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First of all, I am a complete beginner (not only in dart/flutter), but in programming in general. I am currently working on a chat app.
Goal: When I am picking an image within the ChatScreen - analog to e.g. WhatsApp - it should immediately appear as a message (placeholder with loading symbol, while it is uploaded to Firestore).
Problem: Everything is working fine, but here is one issue: When I am picking an image via the imagepicker, it get's uploaded but there's a delay until it is displayed as a message in the chat. imagepicker -> write to Firestore -> Streambuilder (listView.builder).
My attempt: I am using CachedNetworkImage, but unfortunately, it keep's showing the placeholder (CircularProgressIndicator), but not the actual image. If I am just displaying the image, everything works fine (besides the delay).
Moreover, I would highly appreciate some ideas to make the app run faster / improve the code ;-).
//Chat screen which lists all the chat messages, including _handleSubmitted and the _buildTextComposer
import 'dart:math';
import 'dart:io';
import 'package:flutter/cupertino.dart';
import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:image_picker/image_picker.dart';
import 'package:firebase_storage/firebase_storage.dart';
import 'package:cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore.dart';
import 'package:firebase_database/firebase_database.dart';
import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
import 'package:fluttertoast/fluttertoast.dart';
import 'package:cached_network_image/cached_network_image.dart';
import 'package:transparent_image/transparent_image.dart';
import 'package:flutter_image/network.dart';
import 'package:flutter_native_image/flutter_native_image.dart';
final database = Firestore.instance
.collection('nachrichten')
.document('G5xlQHvb56ZqpWs7ojUV');
final reference = FirebaseDatabase.instance.reference().child('messages');
class ChatScreen extends StatefulWidget {
@override
State createState() => new ChatScreenState();
}
class ChatScreenState extends State<ChatScreen> with TickerProviderStateMixin {
final TextEditingController _textController = new TextEditingController();
final ScrollController _scrollController = new ScrollController();
bool _isComposing = false;
bool isLoading;
String imageUrl;
File imageFile;
//optional from other code
@override
void initState() {
super.initState();
imageUrl = '';
}
Future getImage() async {
imageFile = await ImagePicker.pickImage(source: ImageSource.camera);
if (imageFile != null) {
setState(() {
isLoading = true;
});
uploadFile();
}
}
Future uploadFile() async {
//file compression
File compressedFile = await FlutterNativeImage.compressImage(imageFile.path,
quality: 100, percentage: 100);
String fileName = DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch.toString();
StorageReference reference = FirebaseStorage.instance.ref().child(fileName);
StorageUploadTask uploadTask = reference.putFile(compressedFile);
StorageTaskSnapshot storageTaskSnapshot = await uploadTask.onComplete;
storageTaskSnapshot.ref.getDownloadURL().then((downloadUrl) {
imageUrl = downloadUrl;
setState(() {
isLoading = false;
_handleSubmitted(imageUrl: imageUrl);
});
}, onError: (err) {
setState(() {
isLoading = false;
});
Fluttertoast.showToast(msg: 'This file is not an image');
});
}
//Builds the button text composer, including camera icon, text input and send button
Widget _buildTextComposer() {
return new IconTheme(
data: new IconThemeData(color: Theme.of(context).accentColor),
child: new Container(
margin: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 0.80),
child: new Row(children: <Widget>[
new Container(
margin: new EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 0.4),
child: new IconButton(
icon: new Icon(Icons.photo_camera),
onPressed: getImage,
),
),
new Flexible(
child: Container(
margin: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 10.0),
padding: EdgeInsets.all(10.0),
decoration: new BoxDecoration(
border: Border.all(color: Colors.grey.shade200),
borderRadius: new BorderRadius.circular(20.0),
),
//container with constraint limits the maximum height of the text input field
child: new Container(
constraints: BoxConstraints.loose(Size.fromHeight(100.0)),
child: new TextField(
maxLines: null,
keyboardType: TextInputType.multiline,
controller: _textController,
onChanged: (String text) {
setState(() {
_isComposing = text.length > 0;
});
},
// onSubmitted: _handleSubmitted,
decoration: new InputDecoration.collapsed(
hintText: "Nachricht schreiben..."),
),
),
),
),
new Container(
margin: new EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 0.4),
child: Theme.of(context).platform == TargetPlatform.iOS
? new CupertinoButton(
child: new Text("Send"),
onPressed: _isComposing
? () => _handleSubmitted(text: _textController.text)
: null,
)
: new IconButton(
icon: new Icon(Icons.send),
onPressed: _isComposing
? () => _handleSubmitted(text: _textController.text)
: null,
)),
]),
decoration: Theme.of(context).platform == TargetPlatform.iOS
? new BoxDecoration(
border:
new Border(top: new BorderSide(color: Colors.grey[200])))
: null),
);
}
//Builds the actual chat screen with Scaffold
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return new Scaffold(
appBar: new AppBar(
title: new Text("Chat.here Gruppenchat"),
centerTitle: true,
elevation:
Theme.of(context).platform == TargetPlatform.iOS ? 0.0 : 4.0),
body: StreamBuilder<QuerySnapshot>(
stream: Firestore.instance
.collection('nachrichten')
.orderBy('timestamp', descending: true)
.limit(20)
.snapshots(),
builder:
(BuildContext context, AsyncSnapshot<QuerySnapshot> snapshot) {
if (!snapshot.hasData) return Text('Loading data');
final int documentsLength = snapshot.data.documents.length;
return Container(
child: Column(
children: <Widget>[
new Flexible(
child: new ListView.builder(
controller: _scrollController,
reverse: true,
itemCount: documentsLength,
itemBuilder: (context, int index) {
final DocumentSnapshot document =
snapshot.data.documents[index];
return new Container(
margin: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(
horizontal: 10.0, vertical: 10.0),
child: new Row(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
children: <Widget>[
new Container(
margin: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 16.0),
child: new CircleAvatar(
child: new Text(
document['author'].substring(0, 1))),
),
new Expanded(
child: new Column(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
children: <Widget>[
new Row(
children: <Widget>[
new Text(document['author'],
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 12.0,
color: Colors.black45,
fontWeight: FontWeight.bold)),
new Text(
' ' +
DateFormat("MMM. d. '|' HH:mm")
.format(
document['timestamp']),
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 12.0,
color: Colors.black45))
],
),
//can be deleted. just to test the picture.
(document['text'] == null)
? new Container(
child: new ClipRRect(
borderRadius:
new BorderRadius.circular(
7.0),
child: CachedNetworkImage(
placeholder: Container(
child:
CircularProgressIndicator(
valueColor:
AlwaysStoppedAnimation<
Color>(
Colors.orange),
),
width: 200.0,
height: 200.0,
padding: EdgeInsets.all(70.0),
decoration: BoxDecoration(
color: Colors.blue,
borderRadius:
BorderRadius.all(
Radius.circular(8.0),
),
),
),
imageUrl:
'https://wuppertal-total.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/stamp_schmidt_fdp.jpg',
width: 200.0,
height: 200.0,
fit: BoxFit.cover,
),
),
margin:
EdgeInsets.only(right: 50.0),
)
: new Card(
margin:
EdgeInsets.only(right: 50.0),
//green color for messages of yourself
color:
document['author'] == "Matthias"
? Color.fromRGBO(
220, 255, 202, 1.0)
: null,
child: new Container(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(6.0),
child: new Text(
document['text'],
style:
TextStyle(fontSize: 15.0),
)),
shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(
borderRadius:
BorderRadius.circular(7.0)),
),
],
),
),
],
),
);
},
)),
new Divider(height: 1.0),
new Container(
decoration:
new BoxDecoration(color: Theme.of(context).cardColor),
child: _buildTextComposer(),
),
],
),
decoration: Theme.of(context).platform == TargetPlatform.iOS
? new BoxDecoration(
border: new Border(
top: new BorderSide(color: Colors.grey[200])))
: null);
}),
);
}
void _handleSubmitted({String text, String imageUrl}) {
_textController.clear();
setState(() {
_isComposing = false;
});
//creation of an own document in Firestore
Firestore.instance.runTransaction((Transaction transaction) async {
CollectionReference reference =
Firestore.instance.collection('nachrichten');
await reference.add({
"text": text,
"author": "Matthias",
"imageUrl": imageUrl,
"timestamp": DateTime.now(),
//"timestamp": FieldValue.serverTimestamp()
});
});
//Let the chat list jump to the newest chat message at the bottom
_scrollController.animateTo(
0.0,
curve: Curves.easeOut,
duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 300),
);
}
}
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it worked for my case. I used cached_network_image: ^2.0.0
flutter clean
Quit app on emulator, re-run the app.
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For me the solution was to downgrade the version to
cached_network_image: ^1.1.1
and run:
flutter clean
In the newest version it didn't work at all, even after switching the order as described in the other answer.
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