dashed_painter 1.1.0

A simple Flutter plugin to draw dashed lines and shapes on canvas easily.

Changelog

All notable changes to the flutter_dash_painter package will be documented here.

This project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

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1.1.0 - 2025-01-28

🚀 Major Feature Release - Phase 1 Roadmap

✨ Added

• Animation Support: Marching ants effect with animationOffset parameter

  • Use with AnimationController to create moving dash patterns
  • Works with both traditional and custom patterns
  • Smooth animation with proper wrap-around handling

• Advanced Dash Patterns: Custom pattern arrays via DashedPainter.pattern()

  • Define patterns with arrays like [5, 3, 2, 3] for complex sequences
  • Supports unlimited pattern complexity
  • Automatic conversion from traditional step/span/points to arrays

• Performance Optimization: Path caching system

  • Automatic caching of computed path segments
  • Significant performance improvement for repeated patterns
  • enableCaching parameter to control caching behavior
  • DashedPainter.clearCache() and DashedPainter.cacheSize utilities

• Enhanced DashedDecoration:

  • DashedDecoration.animated() constructor for animated borders
  • DashedDecoration.pattern() constructor for custom patterns
  • Full backward compatibility with existing API

🎨 Enhanced

• Comprehensive example app with 4 demo screens:
  • Basic shapes demonstration
  • Animation effects showcase
  • Custom pattern gallery
  • Performance comparison tools
• Improved documentation with detailed usage examples
• Better code organization and maintainability

🔧 Technical

• Path computation refactored for better performance
• Animation system with proper offset calculations
• Caching system with automatic key generation
• Enhanced error handling and edge cases

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1.0.2 - 2025-06-18

Fixed

• Export issues related to main dashed_painter.dart file
• Minor formatting updates in API docs

Added

• Unit tests and widget tests for DashedPainter and DashedDecoration
• Benchmarks via BenchmarkPainter example

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1.0.1 - 2025-06-17

Fixed

• Minor export issues with internal files
• Resolved missing documentation in public APIs

Added

• Added DartDoc comments for pub.dev
• Stable API entry point via lib/dashed_painter.dart

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1.0.0 - 2025-06-17

🎉 Initial release

Added

• Core painter (DashedPainter) to render dashed lines using Canvas
• Support for:
  • Straight lines (horizontal/vertical)
  • Circle shapes (addOval)
  • Rounded rectangles (addRRect)
• Fully customizable:
  • step: dash length
  • span: space between dashes
  • pointCount: number of dots per dash
  • pointWidth: length of each dot
• DashedDecoration to easily apply dashed borders to Container
• Supports color and gradient (e.g. SweepGradient)

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