XShimmerEffect class

Widget to apply a shimmer effect (loading placeholder) on a child widget.

XShimmerEffect wraps a child widget and applies a moving linear gradient animation, creating a skeleton-loading shimmer effect commonly used in modern apps.

Example usage:

XShimmer(
  child: Container(
    width: 200,
    height: 20,
    color: Colors.grey,
  ),
)
Inheritance

Constructors

XShimmerEffect({Key? key, required Widget child, Duration duration = const Duration(milliseconds: 1000), Color baseColor = const Color(0xFFE0E0E0), Color highlightColor = const Color(0xFFF5F5F5)})
const

Properties

baseColor Color
Base color of the shimmer (background color).
final
child Widget
The child widget to display with shimmer effect.
final
duration Duration
The duration of the shimmer animation.
final
hashCode int
The hash code for this object.
no setterinherited
highlightColor Color
Highlight color of the shimmer (the brighter moving part).
final
key Key?
Controls how one widget replaces another widget in the tree.
finalinherited
runtimeType Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
no setterinherited

Methods

createElement() StatefulElement
Creates a StatefulElement to manage this widget's location in the tree.
inherited
createState() State<XShimmerEffect>
Creates the mutable state for this widget at a given location in the tree.
override
debugDescribeChildren() List<DiagnosticsNode>
Returns a list of DiagnosticsNode objects describing this node's children.
inherited
debugFillProperties(DiagnosticPropertiesBuilder properties) → void
Add additional properties associated with the node.
inherited
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.
inherited
toDiagnosticsNode({String? name, DiagnosticsTreeStyle? style}) DiagnosticsNode
Returns a debug representation of the object that is used by debugging tools and by DiagnosticsNode.toStringDeep.
inherited
toString({DiagnosticLevel minLevel = DiagnosticLevel.info}) String
A string representation of this object.
inherited
toStringDeep({String prefixLineOne = '', String? prefixOtherLines, DiagnosticLevel minLevel = DiagnosticLevel.debug, int wrapWidth = 65}) String
Returns a string representation of this node and its descendants.
inherited
toStringShallow({String joiner = ', ', DiagnosticLevel minLevel = DiagnosticLevel.debug}) String
Returns a one-line detailed description of the object.
inherited
toStringShort() String
A short, textual description of this widget.
inherited

Operators

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