motion_tab_bar_v2 3.0.0

A maintained replacement for Motion-Tab-Bar - an animated bottom navigation bar for Flutter with customizable colors and icons that animate into place.

Motion Tab Bar v2

A highly customizable, animated bottom navigation bar for Flutter apps. The active tab icon animates into place with a smooth motion effect, and colors, sizes, icons, labels and badges are fully customizable.

Built with Flutter 3 and null-safety support.

Features

• 🎬 Animated tab bar with a smooth "motion" indicator that slides to the selected tab
• 🎨 Fully customizable colors, sizes and text styles
• 🖼️ Custom icons via IconData or custom widgets (iconWidgets)
• 🔔 Badges / notification indicators (built-in MotionBadgeWidget or any custom widget)
• 🎯 Programmatic tab navigation via MotionTabBarController
• 📱 Safe area support
• 🏷️ Option to always show tab labels (labelAlwaysVisible)

Preview

v0.3.0+ — programmatic tab changes

v0.2.x

v0.1.x animation preview

Getting Started

Add the package to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  motion_tab_bar_v2: ^3.0.0

Basic Usage

1. Import the package

import 'package:motion_tab_bar_v2/motion-tab-bar.dart';

// optional, only if using the provided badge style
import 'package:motion_tab_bar_v2/motion-badge.widget.dart';

// optional, only if using "MotionTabBarController" to programmatically change the tab
import 'package:motion_tab_bar_v2/motion-tab-controller.dart';

2. Create a controller

Use a MotionTabBarController (instead of a plain TabController) if you need to change the selected tab programmatically:

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> with TickerProviderStateMixin {
  MotionTabBarController? _motionTabBarController;

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

    //// Use normal tab controller
    // _tabController = TabController(
    //   initialIndex: 1,
    //   length: 4,
    //   vsync: this,
    // );

    //// use "MotionTabBarController" to replace with "TabController", if you need to programmatically change the tab
    _motionTabBarController = MotionTabBarController(
      initialIndex: 1,
      length: 4,
      vsync: this,
    );
  }

  @override
  void dispose() {
    super.dispose();

    // _tabController.dispose();
    _motionTabBarController!.dispose();
  }
}

3. Add MotionTabBar to the Scaffold

bottomNavigationBar: MotionTabBar(
  controller: _motionTabBarController, // ADD THIS if you need to change your tab programmatically
  initialSelectedTab: "Home",
  useSafeArea: true, // default: true, apply safe area wrapper
  labelAlwaysVisible: true, // default: false, set to "true" if you need to always show labels
  labels: const ["Dashboard", "Home", "Profile", "Settings"],

  //// use default icon (with IconData)
  // icons: const [
  //   Icons.dashboard,
  //   Icons.home,
  //   Icons.people_alt,
  //   Icons.settings,
  // ],

  // use custom widget as display Icon
  iconWidgets: [
    _generateCustomIcon('<svgString>'),
    _generateCustomIcon('<svgString>'),
    _generateCustomIcon('<svgString>'),
    _generateCustomIcon('<svgString>'),
  ],

  // optional badges, length must be same with labels
  badges: [
    // Default Motion Badge Widget
    const MotionBadgeWidget(
      text: '99+',
      textColor: Colors.white, // optional, default to Colors.white
      color: Colors.blue, // optional, default to Colors.red
      size: 18, // optional, default to 18
    ),

    // custom badge Widget
    Container(
      color: Colors.black,
      padding: const EdgeInsets.all(2),
      child: const Text(
        '48',
        style: TextStyle(
          fontSize: 14,
          color: Colors.white,
        ),
      ),
    ),

    // allow null
    null,

    // Default Motion Badge Widget with indicator only
    const MotionBadgeWidget(
      isIndicator: true,
      color: Colors.blue, // optional, default to Colors.red
      size: 5, // optional, default to 5,
      show: true, // true / false
    ),
  ],
  tabSize: 50,
  tabBarHeight: 55,
  textStyle: const TextStyle(
    fontSize: 12,
    color: Colors.black,
    fontWeight: FontWeight.w500,
  ),
  // tabIconColor: Colors.blue[600],
  tabIconSize: 28.0,
  tabIconSelectedSize: 32.0,
  tabSelectedColor: Colors.white,
  tabIconSelectedColor: Colors.black,
  tabBarColor: Colors.orange,
  onTabItemSelected: (int value) {
    setState(() {
      _motionTabBarController!.index = value;
    });
  },
),

4. Add a TabBarView to the Scaffold body

body: TabBarView(
  physics: const NeverScrollableScrollPhysics(), // swipe navigation handling is not supported
  // controller: _tabController,
  controller: _motionTabBarController,
  children: <Widget>[
    const Center(
      child: Text("Dashboard"),
    ),
    const Center(
      child: Text("Home"),
    ),
    const Center(
      child: Text("Profile"),
    ),
    const Center(
      child: Text("Settings"),
    ),
  ],
),

5. Change tabs programmatically

ElevatedButton(
  // set MotionTabBarController index to new tab index
  onPressed: () => _motionTabBarController.index = 0,
  child: const Text('Dashboard Page'),
),
ElevatedButton(
  // set MotionTabBarController index to new tab index
  onPressed: () => _motionTabBarController.index = 1,
  child: const Text('Home Page'),
),

Parameters

MotionTabBar

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
initialSelectedTab	String	— (required)	Label of the tab selected when the widget is first built. Must be one of labels.
labels	List<String?>	— (required)	Labels of the tabs. Length must match icons / iconWidgets.
icons	List<IconData>?	null	Icons for each tab. Mutually exclusive with iconWidgets; either one must be provided.
iconWidgets	List<Widget>?	null	Custom widgets used as tab icons. Mutually exclusive with icons; either one must be provided.
badges	List<Widget?>?	null	Badges shown on each tab. Length must match labels; entries may be null to hide a badge.
controller	MotionTabBarController?	null	Controller used to change the selected tab programmatically.
onTabItemSelected	Function?	null	Callback invoked when a tab is selected, receiving the index of the selected tab.
tabIconColor	Color?	Colors.black	Color of the unselected tab icons.
tabIconSelectedColor	Color?	Colors.white	Color of the selected tab icon (inside the floating indicator).
tabIconSize	double?	24	Size of the unselected tab icons.
tabIconSelectedSize	double?	24	Size of the selected tab icon.
tabSelectedColor	Color?	Colors.black	Background color of the floating indicator circle.
tabBarColor	Color?	Colors.white	Background color of the tab bar.
tabBarHeight	double?	65	Height of the tab bar.
tabSize	double?	60	Size of the floating indicator circle.
textStyle	TextStyle?	TextStyle(color: Colors.black)	Text style applied to the tab labels.
useSafeArea	bool	true	Whether to wrap the tab bar in a SafeArea.
labelAlwaysVisible	bool	false	Whether tab labels are always visible. When false, only the selected tab's label is shown.

MotionBadgeWidget

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
text	String?	null	Badge text (at most 3 characters).
isIndicator	bool?	false	When true, renders a plain indicator dot instead of a text badge.
color	Color?	Colors.red	Background color of the badge.
textColor	Color?	Colors.white	Color of the badge text.
size	double?	18 (or 5 for indicator)	Size of the badge.
disabled	bool?	false	When true, renders the badge in a dimmed style.
show	bool?	true	When false, hides the badge.

MotionTabBarController

MotionTabBarController extends Flutter's TabController and adds a callback so the MotionTabBar animates to the new tab when its index is changed programmatically.

Member	Type	Description
index (setter)	int	Sets the current tab index and notifies the MotionTabBar to animate to the new tab.
onTabChange (setter)	Function(int)?	Callback invoked when the tab index changes. Used internally by MotionTabBar.

Example

A complete, runnable example app is available in the example/ folder (and a full multi-platform app in example_app/). It demonstrates:

• Custom icon widgets via iconWidgets (SVG icons)
• Badges with MotionBadgeWidget and custom widgets
• Programmatic tab changes via MotionTabBarController

Run it with:

cd example
flutter run

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find a bug or have a feature request, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

MIT