ff_navigation_bar 0.1.1

Configurable bottom navigation bar with raised highlight and shadow

ff_navigation_bar

A highly configurable navigation bar with emphasis for the selected item.

Add dependency

dependencies:
  ff_navigation_bar: ^0.0.1

Basic use

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:ff_navigation_bar/ff_navigation_bar.dart';
...
          return Scaffold(
            backgroundColor: Colors.grey[200],
            body: CustomScrollView(
              slivers: [
                ESSliverAppBar(
                  context: context,
                  title: homeData.getTitle(),
                  actions: homeData.getAvailableActions(),
                  forceElevated: true,
                ),
                SliverFillRemaining(
                  child: homeData.getChild(),
                ),
              ],
            ),
            bottomNavigationBar: FFNavigationBar(
              theme: FFNavigationBarTheme(
                barBackgroundColor: Colors.white,
                selectedItemBackgroundColor: Colors.green,
                selectedItemIconColor: Colors.white,
                selectedItemLabelColor: Colors.black,
              ),
              selectedIndex: 1,
              onSelectTab: (index) {},
              items: [
                FFNavigationBarItem(
                  iconData: Icons.calendar_today,
                  label: 'Schedule',
                ),
                FFNavigationBarItem(
                  iconData: Icons.people,
                  label: 'Contacts',
                ),
                FFNavigationBarItem(
                  iconData: Icons.attach_money,
                  label: 'Bills',
                ),
                FFNavigationBarItem(
                  iconData: Icons.note,
                  label: 'Notes',
                ),
                FFNavigationBarItem(
                  iconData: Icons.settings,
                  label: 'Settings',
                ),
              ],
            ),
          );

Theme

The navbar has a Theme class which can be used to define the majority of appearance settings for the navbar and its items.

• barBackgroundColor: The background color for the entire bar (default = white)
• selectedItemBackgroundColor: The background color for the CircleAvatar widget used to display the selected item's icon (default = blueAccent)
• selectedItemIconColor: The color for the selected item's icon (default = white)
• selectedItemLabelColor: The color for the selected item's label (default = black)
• unselectedItemBackgroundColor: The background color for unselected items (default = transparent)
• unselectedItemIconColor: The color for unselected items' icons (default = grey)
• unselectedItemLabelColor: The color for unselected items' icons (default = grey)
• selectedItemTextStyle: The text style to use for the selected item's label. The selectedItemLabelColor takes priority over any color attribute of the style (defaults to size = 13.0, weight = Bold)
• unselectedItemTextStyle: The text style to use for the unselected items' labels (defaults to size = 12.0, weight = Normal)
• barHeight: The height for the bar (which is automatically included within a SafeArea widget)
• itemWidth: The width to use for the selected item CircleAvater (default = 48.0)
• showSelectedItemShadow: Indicates if the drop shadow below the selected item should be displayed (default = true)

FFNavigationBar Attributes

• selectedIndex: The item number (zero indexed) which should be marked as selected
• onSelectTab: Callback function to receive tap notifications using the typedef Function(int selectedIndex)
• items: List of FFNavigationBarItem objects to be displayed as the bar's items
• theme: A FFNavigationBarTheme theme object

FFNavigationBarItem

• label: The String to display as the item's label
• iconData: The IconData to use in the item's Icon
• animationDuration: A Duration object which can be used to tweak the AnimatedContainer behaviour of the navigation bar item.
• selectedBackgroundColor: A Color value which can override the theme's selectedItemBackgroundColor value for a specific navigation bar item (used to create different colors for each item)
• selectedForegroundColor: A Color value which can override the theme's selectedItemIconColor value
• selectedLabelColor: A Color value which can override the theme's selectedItemLabelColor value