ListType.GRID_VIEW,
                gridDelegate: SliverGridDelegateWithFixedCrossAxisCount(
                    crossAxisCount: 2),
              );
            },
          ),
          IconButton(
            icon: Icon(Icons.library_books),
            onPressed: () {
              paginatorGlobalKey.currentState
                  .changeState(listType: ListType.PAGE_VIEW);
            },
          ),
        ],
      ),
      body: Paginator.listView(
        key: paginatorGlobalKey,
        pageLoadFuture: sendCountriesDataRequest,
        pageItemsGetter: listItemsGetter,
        listItemBuilder: listItemBuilder,
        loadingWidgetBuilder: loadingWidgetMaker,
        errorWidgetBuilder: errorWidgetMaker,
        emptyListWidgetBuilder: emptyListWidgetMaker,
        totalItemsGetter: totalPagesGetter,
        pageErrorChecker: pageErrorChecker,
        scrollPhysics: BouncingScrollPhysics(),
      ),
      floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
        onPressed: () {
          paginatorGlobalKey.currentState.changeState(
              pageLoadFuture: sendCountriesDataRequest, resetState: true);
        },
        child: Icon(Icons.refresh),
      ),
    );
  }

  Future<CountriesData> sendCountriesDataRequest(int page) async {
    try {
      String url = Uri.encodeFull(
          'http://api.worldbank.org/v2/country?page=$page&format=json');
      http.Response response = await http.get(url);
      return CountriesData.fromResponse(response);
    } catch (e) {
      if (e is IOException) {
        return CountriesData.withError(
            'Please check your internet connection.');
      } else {
        print(e.toString());
        return CountriesData.withError('Something went wrong.');
      }
    }
  }

  List<dynamic> listItemsGetter(CountriesData countriesData) {
    List<String> list = [];
    countriesData.countries.forEach((value) {
      list.add(value['name']);
    });
    return list;
  }

  Widget listItemBuilder(value, int index) {
    return ListTile(
      leading: Text(index.toString()),
      title: Text(value),
    );
  }

  Widget loadingWidgetMaker() {
    return Container(
      alignment: Alignment.center,
      height: 160.0,
      child: CircularProgressIndicator(),
    );
  }

  Widget errorWidgetMaker(CountriesData countriesData, retryListener) {
    return Column(
      mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
      children: <Widget>[
        Padding(
          padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16.0),
          child: Text(countriesData.errorMessage),
        ),
        FlatButton(
          onPressed: retryListener,
          child: Text('Retry'),
        )
      ],
    );
  }

  Widget emptyListWidgetMaker(CountriesData countriesData) {
    return Center(
      child: Text('No countries in the list'),
    );
  }

  int totalPagesGetter(CountriesData countriesData) {
    return countriesData.total;
  }

  bool pageErrorChecker(CountriesData countriesData) {
    return countriesData.statusCode != 200;
  }
}

class CountriesData {
  List<dynamic> countries;
  int statusCode;
  String errorMessage;
  int total;
  int nItems;

  CountriesData.fromResponse(http.Response response) {
    this.statusCode = response.statusCode;
    List jsonData = json.decode(response.body);
    countries = jsonData[1];
    total = jsonData[0]['total'];
    nItems = countries.length;
  }

  CountriesData.withError(String errorMessage) {
    this.errorMessage = errorMessage;
  }
}