sticky_footer_scrollview

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A Flutter widget that enables scrolling content with a footer that remains fixed at the bottom of the screen or at the end of the scrollable content. Ideal for forms, chat interfaces, or any layout requiring a persistent action bar. The footer sticks dynamically based on scroll position, ensuring usability across all platforms including mobile, web, and desktop. It integrates seamlessly into existing scrollable structures without complex configuration.

Use cases

Chat interfaces
Form inputs with persistent actions
Bottom navigation in scrollable lists
Dynamic content with fixed controls
Mobile and web app footers

Key features

Sticky footer at screen bottom
Footer sticks to content end
Cross-platform support
Easy integration with ScrollView
Customizable sticky behavior
Works on Android, iOS, Web, macOS, Windows, Linux

Suitable for

Developers building scrollable UIs with persistent footers
Apps needing responsive bottom bars
Designers implementing sticky elements
Multi-platform Flutter projects
UI components requiring dynamic positioning

Considerations

May require careful padding management
Behavior depends on scroll extent
Not ideal for nested scroll scenarios
Performance impact with large datasets
Limited customization beyond basic stickiness

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A Flutter Widget that is scrollable with a sticky footer either stick to the bottom of screen of the end of the scroll body.

Background

This package using SingleScrollView and CustomMultiChildLayout to acheive a scrollable widget with a sticky footer. This allow a dynamic height of child widgets in scroll body.

At the same time, because of the SingleScrollView with Column approach, this is not recommended to use with lots of child widgets for performance reason. You may simiply test with the example to see whether it is fit for your case.

Usage

This shows Widget's full customizations:

StickyFooterScrollView({    
    this.footer,
    @required this.itemBuilder,
    @required this.itemCount,
    this.scrollController,
})

footer is the footer widget that is placed either at the bottom of screen or the end of the scroll body.
itemBuilder to build child widgets of scroll body
itemCount is the nunber of child widgets in scroll body. Only allows >= 0.
scrollController allows maunally jump to certain offset position.

Example

when scrollbody is shorter than the avialble widget height

when scrollbody is longer than the avialble widget height

@override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return SafeArea(
      child: Scaffold(
        body: StickyFooterScrollView(
          itemCount: 50,
          itemBuilder: (context, index) {
            return Card(
              child: ListTile(
                title: Text('content $index'),
              ),
              color: Colors.pinkAccent,
            );
          },
          footer: AppBar(
            title: Text('i stick at bottom'),
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }

Lisence

MIT

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