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Package to build Material Form with fields like TextField, DropDown, Switches etc. with ability to create custom FormFields and composability and reuse validation functions.

Flutter FormBuilder - flutter_form_builder #

This package helps in creation of Flutter Forms by providing the syntactic sugar for creating a Form Widget and reduce the boilerplate needed to build a form, validate fields, react to changes, and collect the value of the Form.

Simple Usage #

To use this plugin, add flutter_form_builder as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file.

Example #

final GlobalKey<FormBuilderState> _fbKey = GlobalKey<FormBuilderState>();

Note: Avoid defining the GlobalKey inside your build method because this will create a new GlobalKey on every build cycle bringing about some erratic behavior.

Note: If you use FormBuilderDateTimePicker

import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
Column(
  children: <Widget>[
    FormBuilder(
      key: _fbKey,
      initialValue: {
        'date': DateTime.now(),
        'accept_terms': false,
      },
      autovalidate: true,
      child: Column(
        children: <Widget>[
          FormBuilderDateTimePicker(
            attribute: "date",
            inputType: InputType.date,
            format: DateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"),
            decoration:
                InputDecoration(labelText: "Appointment Time"),
          ),
          FormBuilderSlider(
            attribute: "slider",
            validators: [FormBuilderValidators.min(6)],
            min: 0.0,
            max: 10.0,
            initialValue: 1.0,
            divisions: 20,
            decoration:
                InputDecoration(labelText: "Number of things"),
          ),
          FormBuilderCheckbox(
            attribute: 'accept_terms',
            label: Text(
                "I have read and agree to the terms and conditions"),
            validators: [
              FormBuilderValidators.requiredTrue(
                errorText:
                    "You must accept terms and conditions to continue",
              ),
            ],
          ),
          FormBuilderDropdown(
            attribute: "gender",
            decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Gender"),
            // initialValue: 'Male',
            hint: Text('Select Gender'),
            validators: [FormBuilderValidators.required()],
            items: ['Male', 'Female', 'Other']
              .map((gender) => DropdownMenuItem(
                 value: gender,
                 child: Text("$gender")
            )).toList(),
          ),
          FormBuilderTextField(
            attribute: "age",
            decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Age"),
            validators: [
              FormBuilderValidators.numeric(),
              FormBuilderValidators.max(70),
            ],
          ),
          FormBuilderSegmentedControl(
            decoration:
                InputDecoration(labelText: "Movie Rating (Archer)"),
            attribute: "movie_rating",
            options: List.generate(5, (i) => i + 1)
                .map(
                    (number) => FormBuilderFieldOption(value: number))
                .toList(),
          ),
          FormBuilderSwitch(
            label: Text('I Accept the tems and conditions'),
            attribute: "accept_terms_switch",
            initialValue: true,
          ),
          FormBuilderTouchSpin(
            decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Stepper"),
            attribute: "stepper",
            initialValue: 10,
            step: 1,
          ),
          FormBuilderRate(
            decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Rate this form"),
            attribute: "rate",
            iconSize: 32.0,
            initialValue: 1,
            max: 5,
          ),
          FormBuilderCheckboxList(
            decoration:
            InputDecoration(labelText: "The language of my people"),
            attribute: "languages",
            initialValue: ["Dart"],
            options: [
              FormBuilderFieldOption(value: "Dart"),
              FormBuilderFieldOption(value: "Kotlin"),
              FormBuilderFieldOption(value: "Java"),
              FormBuilderFieldOption(value: "Swift"),
              FormBuilderFieldOption(value: "Objective-C"),
            ],
          ),
          FormBuilderChoiceChip(
            attribute: "favorite_ice_cream",
            options: [
              FormBuilderFieldOption(
                child: Text("Vanilla"),
                value: "vanilla"
              ),
              FormBuilderFieldOption(
                child: Text("Chocolate"),
                value: "chocolate"
              ),
              FormBuilderFieldOption(
                child: Text("Strawberry"),
                value: "strawberry"
              ),
              FormBuilderFieldOption(
                child: Text("Peach"),
                value: "peach"
              ),
            ],
          ),
          FormBuilderFilterChip(
              attribute: "pets",
              options: [
                FormBuilderFieldOption(
                  child: Text("Cats"),
                  value: "cats"
                ),
                FormBuilderFieldOption(
                  child: Text("Dogs"),
                  value: "dogs"
                ),
                FormBuilderFieldOption(
                  child: Text("Rodents"),
                  value: "rodents"
                ),
                FormBuilderFieldOption(
                  child: Text("Birds"),
                  value: "birds"
                ),
              ],
          ),
          FormBuilderSignaturePad(
            decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Signature"),
            attribute: "signature",
            height: 100,
          ),
        ],
      ),
    ),
    Row(
      children: <Widget>[
        MaterialButton(
          child: Text("Submit"),
          onPressed: () {
            if (_fbKey.currentState.saveAndValidate()) {
              print(_fbKey.currentState.value);
            }
          },
        ),
        MaterialButton(
          child: Text("Reset"),
          onPressed: () {
            _fbKey.currentState.reset();
          },
        ),
      ],
    )
  ],
)

Input widgets #

The currently supported fields include:

  • FormBuilderCheckbox - Single Checkbox field
  • FormBuilderCheckboxList - List of Checkboxes for multiple selection
  • FormBuilderChipsInput - Takes a list of Chips as input and suggests more options on typing
  • FormBuilderChoiceChip - Creates a chip that acts like a radio button.
  • FormBuilderColorPicker - For Color input selection
  • FormBuilderCountryPicker - Country selection from list
  • FormBuilderDateRangePicker - For selection of a range of dates
  • FormBuilderDateTimePicker - For Date, Time and DateTime input
  • FormBuilderDropdown - Used to select one value from a list as a Dropdown
  • FormBuilderFilterChip - Creates a chip that acts like a checkbox.
  • FormBuilderImagePicker - Picker a image from Gallery or Camera and stores it in a List of images, File or String. Note: This picker is available for iOS and Android.
  • FormBuilderPhoneField - International phone number input.
  • FormBuilderRadio - Used to select one value from a list of Radio Widgets
  • FormBuilderRadioGroup - Used to select one value from a list of Radio Widgets
  • FormBuilderRangeSlider - Used to select a range from a range of values
  • FormBuilderRate - For selection of a numerical value as a rating
  • FormBuilderSegmentedControl - For selection of a value from the CupertinoSegmentedControl as an input
  • FormBuilderSignaturePad - Presents a drawing pad on which user can doodle
  • FormBuilderSlider - For selection of a numerical value on a slider
  • FormBuilderStepper - Selection of a number by tapping on a plus or minus symbol. Deprecated; replaced with FormBuilderTouchSpin
  • FormBuilderSwitch - On/Off switch
  • FormBuilderTextField - For text input. Accepts input of single-line text, multi-line text, password, email, urls etc by using different configurations and validators
  • FormBuilderTouchSpin - Selection of a number by tapping on a plus or minus icon
  • FormBuilderTypeAhead - Auto-completes user input from a list of items

In order to create an input field in the form, along with the label, and any applicable validation, there are several attributes that are supported by all types of inputs namely:

Attribute Type Default Required Description
attribute String null true This will form the key in the form value Map
initialValue dynamic null false The initial value of the input field
readOnly bool false false Determines whether the field widget will accept user input. This value will be ignored if the readOnly attribute of FormBuilder widget is set to true
decoration InputDecoration InputDecoration() false
validators List<FormFieldValidator> [] false List of FormFieldValidators that will check the validity of value candidate in the FormField
onChanged ValueChanged<T> null false This event function will fire immediately the the field value changes
valueTransformer ValueTransformer<T> null false Function that transforms field value before saving to form value. e.g. transform TextField value for numeric field from String to num
The rest of the attributes will be determined by the type of Widget being used.

Building your own custom field #

To build your own field within a FormBuilder, we use FormBuilderCustomField which will require that you define your own FormField. The FormField will not require a validator if the validators property is already defined in the FormBuilderCustomField.

var options = ["Option 1", "Option 2", "Option 3"];
FormBuilderCustomField(
  attribute: "name",
  validators: [
    FormBuilderValidators.required(),
  ],
  formField: FormField(
    enabled: true,
    builder: (FormFieldState<dynamic> field) {
      return InputDecorator(
        decoration: InputDecoration(
          labelText: "Select option",
          contentPadding:
              EdgeInsets.only(top: 10.0, bottom: 0.0),
          border: InputBorder.none,
          errorText: field.errorText,
        ),
        child: Container(
          height: 200,
          child: CupertinoPicker(
            itemExtent: 30,
            children: options.map((c) => Text(c)).toList(),
            onSelectedItemChanged: (index) {
              field.didChange(options[index]);
            },
          ),
        ),
      );
    },
  ),
),

Validation #

The validators attribute in fields take in any number of FormFieldValidator allowing composability of validation functions as well as allow reusability of already defined validator methods.

Built-in Validators #

The package comes with several most common FormFieldValidators such as required, numeric, mail, URL, min, max, minLength, maxLength, IP, credit card etc. with default errorText in English but with ability to include you own error message that will display whenever validation fails.

Available built-in validators include:

  • FormBuilderValidators.required() - requires the field have a non-empty value.
  • FormBuilderValidators.numeric() - requires the field's value to be a valid number.
  • FormBuilderValidators.min() - requires the field's value to be greater than or equal to the provided number.
  • FormBuilderValidators.max() - requires the field's value to be less than or equal to the provided number.
  • FormBuilderValidators.minLength() - requires the length of the field's value to be greater than or equal to the provided minimum length.
  • FormBuilderValidators.maxLength() - requires the length of the field's value to be less than or equal to the provided maximum length.
  • FormBuilderValidators.pattern() - requires the field's value to match the provided regex pattern.
  • FormBuilderValidators.email() - requires the field's value to be a valid email address.
  • FormBuilderValidators.url() - requires the field's value to be a valid url.
  • FormBuilderValidators.IP() - requires the field's value to be a valid IP address.
  • FormBuilderValidators.creditCard() - requires the field's value to be a valid credit card number.
  • FormBuilderValidators.date() - requires the field's value to be a valid date string.
  • FormBuilderValidators.requiredTrue() - requires the field's value be true.

Validation example:

FormBuilderTextField(
  attribute: "age",
  decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Age"),
  validators: [
    FormBuilderValidators.numeric(errorText: "La edad debe ser numérica."),
    FormBuilderValidators.max(70),
  ],
),

Custom validator function #

As well as the built-in validators any function of type FormFieldValidator will be accepted into the list of validators.

FormBuilderTextField(
    attribute: "over_18",
    decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "Are you over 18?"),
    validators: [
        FormBuilderValidators.required(),
        (val){
            if(val.toLowerCase() != "yes")
                return "The answer must be Yes";
        },
    ],
),

Conditional validation #

You can also validate a field based on the value of another field

FormBuilderRadio(
  decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: 'My best language'),
  attribute: "best_language",
  validators: [FormBuilderValidators.required()],
  options: [
    "Dart",
    "Kotlin",
    "Java",
    "Swift",
    "Objective-C",
    "Other"
  ]
      .map((lang) => FormBuilderFieldOption(value: lang))
      .toList(growable: false),
),
FormBuilderTextField(
    attribute: "specify",
    decoration: InputDecoration(labelText: "If Other, please specify"),
    validators: [
        (val){
            if(_fbKey.currentState.fields['best_language'].currentState.value == "Other" && (val == null || val.isEmpty))
                return "Kindly specify your language";
        },
    ],
),

CREDITS #

Contributors #

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Dependencies #

This package is dependent on the following packages and plugins:

Here are other field types for flutter_form_builder:

FUTURE PLANS: #

Improvements #

  • Allow addition of custom input types
  • Improve documentation by showing complete list of input types and their usage and options
  • Create a transformer function option that will convert field value when field is saved - can be used to convert string to number, change to uppercase etc.
  • Assert no duplicates in FormBuilderInputs attribute names
  • Allow options for Checkboxes and Radios to appear left or right - Done via leadingInput courtesy of Sven Schöne
  • Use flutter_touch_spin for FormBuilderStepper. Possibly rename to FormBuilderTouchSpin in next major version
  • For RangeSlider use Flutter provided

Known Issues #

  • Setting autovalidate to true validates fields immediately they're rendered even if pristine - which is the default behavior in Flutter
  • Form's reset() doesn't clear SignaturePad - You'll be forced to clear manually

SUPPORT #

If this package was helpful to you in delivering on your project or you just wanna to support this project, a cup of coffee would be highly appreciated ;-)

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Package to build Material Form with fields like TextField, DropDown, Switches etc. with ability to create custom FormFields and composability and reuse validation functions.

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Dependencies

country_pickers, date_range_picker, datetime_picker_formfield, flutter, flutter_chips_input, flutter_colorpicker, flutter_touch_spin, flutter_typeahead, group_radio_button, image_picker, intl, phone_number, rating_bar, signature, validators

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