Stepper doesn't let's childs update their state ?

[Nik99]

Hi everyone.
I'm trying to make a stepper with star rating inside every step, but while the values changes, the UI does not. It seems like it's not refreshing the content.

The plugin for rating is this: https://pub.dartlang.org/packages/flutter_rating

This is my test code:

double rating = 0.0;

List<Step> questions = [
      Step(
          content: StarRating(
              rating: rating,
              color: Colors.orange,
              borderColor: Colors.grey,
              size: 50.0,
              starCount: 5,
              onRatingChanged: (rating) => setState(() {
                    this.rating = rating;
                  })),
          title: Text('XX')),
     ]

If i take it outside of the stepper, it works and refreshes it self nicely.

[zoechi]

Is this in a stateful or statless widget.
Please post a fully runnable but minimal example.

Please also add the output of flutter doctor -v.

[Nik99]

This is in a stateful widget. Because the method setState was working, and in the variable it was updating the value, but the UI would stay at the beginning state, not letting StarRating to refresh itself.

class Demo extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _DemoState createState() => _DemoState();
}

class _DemoState extends State<Demo> {

  int current_step = 0;
  double rating = 0.0;
  double rating2 = 0.0;

  List<Step> questions = [
    Step(
        content: StarRating(
            rating: rating,
            color: Colors.orange,
            borderColor: Colors.grey,
            size: 50.0,
            starCount: 5,
            onRatingChanged: (rating) =>
                setState(() {
                  this.rating = rating;
                })),
        title: Text('XX')),
    Step(
        content: StarRating(
            rating: rating2,
            color: Colors.orange,
            borderColor: Colors.grey,
            size: 50.0,
            starCount: 5,
            onRatingChanged: (rating) =>
                setState(() {
                  this.rating2 = rating;
                })),
        title: Text('XX2')),
  ];

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new Scaffold(
      // Appbar
      appBar: new AppBar(
        // Title
        title: new Text("Simple Material App"),
      ),
      // Body
      body: new Container(
          child: new Stepper(
            // Using a variable here for handling the currentStep
            currentStep: this.current_step,
            // List the steps you would like to have
            steps: questions,
            // Define the type of Stepper style
            // StepperType.horizontal :  Horizontal Style
            // StepperType.vertical   :  Vertical Style
            type: StepperType.vertical,
            // Know the step that is tapped
            onStepTapped: (step) {
              // On hitting step itself, change the state and jump to that step
              setState(() {
                // update the variable handling the current step value
                // jump to the tapped step
                current_step = step;
              });
              // Log function call
              print("onStepTapped : " + step.toString());
            },
            onStepCancel: () {
              // On hitting cancel button, change the state
              setState(() {
                // update the variable handling the current step value
                // going back one step i.e subtracting 1, until its 0
                if (current_step > 0) {
                  current_step = current_step - 1;
                } else {
                  current_step = 0;
                }
              });
              // Log function call
              print("onStepCancel : " + current_step.toString());
            },
            // On hitting continue button, change the state
            onStepContinue: () {
              setState(() {
                // update the variable handling the current step value
                // going back one step i.e adding 1, until its the length of the step
                if (current_step < my_steps.length - 1) {
                  current_step = current_step + 1;
                } else {
                  current_step = 0;
                }
              });
              // Log function call
              print("onStepContinue : " + current_step.toString());
            },
          )),
    );
  }
}

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[zoechi]

That's because

List<Step> questions = [

makes StarRating(...) be built only once and then the same instance is reused every time.

Changing it to

List<Step> get questions => [

should fix that already.

[zoechi]

Ups, didn't mean to close, but I think the question is answered anyway.
Feel free to add more comments anyway.

Please consider asking support questions in one of the other channels listed at http://flutter.io/support .

[Nik99]

What's the difference between using a get and not using it ? never understood it.
Thanks by the way :)

[zoechi]

The difference is that with a getter the code after => is evaluated every time the getter is accessed, while the code after = is only evaluated once when the class' instance is created.

[Nik99]

Thanks. I've tryed with your method, but it doesn't work. If i put a setState inside the step content, it wont refresh the UI.

[zoechi]

https://gist.github.com/zoechi/a8799b2f6d3321e4f91073018abbd714 seemed to work fine

[Nik99]

Oh, ok. So apparently my problem is when i try to make it dynamic. Do you know a method on how to make the list of steps dynamic ?

[zoechi]

Not sure what you mean.
Runnable code that allows to reproduce the issue would make this conversation much easier.

So it seems the whole question reduces to my_steps, the part that was missing in your reproduction and I had to add by making assumptions to get rid of the compilation error 😄

[Nik99]

Actually my problem is this.

So when the widget starts, i do have to make the list based on a series of widgets.

https://gist.github.com/Nik99/5c65b0751e3948d5ec894791cd254e7c

This is my code. As you can see, on the initState i compile the variable "domandeList" which is then used by get domande and after by the stepper. I think the problem stays here. I do have needs to dynamically generate the UI, but i also need to update the stepper. In your code, data is directly inserted in the initialization of the questions variable. Mine, is added after.
How can i solve this ?
I hope you understand me! :)