katex_flutter 4.0.0+24

Performantly render scientific LaTeX equations using the KaTeX library on Android, iOS, the Web and the Desktop platform.

katex_flutter

Render scientific LaTeX equations using the KaTeX library.

• Mathematics / Maths Equations (Algebra, Calculus, Geometry, Geometry etc...)
• Physics Equations
• Signal Processing Equations
• Chemistry Equations
• Statistics / Stats Equations
• Inherit text style from parent widgets

Note: The bad pub.dev score is due to a known error in the analysis server and not our fault.

LaTeX rendering is done using CaTeX and KaTeX.

katex_flutter is working on Android, iOS, the Web and the Desktop platform.

We are now using native Flutter widgets to render the LaTeX code. This significantly increates the rendering performance compared to previous versions. For unsupported LaTeX commands, we offer a fallback to the old JavaScript library.

API

Note: we recently did significant API changes. Please update any prior code.

KaTeX(
  @required laTeXCode,         // A Text() containing the LaTeX code to be rendered
  delimiter = r'$',            // The delimiter to be used for inline LaTeX
  displayDelimiter = r'$$',    // The delimiter to be used for Display (centered, "important") LaTeX
  );

What's the difference to CaTeX library?

Basically, katex_flutter is using CaTeX. But as CaTeX is still under development, we offer a hybrid solution: As long as your LaTeX input is supported by CaTeX, you can profit from CaTeX' performance but in case CaTeX does not fully support your input, you may fall back on a slower but more complete LaTeX implementation using JavaScript and the KaTeX library.

Another difference is Text support: CaTeX is simply taking any input for Math rendering. We split up into Text and Math parts. You can use a separator (eg. the common "$" or "$$"). Content between these separators is rendered as math while anything outside of these separators is rendered as normal Flutter Text. This makes Text containing only some single formula parts much easier.

Use this package as a library

Add this to your package's pubspec.yaml file:

dependencies:
  katex_flutter: ^4.0.0+24

You can install packages from the command line with Flutter:

flutter pub get

Alternatively, your editor might support flutter pub get. Check the docs for your editor to learn more.

Now in your Dart code, you can use:

import 'package:katex_flutter/katex_flutter.dart';

...

// A static LaTeX block which may not change on `setState()`
return KaTeX(laTeXCode: Text("\\alpha", style: Theme.of(context)
                      .textTheme
                      .bodyText1
                      .copyWith(color: Colors.red)))

// A dynamic LaTeX block which is rebuilt on `setState()` (less efficient but required sometimes)
return Builder(builder: (context) => KaTeX(laTeXCode: Text("\\alpha", style: Theme.of(context)
                      .textTheme
                      .bodyText1
                      .copyWith(color: Colors.red))))

Platform specific

PLEASE NOTE: All the following changes are only required if you use our deprecated fallback library using JavaScript. Otherwise you do NOT need to perform any of these changes.

Please read this document for information on our deprecated library.

Source code

The source code is hosted on GitLab. It's licensed under the terms and conditions of the EUPL-1.2.

This package was initially created for the education project TestApp.