theme_provider 0.1.0

Easy to use and customizable Theme Provider. This Widget can be used to easily provide a theme controller across the widget tree.

theme_provider

Easy to use, customizable Theme Provider. This is still a work in progress.

Basic Usage	Basic Usage

Include in your project

dependencies:
  theme_provider: ^0.0.1

run packages get and import it

import 'package:theme_provider/theme_provider.dart';

Usage

Wrap your material app like this:

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return ThemeProvider(
      builder: (theme) => MaterialApp(
        home: HomePage(),
        theme: theme,
      ),
    );
  }
}

To change the theme:

 ThemeProvider.controllerOf(context).nextTheme();

Access current AppTheme

 ThemeProvider.themeOf(context)

Access theme data:

 ThemeProvider.themeOf(context).data
 // or
 Theme.of(context)

Passing Additional Options

This can also be used to pass additional data associated with the theme. Use options to pass additional data that should be associated with the theme. eg: If font color on a specific button changes create a class to encapsulate the value.

  class ThemeOptions{
    final Color specificButtonColor;
    ThemeOptions(this.specificButtonColor);
  }

Then provide the options with the theme.

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  return ThemeProvider(
    themes: themes: [
        AppTheme<ThemeOptions>(
            data: ThemeData.light(),
            options: ThemeOptions(Colors.blue),
        ),
        AppTheme<ThemeOptions>(
            data: ThemeData.dark(),
            options: ThemeOptions(Colors.red),
        ),
      ],
      builder: (theme) => MaterialApp(
        home: HomePage(),
        theme: theme,
      ),
  );
}
}

Then the option can be retrieved as,

ThemeProvider.optionsOf<ThemeOptions>(context).specificButtonColor

Persisting theme

To persist themes simply pass loadThemesOnStartup and saveThemesOnChange as true. This will ensure that the theme is saved and loaded from disk. If a previous saved theme was found, it will replace the defaultThemeId. Otherwise defaultThemeId will be used to determine the initial theme.

Warning: Setting persistance will cause your app to be refreshed at startup(which may cause a flicker) So it is recommended that if you use this feature, show a splash screen or use a theme agnostic startup screen so the refreshing won't be visible to the user. Example: Login screen may be designed so that it looks same in all screens. So when the theme loads, it won't be noticeable to the user. Then other screen can be themed.

Additional Widgets

Theme Cycle Widget

IconButton to be added to AppBar to cycle to next theme.

Scaffold(
  appBar: AppBar(
    title: Text("Example App"),
    actions: [CycleThemeIconButton()]
  ),
),

Theme Selecting Dialog

SimpleDialog to let the user select the theme.

showDialog(context: context, builder: (_) => ThemeDialog())

TODO

• Add next theme command
• Add theme cycling widget
• Add theme selection by theme id
• Add theme select and preview widget
• Persist current selected theme
• Add unit tests and example
• Remove provider dependency

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