Flutter FormBuilder - flutter_form_builder
This widget helps in generation of forms in Flutter. Wraps common input types with FormField allowing validation, change detection, setting input value etc and have them in a single form
Saves you some common validations such as: required fields, number, email & url validity, min and max values for numbers, min and max character length for string based fields
as well as allow you to include your own custom validation
On submission, the form returns a Map<String, dynamic> of form values if the form is valid or null otherwise.
Usage
To use this plugin, add flutter_form_builder as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file.
Example
GlobalKey<FormBuilderState> _fbKey = GlobalKey();
SingleChildScrollView(
Column(
children: <Widget>[
FormBuilder(
context,
key: _fbKey,
autovalidate: true,
readonly: false,
/*onChanged: (formValue) {
print(formValue);
},*/
controls: [
FormBuilderInput.typeAhead(
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Country"),
attribute: 'country',
// require: true,
itemBuilder: (context, country) {
return ListTile(
title: Text(country),
);
},
suggestionsCallback: (query) {
if (query.length != 0) {
var lowercaseQuery = query.toLowerCase();
return allCountries.where((country) {
return country.toLowerCase().contains(lowercaseQuery);
}).toList(growable: false)
..sort((a, b) => a
.toLowerCase()
.indexOf(lowercaseQuery)
.compareTo(
b.toLowerCase().indexOf(lowercaseQuery)));
} else {
return allCountries;
}
},
),
FormBuilderInput.chipsInput(
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Chils"),
attribute: 'chips_test',
// require: true,
value: [
Contact('Andrew', 'stock@man.com',
'https://d2gg9evh47fn9z.cloudfront.net/800px_COLOURBOX4057996.jpg'),
],
max: 1,
suggestionsCallback: (String query) {
if (query.length != 0) {
var lowercaseQuery = query.toLowerCase();
return mockResults.where((profile) {
return profile.name
.toLowerCase()
.contains(query.toLowerCase()) ||
profile.email
.toLowerCase()
.contains(query.toLowerCase());
}).toList(growable: false)
..sort((a, b) => a.name
.toLowerCase()
.indexOf(lowercaseQuery)
.compareTo(b.name
.toLowerCase()
.indexOf(lowercaseQuery)));
} else {
return const <Contact>[];
}
},
chipBuilder: (context, state, profile) {
return InputChip(
key: ObjectKey(profile),
label: Text(profile.name),
avatar: CircleAvatar(
backgroundImage: NetworkImage(profile.imageUrl),
),
onDeleted: () => state.deleteChip(profile),
materialTapTargetSize: MaterialTapTargetSize.shrinkWrap,
);
},
suggestionBuilder: (context, state, profile) {
return ListTile(
key: ObjectKey(profile),
leading: CircleAvatar(
backgroundImage: NetworkImage(profile.imageUrl),
),
title: Text(profile.name),
subtitle: Text(profile.email),
onTap: () => state.selectSuggestion(profile),
);
},
),
FormBuilderInput.textField(
type: FormBuilderInput.TYPE_TEXT,
attribute: "name",
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Full Name"),
value: "John Doe",
// require: true,
// readonly: true,
require: true,
// readonly: true,
min: 3,
FormBuilderInput.dropdown(
attribute: "dropdown",
// require: true,
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Select options"),
options: [
FormBuilderInputOption(value: "Option 1"),
FormBuilderInputOption(value: "Option 2"),
FormBuilderInputOption(value: "Option 3"),
],
),
FormBuilderInput.number(
attribute: "age",
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Your Age"),
// require: true,
// min: 18,
),
FormBuilderInput.textField(
type: FormBuilderInput.TYPE_MULTILINE_TEXT,
attribute: "story",
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Story"),
value: "Here's my story",
require: false,
min: 25,
maxLines: 10,
autovalidate: true,
),
FormBuilderInput.textField(
type: FormBuilderInput.TYPE_EMAIL,
attribute: "email",
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Email"),
require: true,
),
FormBuilderInput.textField(
type: FormBuilderInput.TYPE_URL,
attribute: "url",
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Website"),
require: true,
),
FormBuilderInput.textField(
type: FormBuilderInput.TYPE_PHONE,
attribute: "phone",
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Phone Number"),
//require: true,
),
FormBuilderInput.password(
attribute: "password",
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Password"),
min: 8,
),
FormBuilderInput.datePicker(
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Date of Birth"),
readonly: true,
attribute: "dob",
firstDate: DateTime(1970),
value: DateTime.now(),
lastDate: DateTime.now().add(Duration(days: 1)),
format: 'dd, MM yyyy',
),
FormBuilderInput.timePicker(
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Alarm Time"),
attribute: "alarm",
require: true,
),
FormBuilderInput.dateTimePicker(
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Appointment Time"),
attribute: "appointment_time",
firstDate: DateTime(1970),
lastDate: DateTime.now().add(Duration(days: 1)),
// format: 'dd, MM yyyy hh:mm',
),
FormBuilderInput.checkboxList(
decoration:
InputDecoration(labelText: "The language of my people"),
attribute: "languages",
require: false,
value: ["Dart"],
options: [
FormBuilderInputOption(value: "Dart"),
FormBuilderInputOption(value: "Kotlin"),
FormBuilderInputOption(value: "Java"),
FormBuilderInputOption(value: "Swift"),
FormBuilderInputOption(value: "Objective-C"),
],
),
FormBuilderInput.radio(
decoration:
InputDecoration(labelText: 'My chosen language'),
attribute: "best_language",
require: true,
options: ["Dart", "Kotlin", "Java", "Swift", "Objective-C"]
.map((lang) => FormBuilderInputOption(value: lang))
.toList(growable: false),
),
FormBuilderInput.checkbox(
label: Text('I Accept the tems and conditions'),
attribute: "accept_terms",
validator: (value) {
if (!value) return "Accept terms to continue";
}),
FormBuilderInput.switchInput(
label: Text('I Accept the tems and conditions'),
attribute: "accept_terms_switch",
value: true,
validator: (value) {
if (!value) return "Accept terms to continue";
}),
FormBuilderInput.slider(
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Slider"),
attribute: "slider",
min: 0.0,
require: true,
max: 100.0,
value: 10.0,
divisions: 20,
),
FormBuilderInput.stepper(
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Stepper"),
attribute: "stepper",
value: 10,
step: 1,
),
FormBuilderInput.signaturePad(
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Signature"),
attribute: "signature",
require: true,
),
FormBuilderInput.rate(
decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Rate this form"),
attribute: "rate",
iconSize: 32.0,
value: 1,
max: 5,
),
FormBuilderInput.segmentedControl(
decoration:
InputDecoration(labelText: "Movie Rating (Archer)"),
attribute: "movie_rating",
// value: 2,
require: true,
options: List.generate(5, (i) => i + 1)
.map((number) => FormBuilderInputOption(value: number))
.toList(),
),
],
),
MaterialButton(
child: Text('External submit'),
onPressed: () {
_fbKey.currentState.save();
if (_fbKey.currentState.validate()) {
print('validationSucceded');
print(_fbKey.currentState.value);
} else {
print("External FormValidation failed");
}
},
),
],
),
)TODO:
Improvements
- Improve documentation by showing complete list of input types and their usage and options
- Assert no duplicates in
FormBuilderInputsattributenames - Allow options for Checkboxes and Radios to appear left or right
- Allow addition of custom input types
- Proper validation for URL - does not work without protocol - http(s)
New FormBuilder inputs
- SignaturePad
- MapInput
- ImagePicker
- DocumentPicker
- RangeSlider - https://pub.dartlang.org/packages/flutter_range_slider
- ColorPicker - https://pub.dartlang.org/packages/flutter_colorpicker
- DateRangePicker - https://pub.dartlang.org/packages/date_range_picker
- CodeInput - https://pub.dartlang.org/packages/code_input#-readme-tab- (Not Important)
- MaskedText - https://pub.dartlang.org/packages/flutter_masked_text#-changelog-tab- (Not Important)