Stack Overflow Error in Flutter utilizing ChangeNotifierProvider? - flutter

Question

I am receiving the following error -
I/flutter (18695): The following StackOverflowError was thrown building Consumer(dirty, dependencies:
I/flutter (18695): [_DefaultInheritedProviderScope]):
I/flutter (18695): Stack Overflow
This seems to relate to error in my Consumer. I am using Provider plugin to try to create a toggle button for Dark Mode in Flutter.
See below for my files -
appstatenotifier.dart
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:provider/provider.dart';
import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';
ThemeData light = ThemeData(
brightness: Brightness.light,
primarySwatch: Colors.indigo,
accentColor: Colors.pink,
scaffoldBackgroundColor: Color(0xfff1f1f1)
);
ThemeData dark = ThemeData(
brightness: Brightness.dark,
primarySwatch: Colors.indigo,
accentColor: Colors.pink,
);
class ThemeNotifier with ChangeNotifier {
final String key = "theme";
SharedPreferences prefs;
bool _darkTheme;
bool get darkTheme => darkTheme;
ThemeNotifier() {
_darkTheme = false;
}
toggleTheme() {
_darkTheme = !_darkTheme;
notifyListeners();
}
}
Below is my main.dart relevant Widgets
class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
var themeData = ThemeData(
primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
);
return ChangeNotifierProvider(
create: (_) => ThemeNotifier(),
child: Consumer<ThemeNotifier>(
builder: (context, ThemeNotifier notifier, child) {
return MaterialApp(
theme: notifier.darkTheme ? dark : light,
title: 'Work Out Log',
routes: MyApp.routes,
);
}
),
);
}
}
Widget buildDrawer(context) {
return Drawer(
child: ListView(
children: <Widget>[
ListTile(
title: Text('Dark Theme'),
trailing: Consumer<ThemeNotifier>(
builder: (context, notifier, child) => SwitchListTile(
title: Text("Dark mode"),
onChanged: (val) {
notifier.toggleTheme();
},
value: notifier.darkTheme,
),
),
),
],
),
);
}
Any idea why it's throwing this error?

Answer 1

As Viren V Varasadiya pointed out, your getter for darkTheme is incorrect:
bool get darkTheme => darkTheme;
Presumably, you meant to point it at _darkTheme, but instead you have the getter that is returning itself. This means that any time you call darkTheme, the getter looks up the value of darkTheme, which makes the getter look up the value of darkTheme, which makes the getter look up the value of darkTheme, which makes the getter look up the value of darkTheme, which makes the getter look up... (hopefully you get the idea).
You just need to change the getter to return the correct thing:
bool get darkTheme => _darkTheme;

Answer 2

You Must be Retruning the same thing as the class name