In android if an activity is visible onResume
is called. What is the equivalent method of onResume
in Flutter?
I need the know when my widget screen is visible so I can auto-play a video based on that. I might go to another widget screen an when I come back it should auto-play.
My approach was to play the video in didUpdateWidget
but didUpdateWidget
is called every-time even the widget screen is not visible.
Note: I'm not asking about didChangeAppLifecycleState
from WidgetsBindingObserver
as it gives onResume
etc callbacks for the app lifecycle not a particular widget screen.
All of the problems are solved.
Put an observer on the navigator from the root of the widget tree (materialappwidget).
If you need more explanation please follow this link:
https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/widgets/RouteObserver-class.html
I have implemented in my project and its working great @Sp4Rx
// Register the RouteObserver as a navigation observer.
final RouteObserver<PageRoute> routeObserver =
RouteObserver<PageRoute>();
void main() {
runApp(MaterialApp(
home: Container(),
navigatorObservers: [routeObserver],
));
}
class RouteAwareWidget extends StatefulWidget {
State<RouteAwareWidget> createState() => RouteAwareWidgetState();
}
// Implement RouteAware in a widget's state and subscribe it to
the
RouteObserver.
class RouteAwareWidgetState extends State<RouteAwareWidget> with
RouteAware {
@override
void didChangeDependencies() {
super.didChangeDependencies();
routeObserver.subscribe(this, ModalRoute.of(context));
}
@override
void dispose() {
routeObserver.unsubscribe(this);
super.dispose();
}
@override
void didPush() {
// Route was pushed onto navigator and is now topmost route.
}
@override
void didPopNext() {
// Covering route was popped off the navigator.
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) => Container();
}
It's probably not the simplest and definitely not perfect, but a while back I implemented events like those with routes. Basically, EventRoute<T>
is a drop-in replacement for MaterialPageRoute<T>
that provides optional callbacks for when the Widget is created, pushed to the foreground, pushed to the background and when it gets popped off.
event_route.dart:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
enum RouteState {
none,
created,
foreground,
background,
destroyed
}
class EventRoute<T> extends MaterialPageRoute<T> {
BuildContext _context;
RouteState _state;
Function(BuildContext) _onCreateCallback;
Function(BuildContext) _onForegroundCallback;
Function(BuildContext) _onBackgroundCallback;
Function(BuildContext) _onDestroyCallback;
EventRoute(BuildContext context, {
builder,
RouteSettings settings,
bool maintainState = true,
bool fullscreenDialog = false,
Function(BuildContext) onCreate,
Function(BuildContext) onForeground,
Function(BuildContext) onBackground,
Function(BuildContext) onDestroy
}):
_context = context,
_onCreateCallback = onCreate,
_onForegroundCallback = onForeground,
_onBackgroundCallback = onBackground,
_onDestroyCallback = onDestroy,
_state = RouteState.none,
super(builder: builder, settings: settings, maintainState: maintainState, fullscreenDialog: fullscreenDialog);
void get state => _state;
@override
void didChangeNext(Route nextRoute) {
if (nextRoute == null) {
_onForeground();
} else {
_onBackground();
}
super.didChangeNext(nextRoute);
}
@override
bool didPop(T result) {
_onDestroy();
return super.didPop(result);
}
@override
void didPopNext(Route nextRoute) {
_onForeground();
super.didPopNext(nextRoute);
}
@override
TickerFuture didPush() {
_onCreate();
return super.didPush();
}
@override
void didReplace(Route oldRoute) {
_onForeground();
super.didReplace(oldRoute);
}
void _onCreate() {
if (_state != RouteState.none || _onCreateCallback == null) {
return;
}
_onCreateCallback(_context);
}
void _onForeground() {
if (_state == RouteState.foreground) {
return;
}
_state = RouteState.foreground;
if (_onForegroundCallback != null) {
_onForegroundCallback(_context);
}
}
void _onBackground() {
if (_state == RouteState.background) {
return;
}
_state = RouteState.background;
if (_onBackgroundCallback != null) {
_onBackgroundCallback(_context);
}
}
void _onDestroy() {
if (_state == RouteState.destroyed || _onDestroyCallback == null) {
return;
}
_onDestroyCallback(_context);
}
}
And then to push your route you do:
Navigator.push(context, EventRoute(context, builder: (context) => YourWidget(context),
onCreate: (context) => print('create'),
onForeground: (context) => print('foreground'),
onBackground: (context) => print('background'),
onDestroy: (context) => print('destroy')
));
The context is a little icky though...
I struggled to get a video to pause when not viewing the main screen of my app. I applied this VisibilityDetector
and grabbed the visiblePercentage
to force a pause or resume:
VisibilityDetector(
key: Key('visible-video--key-${this.randomkeygenerator}-1'),
onVisibilityChanged: (visibilityInfo) {
var visiblePercentage = visibilityInfo.visibleFraction * 100;
if (visiblePercentage < 1){ //the magic is done here
if(_video_controller != null) {
if(disposed_vid == false) {
_video_controller.pause();
}
}
}else{
if(_video_controller != null) {
if(disposed_vid == false) {
_video_controller.play();
}
}
}
debugPrint(
'Widget ${visibilityInfo.key} is ${visiblePercentage}% visible');
},
child: VideoPlayer(_video_controller)),
@override
void dispose() {
// If the video is playing, pause it.
_video_controller .pause();
_video_controller .dispose();
disposed_vid = true;
super.dispose();
}