Repeat animation only once - flutter

Question

There's an interactive example in the flutter docs with slide transition. The animations looks great but I can't stop the animation from constantly repeating. There's a repeat method used on the AnimationController that seems to control the looping of the animation. But I can't see where you can for instance run the animation twice?
Here is the code for connivence ..
/ The following code implements the [SlideTransition] as seen in the video
// above:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() => runApp(const MyApp());
/// This is the main application widget.
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
const MyApp({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
static const String _title = 'Flutter Code Sample';
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
title: _title,
home: Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(title: const Text(_title)),
body: const Center(
child: MyStatefulWidget(),
),
),
);
}
}
/// This is the stateful widget that the main application instantiates.
class MyStatefulWidget extends StatefulWidget {
const MyStatefulWidget({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
#override
_MyStatefulWidgetState createState() => _MyStatefulWidgetState();
}
/// This is the private State class that goes with MyStatefulWidget.
class _MyStatefulWidgetState extends State<MyStatefulWidget>
with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin {
late final AnimationController _controller = AnimationController(
duration: const Duration(seconds: 2),
vsync: this,
)..repeat(reverse: true);
late final Animation<Offset> _offsetAnimation = Tween<Offset>(
begin: Offset.zero,
end: const Offset(1.5, 0.0),
).animate(CurvedAnimation(
parent: _controller,
curve: Curves.elasticIn,
));
#override
void dispose() {
super.dispose();
_controller.dispose();
}
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return SlideTransition(
position: _offsetAnimation,
child: const Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
child: FlutterLogo(size: 150.0),
),
);
}
}

Answer 1

Use forward and wait for it to resolve and then call reverse
#override
void initState() {
super.initState();
repeatOnce();
}
void repeatOnce() async {
await _controller.forward();
await _controller.reverse();
}
The Full example
/// Flutter code sample for SlideTransition
// The following code implements the [SlideTransition] as seen in the video
// above:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() => runApp(const MyApp());
/// This is the main application widget.
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
const MyApp({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
static const String _title = 'Flutter Code Sample';
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
title: _title,
home: Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(title: const Text(_title)),
body: const Center(
child: MyStatefulWidget(),
),
),
);
}
}
/// This is the stateful widget that the main application instantiates.
class MyStatefulWidget extends StatefulWidget {
const MyStatefulWidget({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
#override
_MyStatefulWidgetState createState() => _MyStatefulWidgetState();
}
/// This is the private State class that goes with MyStatefulWidget.
class _MyStatefulWidgetState extends State<MyStatefulWidget>
with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin {
late final AnimationController _controller = AnimationController(
duration: const Duration(seconds: 2),
vsync: this,
);
late final Animation<Offset> _offsetAnimation = Tween<Offset>(
begin: Offset.zero,
end: const Offset(1.5, 0.0),
).animate(CurvedAnimation(
parent: _controller,
curve: Curves.elasticIn,
));
#override
void initState() {
super.initState();
repeatOnce();
}
void repeatOnce() async {
await _controller.forward();
await _controller.reverse();
}
#override
void dispose() {
super.dispose();
_controller.dispose();
}
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return SlideTransition(
position: _offsetAnimation,
child: const Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
child: FlutterLogo(size: 150.0),
),
);
}
}