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Flutter - trigger navigation when Provider variable changes


I'm trying to show a splash screen on initial app startup until I have all of the data properly retrieved. The retrieval is done by a class called "ProductData" As soon as it's ready, I want to navigate from the splash page to the main screen of the app.

Unfortunately, I can't find a good way to trigger a method that runs that kind of Navigation and listens to a Provider.

This is the code that I'm using to test this idea. Specifically, I want to run the command Navigator.pushNamed(context, 'home'); when the variable shouldProceed becomes true. Unfortunately, the code below gives me the error, "setState() or markNeedsBuild() called during build."

import 'package:catalogo/firebase/ProductData.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';=
import 'package:provider/provider.dart';

class RouteSplash extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _RouteSplashState createState() => _RouteSplashState();
}

class _RouteSplashState extends State<RouteSplash> {
  bool shouldProceed = false;

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    shouldProceed =
        Provider.of<ProductData>(context, listen: true).shouldProceed; 
    if (shouldProceed) {
      Navigator.pushNamed(context, 'home'); <-- The error occurs when this line is hit.
    } else {
      return Scaffold(
        body: Center(
          child: CircularProgressIndicator(),
        ),
      );
    }
  }
}

Is there a better way to navigate to a page based on listening to the results of a provider?


Solution

  • Instead of trying to navigate to a new view what you should do is display the loading splash screen if you are still waiting for data and once that changes display your main home view, like this:

    import 'package:catalogo/firebase/ProductData.dart';
    import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
    import 'package:provider/provider.dart';
    
    class Main extends StatefulWidget {
      @override
      _MainState createState() => _MainState();
    }
    
    class _MainState extends State<Main> {
      bool shouldProceed = Provider.of<ProductData>(context, listen: true).shouldProceed;
    
      @override
      Widget build(BuildContext context) {
        if(shouldProceed){
          return Home();
        }else{
          return RouteSplash();
        }
      }
    }