Flutter: Stepper onStepContinue not firing

Question

Can you tell me what's wrong in my code?

Widget _createProfileStepper() {
int currentStep = 0;

List<Step> createAccSteps = [
  new Step(
    title: Container(),
    content: new Text('This is the first step.'),
    isActive: currentStep >= 0,
    state: currentStep >= 0 ? StepState.editing : StepState.disabled,
  ),
  new Step(
    title: Container(),
    content: new Text('This is the second step.'),
    isActive: currentStep >= 0,
    state: currentStep >= 1 ? StepState.editing : StepState.disabled,
  ),
  new Step(
    title: Container(),
    content: new Text('This is the third step.'),
    isActive: currentStep >= 0,
    state: currentStep >= 2 ? StepState.editing : StepState.disabled,
  ),
  new Step(
    title: Container(),
    content: new Text('This is the second step.'),
    isActive: currentStep >= 0,
    state: currentStep >= 3 ? StepState.editing : StepState.disabled,
  ),
  new Step(
    title: Container(),
    content: new Text('This is the third step.'),
    isActive: currentStep >= 0,
    state: currentStep >= 4 ? StepState.editing : StepState.disabled,
  ),
];

return Scaffold(
  appBar: AppBar(
    title: Text("Create Profile"),
  ),
  body: Stepper(
    type: StepperType.horizontal,
    currentStep: currentStep,
    onStepTapped: (step) {
      setState(() {
        currentStep = step;
      });
    },
    onStepContinue: () {
      setState(() {
        if (currentStep < createAccSteps.length - 1) {
          currentStep = currentStep + 1;
        } else {}
      });
    },
    onStepCancel: () {
      setState(() {
        if(currentStep > 0){
          currentStep = currentStep - 1;
        }
        else {
          currentStep = 0;
        }
      });
    },
    steps: createAccSteps,
  ),
);
}

I followed all examples for Flutter's stepper but still no luck. I can tap the continue button but it is not moving to another step. Did I forget something? I created a Stateful Widget class then a button would take me to call this _createProfileStepper(). Thanks.

Answer 1

By having the entire code in _createProfileStepper() the widget becomes stateless even if it is used in a stateful widget. This is because whenever the build method of the stateful widget is re-running, it will call _createProfileStepper() which will cause the entire stepper widget to reinitialize i.e re-create the stepper, and thus the continue does not work.

Why not create a stateful widget for the step alone and use that widget instead of the one you're getting from _createProfileStepper(). For example:

class _SimpleWidgetState extends State<SimpleWidget> {
  int currentStep = 0;

  List<Step> steps = [
    Step(
        title: Text("Step One"),
        content: Text("This is the first step"),
        isActive: true
    ),
    Step(
      title: Text("Step Two"),
      content: Text("This is the second step"),
      isActive: true,
    ),
    Step(
      title: Text("Step Three"),
      content: Text("This is the third step"),
      isActive: true,
    ),
    Step(
      title: Text("Step Four"),
      content: Text("This is the fourth step"),
      isActive: false,
    ),
  ];

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Container(
      child: Stepper(
        steps: steps,
        currentStep: currentStep,
        type: StepperType.vertical,
        onStepTapped: (step) {
          setState(() {
            currentStep = step;
            print(step);
          });
        },
        onStepCancel: () {
          setState(() {
            currentStep > 0 ? currentStep -= 1 : currentStep = 0;
          });
        },
        onStepContinue: () {
          setState(() {
            currentStep < steps.length - 1 ? currentStep += 1 : currentStep = 0;
          });
        },
      ),
    );
  }
}

class SimpleWidget extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _SimpleWidgetState createState() {
    // TODO: implement createState
    return _SimpleWidgetState();
  }
}

Then use SimpleWidget() where you would _createProfileStepper()

Secondly As regards your question about your list accessing currentStep is because only static members can be used for initialization