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If you still can’t find the problem, |
check your code against the interactive lakes example on GitHub.If you still have questions, refer to any one of the developer |
community channels.The rest of this page covers several ways a widget’s state can |
be managed, and lists other available interactive widgets.<topic_end> |
<topic_start> |
Managing state |
<topic_end> |
<topic_start>What's the point? |
Who manages the stateful widget’s state? The widget itself? |
The parent widget? Both? Another object? |
The answer is… it depends. There are several valid ways |
to make your widget interactive. You, as the widget designer, |
make the decision based on how you expect your widget to be used. |
Here are the most common ways to manage state:How do you decide which approach to use? |
The following principles should help you decide:If the state in question is user data, |
for example the checked or unchecked |
mode of a checkbox, or the position of a slider, |
then the state is best managed by the parent widget.If the state in question is aesthetic, |
for example an animation, then the |
state is best managed by the widget itself.If in doubt, start by managing state in the parent widget.We’ll give examples of the different ways of managing state |
by creating three simple examples: TapboxA, TapboxB, |
and TapboxC. The examples all work similarly—each |
creates a container that, when tapped, toggles between a |
green or grey box. The _active boolean determines the |
color: green for active or grey for inactive.These examples use GestureDetector to capture activity |
on the Container.<topic_end> |
<topic_start> |
The widget manages its own state |
Sometimes it makes the most sense for the widget |
to manage its state internally. For example, |
ListView automatically scrolls when its |
content exceeds the render box. Most developers |
using ListView don’t want to manage ListView’s |
scrolling behavior, so ListView itself manages its scroll offset.The _TapboxAState class: |
<code_start>import 'package:flutter/material.dart'; |
// TapboxA manages its own state. |
//------------------------- TapboxA ---------------------------------- |
class TapboxA extends StatefulWidget { |
const TapboxA({super.key}); |
@override |
State<TapboxA> createState() => _TapboxAState(); |
} |
class _TapboxAState extends State<TapboxA> { |
bool _active = false; |
void _handleTap() { |
setState(() { |
_active = !_active; |
}); |
} |
@override |
Widget build(BuildContext context) { |
return GestureDetector( |
onTap: _handleTap, |
child: Container( |
width: 200, |
height: 200, |
decoration: BoxDecoration( |
color: _active ? Colors.lightGreen[700] : Colors.grey[600], |
), |
child: Center( |
child: Text( |
_active ? 'Active' : 'Inactive', |
style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 32, color: Colors.white), |
), |
), |
), |
); |
} |
} |
//------------------------- MyApp ---------------------------------- |
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget { |
const MyApp({super.key}); |
@override |
Widget build(BuildContext context) { |
return MaterialApp( |
title: 'Flutter Demo', |
home: Scaffold( |
appBar: AppBar( |
title: const Text('Flutter Demo'), |
), |
body: const Center( |
child: TapboxA(), |
), |
), |
); |
} |
}<code_end> |
<topic_end> |
<topic_start> |
The parent widget manages the widget’s state |
Often it makes the most sense for the parent widget |
to manage the state and tell its child widget when to update. |
For example, IconButton allows you to treat |
an icon as a tappable button. IconButton is a |
stateless widget because we decided that the parent |
widget needs to know whether the button has been tapped, |
so it can take appropriate action.In the following example, TapboxB exports its state |
to its parent through a callback. Because TapboxB |
doesn’t manage any state, it subclasses StatelessWidget.The ParentWidgetState class:The TapboxB class: |
<code_start>import 'package:flutter/material.dart'; |
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