How to set a radio button checked by default in Flutter?

Question

By default Flutter shows all the radio buttons empty (unchecked).

How to set a radio button checked by default?

I'm posting this question to document my solution, that may help some one, and also start a topic about this, because I didn't find anything about it here.

Below the radio button code:

class _ProductTypeScreen extends State<ProductType> {

  String _radioValue; //Initial definition of radio button value
  String choice;

  void radioButtonChanges(String value) {
    setState(() {
      _radioValue = value;
      switch (value) {
        case 'one':
          choice = value;
          break;
        case 'two':
          choice = value;
          break;
        case 'three':
          choice = value;
          break;
        default:
          choice = null;
      }
      debugPrint(choice); //Debug the choice in console
    });
  }

  // Now in the BuildContext... body widget:

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  //First of the three radio buttons

  Row(
    children: <Widget>[
      Radio(
        value: 'one',
        groupValue: _radioValue,
        onChanged: radioButtonChanges,
      ),
      Text(
        "One selected",
      ),
    ],
  ),

Answer 1

add an initial state

class _ProductTypeScreen extends State<ProductType> {

  String _radioValue; //Initial definition of radio button value
  String choice;

  // ------ [add the next block] ------ 
  @override
  void initState() {
    setState(() {
      _radioValue = "one";
    });
    super.initState();
  }
  // ------ end: [add the next block] ------  

  void radioButtonChanges(String value) {
    setState(() {
      _radioValue = value;
      switch (value) {
        case 'one':
          choice = value;
          break;
        case 'two':
          choice = value;
          break;
        case 'three':
          choice = value;
          break;
        default:
          choice = null;
      }
      debugPrint(choice); //Debug the choice in console
    });
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {