Flutter - ListView.builder: Initial scroll position

Question

I want to setup the initial scroll position of a ListView.builder, I want the list to start at the bottom 0.0

If I setup reverse on the listView of course I get the initial scroll position to be the desired one, but what I need is to have the last children on the bottom, is a chat app.

This is the list builder, MessageItem() is the chat message

ListView.builder(
                    shrinkWrap: true,
                    controller: _scrollController,
                    itemCount: snapshot.data.documents.length,
                    padding: EdgeInsets.all(10.0),
                    itemBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) =>
                        MessageItem(
                            index: index,
                            document: snapshot.data.documents[index],
                            myId: myId));

This is the animation I have when someone send the message

_scrollController.animateTo(
                _scrollController.position.maxScrollExtent,
                duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 500),
                curve: Curves.easeOut);

the animation works okay.

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What I want is the list scroll position to be already at the bottom when the user enters the chat room.

Answer 1

for avoid error where scroll isnt attached for any list, use, WidgetsBinding to pullout after build is ready.

void _scrollToBottom() {
    if (_scrollController.hasClients) {
      _scrollController.animateTo(_scrollController.position.maxScrollExtent,
          duration: Duration(milliseconds: 300), curve: Curves.elasticOut);
    } else {
      Timer(Duration(milliseconds: 400), () => _scrollToBottom());
    }
 }

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {

  WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) => _scrollToBottom());

  {...} //rest of code;
}