how to get current layout direction in Flutter?

Question

I'm working on an application that should also work with RTL layout direction (Arabic and Hebrew languages).

I also need to perform some changes in the layout in case the layout direction is RTL.

How can I determine what is the current layout direction of the app?

Answer 1

You can get the current direction using Directionality.of.

final TextDirection currentDirection = Directionality.of(context);
final bool isRTL = currentDirection == TextDirection.rtl;

which determines `the direction of the selctedlanguage but if need you to set it manually, probably this can work for you.

Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  return MaterialApp(
    debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
    theme: ThemeData(),
    home: Directionality(
      textDirection: TextDirection.rtl,
      child: Home(),
    ),
  );
}