flutter_chat_ui 0.0.3

Flutter Chat UI

example/lib/main.dart

import 'dart:convert';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter/services.dart' show rootBundle;
import 'package:flutter_chat_ui/flutter_chat_ui.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  // This widget is the root of your application.
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Chat',
      theme: ThemeData(
        // This is the theme of your application.
        //
        // Try running your application with "flutter run". You'll see the
        // application has a blue toolbar. Then, without quitting the app, try
        // changing the primarySwatch below to Colors.green and then invoke
        // "hot reload" (press "r" in the console where you ran "flutter run",
        // or simply save your changes to "hot reload" in a Flutter IDE).
        // Notice that the counter didn't reset back to zero; the application
        // is not restarted.
        primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
        // This makes the visual density adapt to the platform that you run
        // the app on. For desktop platforms, the controls will be smaller and
        // closer together (more dense) than on mobile platforms.
        visualDensity: VisualDensity.adaptivePlatformDensity,
      ),
      home: ChatPage(),
    );
  }
}

class ChatPage extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _ChatPageState createState() => _ChatPageState();
}

class _ChatPageState extends State<ChatPage> {
  List<MessageModel> _messages = [];

  void _loadMessages() async {
    final response = await rootBundle.loadString('assets/messages.json');
    final messages = (jsonDecode(response) as List)
        .map((e) => MessageModel.fromJson(e))
        .toList();

    setState(() {
      _messages = messages;
    });
  }

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    _loadMessages();
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      body: Chat(
        messages: _messages,
        onSendPressed: (message) {
          setState(() {
            _messages.insert(0, message);
          });
        },
        user: const User(
          id: '06c33e8b-e835-4736-80f4-63f44b66666c',
          name: 'Alex',
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}