swift_flutter 2.3.3

Reactive state management for Flutter with automatic dependency tracking, Swift-like extensions, and SwiftUI-like animations.

swift_flutter

A reactive state management library for Flutter with automatic dependency tracking. Inspired by MobX and Vue's reactivity system, but built specifically for Flutter with Swift-like extensions and two flexible patterns.

📖 Learn more at swiftflutter.com

✨ Features

✅ Two Flexible Patterns - Direct state management OR Controller pattern with enforced separation
✅ Reactive State (SwiftValue) - Automatic dependency tracking with swift()
✅ Swift Widget - Auto-rebuild when dependencies change
✅ Computed (Derived State) - Automatically computed values with nested dependency support
✅ SwiftFuture / Async State - Loading/error/success states with automatic retry and error recovery
✅ SwiftField / Form Validation - Field validation with built-in validators
✅ SwiftPersisted / Persistence - Automatic save/load with migration support
✅ SwiftController - Enforced separation of concerns (views read-only, controllers modify)
✅ Swift-like Extensions - Toggle, add, sub, mul, div, and 80+ convenient methods
✅ Middleware / Interceptors - Action interception and logging
✅ Batch Update Transactions - Prevent unnecessary rebuilds
✅ Debug Logger - Configurable logging with history
✅ SwiftTween / Animation Tween - Reactive animation values with AnimationController
✅ SwiftUI-like Declarative Animations - Zero boilerplate animations (no controllers, no mixins!)
✅ Lifecycle Controller - Widget lifecycle management
✅ Global Store / Dependency Injection - Service registration and state management
✅ Redux-like Reducers - Predictable state updates with action/reducer pattern
✅ State Normalization - Efficient collection management
✅ Pagination - Built-in pagination support
✅ Error Boundaries - Error handling with UI components
✅ Performance Monitoring - Built-in performance tracking
✅ Circular Dependency Detection - Automatic detection of circular dependencies
✅ Memoization - Performance optimization for computed values
✅ Enhanced Testing Utilities - Comprehensive test helpers
✅ DevTools Integration - Full Flutter DevTools support with zero overhead
✅ Debug Tool - Network request/response interceptor with WebSocket support
✅ Network Interceptor - Automatic HTTP request capture for http and dio packages
✅ WebSocket Interceptor - Real-time WebSocket connection and event tracking
✅ Log Interceptor - Capture and view all print statements and logs

📦 Installation

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

dependencies:
  swift_flutter: ^2.3.2

Then run:

flutter pub get

🚀 Quick Start

Pattern 1: Direct State Management (Simple & Flexible)

Perfect for view-local state, simple UI, and quick prototypes.

import 'package:swift_flutter/swift_flutter.dart';

class MyWidget extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    // ✅ Create reactive state directly in views
    final counter = swift(0);
    final name = swift('Hello');
    final isExpanded = swift(false);
    
    return Swift(
      builder: (context) => Column(
        children: [
          Text('Count: ${counter.value}'),
          Text('Name: ${name.value}'),
          ElevatedButton(
            onPressed: () => counter.value++, // ✅ Direct modification
            child: Text('Increment'),
          ),
          ElevatedButton(
            onPressed: () => isExpanded.toggle(), // ✅ Use extensions
            child: Text('Toggle'),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }
}

When to use:

• View-local state (toggles, local counters)
• Simple UI state
• Quick prototypes
• Single view usage

---

Pattern 2: Controller Pattern (Enforced Separation)

Perfect for business logic, shared state, and team projects.

import 'package:swift_flutter/swift_flutter.dart';

// ✅ Controller - only place where state can be modified
class CounterController extends SwiftController {
  // Just use swift() - automatically read-only from views!
  final counter = swift(0);
  final name = swift('Hello');
  
  void increment() => counter.value++;  // ✅ Works inside controller
  void updateName(String n) => name.value = n;
}

// ✅ View - can only read state and call controller methods
class MyView extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    final controller = CounterController();
    
    return Swift(
      builder: (context) => Column(
        children: [
          Text('Count: ${controller.counter.value}'), // ✅ Can read
          Text('Name: ${controller.name.value}'),
          ElevatedButton(
            onPressed: controller.increment, // ✅ Can call methods
            child: Text('Increment'),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    );
    // ❌ controller.counter.value = 10; // Runtime error - cannot modify
  }
}

When to use:

• Business logic & validation
• Shared state across multiple views
• Complex state management
• Team projects (enforced separation)

---

📚 Core Features

1. Reactive State with swift()

// Automatic type inference
final counter = swift(0);        // SwiftValue<int>
final name = swift('Hello');     // SwiftValue<String>
final flag = swift(true);         // SwiftValue<bool>
final price = swift(99.99);       // SwiftValue<double>

// Explicit typing for custom types
final user = swift<User>(User('John'));
final list = swift<List<String>>(['a', 'b']);

// Use in widget - automatically rebuilds
Swift(
  builder: (context) => Text('Count: ${counter.value}'),
)

// Update value - widget rebuilds automatically!
counter.value = 10;

2. Computed Values (Derived State)

final price = swift(100.0);
final quantity = swift(2);

// Computed value - automatically updates when dependencies change
final total = Computed(() => price.value * quantity.value);
final summary = Computed(() => 'Total: \$${total.value.toStringAsFixed(2)}');

// Use in UI
Swift(
  builder: (context) => Text(summary.value),
)

3. Async State Management (SwiftFuture)

final dataFuture = SwiftFuture<String>();

// Execute async operation
await dataFuture.execute(() async {
  await Future.delayed(Duration(seconds: 2));
  return 'Data loaded!';
});

// Display state in UI
Swift(
  builder: (context) => dataFuture.value.when(
    idle: () => Text('Click to load'),
    loading: () => CircularProgressIndicator(),
    success: (data) => Text(data),
    error: (error, stack) => Text('Error: $error'),
  ),
)

4. Form Validation (SwiftField)

final emailField = SwiftField<String>('');

// Add validators
emailField.addValidator(Validators.required());
emailField.addValidator(Validators.email());

// Use in TextField
TextField(
  onChanged: (value) => emailField.value = value,
  decoration: InputDecoration(
    errorText: emailField.error, // Shows validation error
  ),
)

// Check validation
if (emailField.isValid) {
  // Proceed with form submission
}

5. Swift-like Extensions

Bool Extensions:

bool flag = true;
flag = flag.toggle(); // false

Int/Double Extensions:

int count = 10;
count = count.add(5);      // 15
count = count.sub(3);      // 12
count = count.mul(2);      // 24
double result = count.div(3); // 8.0

// Percentage operations
double price = 100.0;
price = price.applyPercent(20);  // 120.0 (add 20%)
price = price.discount(10);       // 108.0 (subtract 10%)
price = price.tax(5);             // 113.4 (add 5% tax)
price = price.addGST(10);         // 124.74 (add 10% GST)

// Range operations
count = count.clamped(min: 0, max: 100); // Clamp between 0-100
bool inRange = count.isBetween(0, 100);   // Check if in range

// Formatting
String formatted = count.toCurrency();     // '$10.00'
String readable = 1500.toReadable();       // '1.5K'
String inr = 10000.toINR();               // '₹10,000'

String Extensions:

String name = 'hello';
name = name.capitalized;        // 'Hello'
name = name.add(' world');      // 'Hello world'
name = name.dropFirst();        // 'ello world'
name = name.dropLast();         // 'ello worl'
bool isEmpty = name.isEmpty;    // false
bool isNotEmpty = name.isNotEmpty; // true

List Extensions:

List<int> numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
numbers = numbers.dropFirst();  // [2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers = numbers.dropLast();   // [2, 3, 4]
bool found = numbers.containsWhere((n) => n > 3); // true

Reactive Extensions (on SwiftValue):

// All extensions work on SwiftValue too!
final counter = swift(10);
counter.add(5);    // counter.value is now 15
counter.sub(3);    // counter.value is now 12
counter.mul(2);    // counter.value is now 24

final price = swift(100.0);
price.applyPercent(20);  // price.value is now 120.0
price.discount(10);      // price.value is now 108.0
price.tax(5);            // price.value is now 113.4

final name = swift('hello');
name.add(' world');      // name.value is now 'hello world'
name.capitalized;        // Returns 'Hello world' (read-only)
name.dropFirst();        // Returns 'ello world' (read-only)

final flag = swift(true);
flag.toggle();           // flag.value is now false

final numbers = swift<List<int>>([1, 2, 3]);
numbers.dropFirst();     // Returns [2, 3] (read-only)

📦 Import Extensions:

import 'package:swift_flutter/swift_flutter.dart';
import 'package:swift_flutter/core/extensions.dart'; // Optional - for extensions

Available Extensions (80+ methods):

• Bool: toggle()
• Int/Double: add(), sub(), mul(), div(), percent(), applyPercent(), discount(), tax(), addGST(), removeGST(), clamped(), isBetween(), lerp(), mapRange(), toCurrency(), toINR(), toReadable(), toOrdinal(), and more
• String: capitalized, add(), dropFirst(), dropLast(), isEmpty, isNotEmpty, and more
• List: dropFirst(), dropLast(), containsWhere(), and more
• Iterable: containsWhere(), and more
• SwiftValue: All above methods work on reactive values too!

6. Batch Updates (Transactions)

final x = swift(0);
final y = swift(0);
final z = swift(0);

// Batch multiple updates - only one rebuild occurs
Transaction.run(() {
  x.value = 10;
  y.value = 20;
  z.value = 30;
});

7. Reactive Animations (SwiftTween)

late final SwiftTween<double> sizeTween;

@override
void initState() {
  super.initState();
  sizeTween = SwiftTween<double>(
    Tween(begin: 50.0, end: 200.0),
    vsync: this, // Use AnimationController for better performance
  );
}

// Animate to target value
await sizeTween.animateTo(1.0, duration: Duration(seconds: 1));

// Use in UI
Swift(
  builder: (context) => Container(
    width: sizeTween.value,
    height: sizeTween.value,
  ),
)

8. Persistence (SwiftPersisted)

final storage = MemoryStorage(); // Use SharedPreferences in production
late final SwiftPersisted<int> counter;

@override
void initState() {
  super.initState();
  counter = SwiftPersisted<int>(0, 'counter_key', storage);
}

// Value is automatically saved when changed
counter.value = 42; // Saved automatically

// Value is automatically loaded on initialization
Swift(
  builder: (context) => Text('Counter: ${counter.value}'),
)

9. Global Store / Dependency Injection

// Register a service
class UserService {
  String getUser() => 'John Doe';
}

store.register<UserService>(UserService());

// Register reactive state
final globalCounter = swift(0);
store.registerState('counter', globalCounter);

// Retrieve service
final userService = store.get<UserService>();
print(userService.getUser()); // 'John Doe'

// Retrieve state
final counter = store.getState<int>('counter');
print(counter.value); // 0

10. Redux-like State Management

// Define actions
class IncrementAction implements Action {
  @override
  String get type => 'INCREMENT';
}

// Define reducer
final counterReducer = (int state, Action action) {
  switch (action.type) {
    case 'INCREMENT':
      return state + 1;
    default:
      return state;
  }
};

// Create store
final counterStore = ReduxStore<int>(0, counterReducer);

// Use in widget
Swift(
  builder: (context) => Text('Count: ${counterStore.value}'),
)

// Dispatch actions
counterStore.dispatch(IncrementAction());

🎯 Complete Examples

Example 1: Direct Pattern with Extensions

class CounterWidget extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    final counter = swift(0);
    final isExpanded = swift(false);
    
    return Swift(
      builder: (context) => Column(
        children: [
          Text('Count: ${counter.value}'),
          ElevatedButton(
            onPressed: () => counter.add(1), // ✅ Use extension
            child: Text('Add'),
          ),
          ElevatedButton(
            onPressed: () => counter.sub(1), // ✅ Use extension
            child: Text('Subtract'),
          ),
          ElevatedButton(
            onPressed: () => isExpanded.toggle(), // ✅ Use extension
            child: Text(isExpanded.value ? 'Collapse' : 'Expand'),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }
}

Example 2: Controller Pattern

class ShoppingCartController extends SwiftController {
  final items = swift<List<Item>>([]);
  final total = swift(0.0);
  
  late final Computed<double> tax;
  late final Computed<double> grandTotal;
  
  ShoppingCartController() {
    tax = Computed(() => total.value * 0.1);
    grandTotal = Computed(() => total.value + tax.value);
  }
  
  void addItem(Item item) {
    items.value = [...items.value, item];
    total.value = items.value.fold(0.0, (sum, item) => sum + item.price);
  }
  
  void removeItem(String itemId) {
    items.value = items.value.where((item) => item.id != itemId).toList();
    total.value = items.value.fold(0.0, (sum, item) => sum + item.price);
  }
}

class ShoppingCartView extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    final controller = ShoppingCartController();
    
    return Swift(
      builder: (context) => Column(
        children: [
          Text('Items: ${controller.items.value.length}'),
          Text('Total: \$${controller.total.value.toStringAsFixed(2)}'),
          Text('Tax: \$${controller.tax.value.toStringAsFixed(2)}'),
          Text('Grand Total: \$${controller.grandTotal.value.toStringAsFixed(2)}'),
          ElevatedButton(
            onPressed: () => controller.addItem(Item(id: '1', price: 10.0)),
            child: Text('Add Item'),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }
}

🎬 SwiftUI-like Declarative Animations

Zero boilerplate - no controllers, no ticker providers needed!

Create smooth, professional animations with a simple chaining API. Works with just StatefulWidget and StatelessWidget - no mixins required!

Basic Usage

import 'package:swift_flutter/swift_flutter.dart';

Container(
  width: 100,
  height: 100,
  color: Colors.blue,
)
  .animate()
  .scale(1.2)
  .fadeIn()
  .duration(500.ms)  // Shorthand: 500.ms or "500ms" or Duration(milliseconds: 500)
  .repeat(reverse: true)

Available Animations

Transformations:

• .scale(value) - Scale uniformly
• .scaleX(value) - Scale on X axis
• .scaleY(value) - Scale on Y axis
• .rotate(degrees) - Rotate by degrees

Opacity:

• .fadeIn() - Fade from 0 to 1
• .fadeOut() - Fade from 1 to 0
• .opacity(value) - Custom opacity (0.0 to 1.0)

Slides:

• .slideX(value) - Slide on X axis
• .slideY(value) - Slide on Y axis
• .slideInTop() - Slide in from top
• .slideInBottom() - Slide in from bottom
• .slideInLeft() - Slide in from left
• .slideInRight() - Slide in from right

Special Effects:

• .bounce() - Bounce animation curve
• .pulse() - Pulse animation curve
• .fadeInScale(value) - Combined fade and scale

Configuration:

• .duration(value) - Animation duration (supports .500ms, 0.5.s, 5.m, or Duration)
• .delay(value) - Animation delay
• .curve(curve) - Custom animation curve
• .repeat(reverse: bool) - Infinite repeat
• .repeatCount(count, reverse: bool) - Repeat specific times
• .persist() - Keep animation state on rebuild

Shorthand Duration Examples

// String format
.animate().duration(".500ms")
.animate().duration("0.5s")
.animate().duration("5m")

// Number extensions (recommended)
.animate().duration(500.ms)
.animate().duration(0.5.s)
.animate().duration(5.m)

// Traditional Duration
.animate().duration(const Duration(seconds: 5))

Complex Example

Container(
  width: 120,
  height: 120,
  decoration: BoxDecoration(
    color: Colors.purple,
    borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(20),
  ),
)
  .animate()
  .fadeIn()
  .scale(1.2)
  .slideInBottom()
  .rotate(180)
  .duration(1.5.s)
  .curve(Curves.easeInOut)
  .repeat(reverse: true)

Why Mixin-Free?

Traditional Flutter animations require SingleTickerProviderStateMixin or TickerProviderStateMixin in your widget class. With swift_flutter animations:

• ✅ No mixins needed - Just use StatefulWidget or StatelessWidget
• ✅ Zero boilerplate - No controller setup or disposal
• ✅ Clean API - Simple chaining like SwiftUI
• ✅ Automatic management - All ticker providers handled internally

The library uses TickerProviderStateMixin internally, but you never see it - it's completely hidden from your code!

🐛 Debug Tool

Swift Flutter includes a powerful debug tool for monitoring network requests, WebSocket connections, and logs. Enable it with a single line:

void main() {
  SwiftFlutter.init(debugtool: true);
  runApp(MyApp());
}

Features

• Network Interceptor - Automatically captures all HTTP requests made with http and dio packages
• WebSocket Interceptor - Tracks WebSocket connections, messages, and events
• Log Interceptor - Captures all print statements and logs
• Curl Generator - Automatically generates curl commands for API testing
• Modern UI - Beautiful, responsive interface that works on all devices
• Zero Dependencies - Works without any external packages

Usage

import 'package:swift_flutter/swift_flutter.dart';
import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;

// For MaterialApp
void main() {
  SwiftFlutter.init(debugtool: true);
  runApp(MyApp());
}

// For GetMaterialApp (requires navigatorKey)
void main() {
  final navigatorKey = GlobalKey<NavigatorState>();
  
  SwiftFlutter.init(
    debugtool: true,
    navigatorKey: navigatorKey, // Required for GetMaterialApp
  );
  
  runApp(GetMaterialApp(
    navigatorKey: navigatorKey,
    home: MyHomePage(),
  ));
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      home: MyHomePage(),
    );
  }
}

class MyHomePage extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(title: Text('My App')),
      body: Center(child: Text('Hello World')),
      // ⚠️ IMPORTANT: Add SwiftDebugFloatingButton to access debug inspector
      floatingActionButton: const SwiftDebugFloatingButton(),
    );
  }
}

// For GetMaterialApp with Stack in builder:
final navigatorKey = GlobalKey<NavigatorState>();

void main() {
  // Pass navigatorKey to SwiftFlutter.init() for GetMaterialApp support
  SwiftFlutter.init(
    debugtool: true,
    navigatorKey: navigatorKey, // Required for GetMaterialApp
  );
  
  runApp(GetMaterialApp(
    navigatorKey: navigatorKey,
    builder: (context, child) {
      return Stack(
        children: [
          child!,
          // SwiftDebugFloatingButton works in Stack!
          // It will automatically use the navigatorKey from SwiftFlutter.init()
          const SwiftDebugFloatingButton(),
        ],
      );
    },
  ));
}

// Make HTTP requests - automatically intercepted!
final response = await SwiftHttpHelper.intercept(
  () => http.get(Uri.parse('https://api.example.com/data')),
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://api.example.com/data',
);

// Use swiftPrint() for log interception
swiftPrint('This will appear in the debug tool');

⚠️ Important: You must add SwiftDebugFloatingButton to your Scaffold's floatingActionButton property to access the debug inspector page. The button will automatically appear when the debug tool is enabled.

The debug tool provides:

• HTTP Tab: View all HTTP requests with request/response details
• WebSocket Tab: Monitor WebSocket connections and messages
• Logs Tab: Browse all captured logs with filtering
• Curl Tab: Copy curl commands for API testing

Learn more at swiftflutter.com

📖 Documentation

• Full API Documentation
• Learn more at swiftflutter.com
• Architecture Review
• Advanced Patterns & Best Practices
• Library Review
• DevTools Integration

🧪 Testing

All features include comprehensive test coverage:

flutter test

400+ tests passing ✅

📝 Example App

See the example directory for a complete Flutter app demonstrating all features with interactive examples.

Run the example:

cd example
flutter run

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

👤 Author

ravikinha

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