Features

• Render form using JSON
• Form validation
• Custom form styles
• Custom layouts (row, col)
• Infinite form grouping and nesting (group)
• Modify entire form values or individual form control values through methods
• Form controls:
  • Text box
  • Password box
  • Textarea
  • Number
  • Radio button
  • Checkbox
  • Dropdown
  • Switch
  • Multimedia upload
  • Date picker
  • Time picker
  • DateTime picker

Usage

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:json_gen_form/json_gen_form.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(const MainApp());
}

class MainApp extends StatefulWidget {
  const MainApp({super.key});

  @override
  State<MainApp> createState() => _MainAppState();
}

class _MainAppState extends State<MainApp> {
  final GlobalKey _key = GlobalKey<JsonGenFormState>();
  final List<dynamic> _data = [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "field": "name",
      "label": "姓名",
      "value": "隔壁老王",
      "placeholder": "请输入姓名",
      "rules": [
        {"required": true, "message": "请输入姓名"}
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "textarea",
      "field": "remark",
      "label": "自我介绍",
      "value": null,
      "placeholder": "请简单介绍一下你自己",
      "rules": []
    },
    {
      "type": "number",
      "field": "age",
      "label": "年龄",
      "value": null,
      "placeholder": "请输入年龄",
      "rules": [
        {"required": true, "message": "请输入年龄"},
        {"min": 18, "message": "年龄必须大于18岁"}
      ]
    }
  ];

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      theme: ThemeData(
        brightness: Brightness.light,
        useMaterial3: true,
      ),
      home: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: const Text('json gen form'),
        ),
        body: SafeArea(
          child: SingleChildScrollView(
            physics: const BouncingScrollPhysics(),
            padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(
              horizontal: 20.0,
              vertical: 20.0,
            ),
            child: Column(
              children: [
                JsonGenForm(
                  key: _key,
                  config: _data,
                  decoration: JsonGenFormDecoration(
                    // groupLabelWrap: (Widget child, dynamic data) {
                    //   return Container(
                    //     margin: const EdgeInsets.only(bottom: 5),
                    //     child: child,
                    //   );
                    // },
                    controlLabelWrap: (Widget child, dynamic data) {
                      return Container(
                        margin: const EdgeInsets.only(bottom: 5),
                        child: child,
                      );
                    },
                    controlWrap: (Widget child, dynamic data) {
                      return Container(
                        margin: const EdgeInsets.only(bottom: 10),
                        child: child,
                      );
                    },
                  ),
                ),
                ElevatedButton(
                  onPressed: () async {
                    final formState = _key.currentState as JsonGenFormState;
                    try {
                      final data = await formState.validate();
                      debugPrint('Validation success $data');
                    } catch (e) {
                      debugPrint('Validation error: $e');
                    }
                  },
                  child: const Text('Submit'),
                ),
              ],
            ),
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

General Parameters

Except for group, row, and col, all types have the following general parameters. All types have extra.

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	''	true
field	Field Name	String	''	true
label	Label	String	-	-
hiddenLabel	Hidden Label	bool	false	-
value	Default Value	dynamic	-	-
disabled	Disabled	bool	false	-
readonly	Read-Only	bool	false	-
rules	Validation Rules	List	[]	-
extra	Extra Params	dynamic		-

Form Types

group

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'group'	true
field	Field Name	String	''	-
label	Label	String	''	-
hiddenLabel	Hidden Label	bool	''	-
children	Sub-Forms	List	[]	-

text

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'text'	true
placeholder	Placeholder	String	-	-
General Params	-	-	-	-

password

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'password'	true
placeholder	Placeholder	String	-	-
General Params	-	-	-	-

textarea

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'textarea'	true
placeholder	Placeholder	String	-	-
General Params	-	-	-	-

number

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'number'	true
placeholder	Placeholder	String	-	-
General Params	-	-	-	-

radio

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'radio'	true
options	Options	List	[]	-
direction	Options Direction	String	'horizontal'	-
itemHorizontalSpace	Item Horizontal Space	double	16	-
itemVerticalSpace	Item Vertical Space	double	8	-
General Params	-	-	-	-

checkbox

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'checkbox'	true
options	Options	List	[]	-
direction	Options Direction	String	'horizontal'	-
itemHorizontalSpace	Item Horizontal Space	double	16	-
itemVerticalSpace	Item Vertical Space	double	8	-
General Params	-	-	-	-

select

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'select'	true
options	Options	List	[]	-
multiple	Multiple Select	bool	false	-
General Params	-	-	-	-

switch

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'switch'	true
General Params	-	-	-	-

media

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'media'	true
mediaType	Media Type (media, image, video)	String	'media'	-
multiple	Multiple Uploads	bool	false	-
General Params	-	-	-	-

ios Configuration info.plist

<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>Need camera for taking photos or scanning codes</string>
<key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
<string>Need access to photo library for selecting photos or videos</string>
<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
<string>Need microphone access for recording videos</string>

android Configuration AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />

date

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'date'	true

time

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'time'	true

datetime

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'datetime'	true

Layout Types

row

row's children must have type as col.

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'row'	true
gutter	Spacing	double	0	-
children	Children	List	[]	-

col

col's parent must be row.

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'col'	true
flex	Flex	int	1	-
child	Child Config	Map

group

Field	Description	Type	Default Value	Required
type	Type	String	'group'	true
field	Field Name	String	null	-

Validation Rules

• required
• type: Shortcut validation type, only supported for text input
  • email
  • url
• min: For string type, it's string length; for number type, it's a specific number; for array type, it's array length
• max: For string type, it's string length; for number type, it's a specific number; for array type, it's array length
• len: For string type, it's string length; for number type, it's a specific number; for array type, it's array length
• pattern: Regex validation
• message: Error message