Flutter: Run method on Widget build complete

Question

You could use

https://github.com/slightfoot/flutter_after_layout

which executes a function only one time after the layout is completed. Or just look at its implementation and add it to your code :-)

Which is basically

  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    WidgetsBinding.instance
        .addPostFrameCallback((_) => yourFunction(context));
  }

UPDATE: Flutter v1.8.4

Both mentioned codes are working now:

Working:

WidgetsBinding.instance
        .addPostFrameCallback((_) => yourFunction(context));

Working

import 'package:flutter/scheduler.dart';

SchedulerBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) => yourFunction(context));

There are 3 possible ways:

1) WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) => yourFunc(context));

2) Future.delayed(Duration.zero, () => yourFunc(context));

3) Timer.run(() => yourFunc(context));

As for context, I needed it for use in Scaffold.of(context) after all my widgets were rendered.

But in my humble opinion, the best way to do it is this:

void main() async {
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized(); //all widgets are rendered here
  await yourFunc();
  runApp( MyApp() );
}

Best ways of doing this,

1. WidgetsBinding

WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
      print("WidgetsBinding");
    });

2. SchedulerBinding

SchedulerBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
  print("SchedulerBinding");
});

It can be called inside initState, both will be called only once after Build widgets done with rendering.

@override
  void initState() {
    // TODO: implement initState
    super.initState();
    print("initState");
    WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
      print("WidgetsBinding");
    });
    SchedulerBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
      print("SchedulerBinding");
    });
  }

both above codes will work the same as both use the similar binding framework. For the difference find the below link.

https://medium.com/flutterworld/flutter-schedulerbinding-vs-widgetsbinding-149c71cb607f

Flutter 1.2 - dart 2.2

According with the official guidelines and sources if you want to be certain that also the last frame of your layout was drawned you can write for example:

import 'package:flutter/scheduler.dart';

void initState() {
   super.initState();
   if (SchedulerBinding.instance.schedulerPhase == SchedulerPhase.persistentCallbacks) {
        SchedulerBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) => yourFunction(context));
   }
}