I've been facing some problems related to the setState function while using Stateful Widgets that updates itself with the help of Timers. The code below show 2 main classes that replicate how I came to find this error. The Text Widget "Lorem" should be inserted within 10 seconds - and it is - but it's never shown. I tried to debug the array "Items" and it does contain the "lorem" Text Widget after 5 seconds, as it should. The "build" function runs but doesn't make any difference in the UI.
class textList extends StatefulWidget {
@override
State<StatefulWidget> createState() =>
new _textListState();
}
class _textListState extends State<textList>
with TickerProviderStateMixin {
List<Widget> items = new List();
Widget lorem = new textClass("Lorem");
Timer timer;
@override
void initState() {
super.initState();
items.add(new textClass("test"));
items.add(new textClass("test"));
timer = new Timer.periodic(new Duration(seconds: 5), (Timer timer) {
setState(() {
items.removeAt(0);
items.add(lorem);
});
});
}
@override
void dispose() {
super.dispose();
timer.cancel();
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
Iterable<Widget> content = ListTile.divideTiles(
context: context, tiles: items).toList();
return new Column(
children: content,
);
}
}
class textClass extends StatefulWidget {
textClass(this.word);
final String word;
@override
State<StatefulWidget> createState() =>
new _textClass(word);
}
class _textClass extends State<textClass>
with TickerProviderStateMixin {
_textClass(this.word);
String word;
Timer timer;
@override
void initState() {
super.initState();
timer = new Timer.periodic(new Duration(seconds: 2), (Timer timer) {
setState(() {
word += "t";
});
});
}
@override
void dispose() {
super.dispose();
timer.cancel();
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return new Text(word);
}
}
This is not how I came to find this error but this is the simplest way to replicate it. The main idea is: The children texts should keep updating themselves (in this case, adding "t"s in the end) and, after 5 seconds, the last of them should be replaced for the Text Widget "Lorem", what does happen in the list but not in the UI.