EmojiPickerController class

Controller for EmojiPicker widget that allows reading and changing the selected category programmatically.

Similar to TextEditingController, this controller provides:

  • Reading the current selected category
  • Setting the category programmatically
  • Listening to category changes

Example usage:

final controller = EmojiPickerController();

// Listen to changes
controller.addListener(() {
  print('Category changed to: ${controller.currentCategory}');
});

// Set category programmatically
controller.setCategory(Category.SMILEYS);

// Use with EmojiPicker
EmojiPicker(
  controller: controller,
  // ... other config
)
Inheritance

Constructors

EmojiPickerController({Category initialCategory = Category.RECENT})
Creates an EmojiPickerController with an optional initial category. Defaults to Category.RECENT if not specified.

Properties

currentCategory Category
The currently selected category.
no setter
hashCode int
The hash code for this object.
no setterinherited
hasListeners bool
Whether any listeners are currently registered.
no setterinherited
runtimeType Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
no setterinherited

Methods

addListener(VoidCallback listener) → void
Register a closure to be called when the object changes.
inherited
copyWith({Category? category}) EmojiPickerController
Creates a copy of this controller with the same current category.
dispose() → void
Discards any resources used by the object. After this is called, the object is not in a usable state and should be discarded (calls to addListener will throw after the object is disposed).
inherited
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.
inherited
notifyListeners() → void
Call all the registered listeners.
inherited
removeListener(VoidCallback listener) → void
Remove a previously registered closure from the list of closures that are notified when the object changes.
inherited
setCategory(Category category) → void
Sets the selected category and notifies listeners.
toString() String
A string representation of this object.
override
updateCategory(Category category) → void
Internal method used by EmojiPicker to update the controller when the user manually changes categories.

Operators

operator ==(Object other) bool
The equality operator.
inherited