Flutter: how to add icon to text? - flutter

I want to add an icon with text. I didn't find any clear answer. Please suggest to me how to do this in a flutter. Just like this one.

Here are two approaches, depending on exactly what you want.
RichText with WidgetSpan
Using RichText you can mix TextSpans with WidgetSpans. WidgetSpan allows you to place any Flutter widget inline with the text. For example:
RichText(
text: TextSpan(
style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.body1,
children: [
TextSpan(text: 'Created with '),
WidgetSpan(
child: Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 2.0),
child: Icon(Icons.airport_shuttle),
),
),
TextSpan(text: 'By Michael'),
],
),
)
Will give the following:
(Note: MaterialIcons did not include a heart when I answered, but does now with Icons.favorite)
This is a good general purpose solution, but for your specific example there's something simpler...
Emoji
Flutter's text supports Emoji out of the box. So you can do this:
Center(
child: Text(
'Created with ❤ ️by Michael',
maxLines: 1,
),
),
And you get this:
You can also use Unicode escapes in the string and get the same result:
'Created with \u2764️ by Michael'
Note that not all fonts have support for the full set of Emoji, so make sure you test on a variety of devices or use a specific font (see other answer below).

Regarding Emojis, in android not all emojis are supported (depending on OS version).
For full emoji compatibility you can use the google free font Noto Color Emoji at https://www.google.com/get/noto/#emoji-zsye-color
Add it to the fonts folder
add in pubspec.yaml
fonts:
- family: NotoEmoji
fonts:
- asset: fonts/NotoColorEmoji.ttf
weight: 400
use with TextStyle
Text("🤑", TextStyle(fontFamily: 'NotoEmoji'))

Related

Does Flutter/Dart know what glyphs are available in loaded font files?

I am trying to put a specified unicode character into a Text widget, but only if there is a glyph available in the fontFamily font specified in the TextStyle.
What currently happens by design is the fontFamilyFallback font is checked for a glyph, and if not found then the system font is checked, then if still no glyph found a 'not found' style glyph is rendered instead - usually a box with an X inside (depends on system I think).
I wonder if there is a way to disable that fall-back or even better have a list of available glyphs before building the text widget?
Attached some example code, and the results of the code in a screenshot. The code uses two fonts available via google fonts, and attempts to output the euro unicode character \u20ac. You can see from the screenshot that Syne has a glyph at u20ac, but Arvo does not. This could also be validated in for example Windows Character map.
Flutter Code (nothing in texttheme other than fontsize):
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
body: Center(
child: Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
children: <Widget>[
Text(
'No fontfamily, no fontfamilyfallback \u20AC',
),
Text(
'fontfamily Syne Tactile: \u20AC',
style: TextStyle(fontFamily: 'Syne'),
),
Text(
'fontfamily Arvo, no fontfamilyfallback \u20AC',
style: TextStyle(fontFamily: 'Arvo'),
),
Text(
'fontfamily Arvo, fontfamilyfallback: Syne Tactile \u20AC',
style:
TextStyle(fontFamily: 'Arvo', fontFamilyFallback: ['Syne']),
),
],
),
),
); }
pubspec.yaml:
fonts:
- family: Arvo
fonts:
- asset: assets/Arvo-Regular.ttf
- family: Syne
fonts:
- asset: assets/SyneTactile-Regular.ttf
Flutter Web Output
Found a bit of a hack/workaround. If I load the AdobeBlank font into the package, and use that as fontFamilyFallback, then a glyph with zero width is displayed. Not ideal (better to know before building), but sort of does the job.
Can also then try and determine width before building using something like this.
Hopefully there is a better answer out there still, as I'd much rather be able to load a font and know what glyphs are available somehow.

How to create `IconData` from text in flutter

I want to create a icon from a text like currency symbol. Currency symbols are not available in material icons and i don't want to use any third party library. I want to convert the text string like '$' to Icons and use them.
As per your requirement try below code hope its help to you:
Using \ character
Text(
'\$ Search',
),
Your Output Screen like->
Using Flutter Unicode character. You found Unicode character here
Text(
'Your \u{1F4B2} Symbol',
),
Your result screen like->
You can add any Symbol in between text
Wrap(
crossAxisAlignment: WrapCrossAlignment.center,
children: [
Text('Your'),
Icon(Icons.add),
Text('Icon'),
],
),
Your result screen like->
Or in VS Code you can used Windows + . keys and add any symbol on your need
Please try this one. 0024 is Unicode for $
Icon( IconData(0x0024, fontFamily: 'MaterialIcons'),size: 50, ))

Flutter | auto_size_text inside of Expanded FittedBox

Disclaimer:
I am very new to flutter, this is my first solo project that I am creating. All other projects have only been very short tutorials. The problem I am having (described below) may seem like a very easy fix, but as I am new please do explain it in detail as best you can, being able to visualize what you are saying also helps (through code, diagrams etc). Thank you.
Problem:
Unable to get auto_size_text maxLines to work correctly. On top of this, unable to get MaxFontSize working.
Further Explanation
I am using the auto_size_text package, setup with the pubspec.yaml dependency: auto_size_text: ^2.1.0 and import: 'package:auto_size_text/auto_size_text.dart'. I also changed my pubspec.yaml environment from sdk: ">=2.12.0 <3.0.0" to sdk: ">=2.11.0 <3.0.0" to allow non null safe packages to work - as per direction of this tutorial.
I am creating a container inside of my app, inside of this container is a Column widget, inside the Column widget are several rows. One of these rows is intended as a title. The code for it is below:
Row( // Row is inside of a Column which is inside of a Container
children: [
const SizedBox(width: 55), // Used to create padding either side of text
Expanded(
child: FittedBox(
child: AutoSizeText(
'70 | Brighton - Abbotsford and Green Island', // Header Example
maxLines: 2, // Cannot get this to work, always remains one line
maxFontSize: 20, // Does not work, always resizes to max font in order to fill whole FittedBox
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 20, // Unsure if I need this, adding or removing seems to have to effect.
color: color.AppColor.textMain.withOpacity(0.8),
fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
),
),
),
),
const SizedBox(width: 55), // Used to create padding either side of text
],
),
With this code I get this result - Note that the blue line is another row above the title but still inside of the same Column widget.
Desired Result:
The font is far too small, so I want it to be split among two lines. I am designing this container to be reused and I will later change it so the text is imported from a CSV file so name lengths will be varied. They all need to be readable, and while it's fine for smaller titles (example), larger ones need to have a bigger font while still fitting inside the same boundaries, so two lines is required. As also mentioned, I am unable to get the maxFontSize working, resulting in shorter titles having too large of a font.
Attempted Solutions:
I have tired using a null safe version of auto_size_text but was unable to get it working (as it's a prerelease I assume it isn't functioning properly).
I have another solution without using auto_size_text package
SizedBox(
child: TextField(
controller: _yourController,
decoration: InputDecoration(
border: InputBorder.none,
contentPadding: EdgeInsets.all(8),
),
textInputAction: TextInputAction.done,
keyboardType: TextInputType.multiline,
maxLines: null,
),
),
keyboardType: TextInputType.multiline makes TextField can be resized automatically and move to new line if it reach max width, and
maxLines: null makes your text can be written with many lines, and then
decoration here i use to remove TextField box border
Solved
I solved my own problem almost accidently while playing around with the code I posted in the original question.
Solution:
Although not the most convenient, the solution is to replace the Expanded widget and FittedBox to a SizedBox. Below is the adjusted code including comments about changes made.
Row( // Row is inside of a Column which is inside of a Container
children: [
const SizedBox(width: 55), // Used to create padding either side of text
SizedBox( // Changed the Expanded and FittedBox to a sized box with a width of 280, source container has a width of 390, so text is allowed a width of 280 once you subtract the width 55 SizedBox's either side
width: 280,
child: AutoSizeText(
'70 | Brighton - Abbotsford and Green Island', // Header Example
maxLines: 2, // Cannot get this to work, always remains one line
maxFontSize: 20, // Does not work, always resizes to max font in order to fill whole FittedBox
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 20, // Unsure if I need this, adding or removing seems to have to effect.
color: color.AppColor.textMain.withOpacity(0.8),
fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
),
),
),
const SizedBox(width: 55), // Used to create padding either side of text
],
),
Thanks

Flutter: How to use Material Icons in String?

I have a string and I would like to have an icon from the material icons displayed in that string. Currently, the only workaround is to use the standard emoji codes (e.g. '\u26A0').
I'm not quite sure how to do this. The reason I can't use a widget here is because I'm using a validator, and if the amount of characters are not met, the validator returns a string that reads out what the issue is. I'm trying to add a warning icon to it.
Would appreciate some help, thanks in advance!
The solution to your use case is WidgetSpan here is simple example of how to use it
Text.rich(
TextSpan(
children: <InlineSpan>[
TextSpan(text: 'call me'),
WidgetSpan(
child:Icon(Icons.phone)
),
],
)
),

How to show emoji in flutter

I have an api from which I am fetching messages. These messages might contain emoji.
When it does contain emoji Text Widget is not displaying it correctly.
I just want to display them on the screen. Help if possible.
Thank you :)
class Message{
String text;
Message(){
this.text = get_data_from_api()['text'];
}
}
message = Message();
return Container(
child: Text(message.text),
);
No Displaying text with Emojis on Flutter
won't do it. I can do that but it only works if you have emoji in a string, that is explicitly plasing an emoji in string works fine for me. but when I am using something similar to the code above. I am getting, this
enter image description here
digging more into it I found that if I print my response on console it is
"ð­ð­ð­ð­"
and if I print a emoji it is 😭
So
I am using
Response.fromStream(await request.send())
from http/http.dart
So is that the problem ?
I did figured it out
I was taking data from an API. So while decoding for some reason it was not decoding utf-8 so what I needed to do was add
utf8.decode(response.bodyBytes);
in place of response.body and it was solved
Reference: Emoji and accent encoding in dart/flutter
If you have an emoji image explicitly present in the response from your API and you want to display it in your text, your should try adding WidgetSpan inside your RichText below is an example of how to do it :
RichText(
text: TextSpan(
children: [
TextSpan(
text: "Click ",
),
WidgetSpan(
child: Icon(Icons.add, size: 14),
),
TextSpan(
text: " to add",
),
],
),
),
In the above example they have used the material icon( Icon(Icons.add)). If you want to replace that from the image your get from the API, you can use ImageIcon instead of Icon widget. Follow this link to know how to use ImageIcon : https://www.woolha.com/tutorials/flutter-using-imageicon-widget-examples
Reference : Add image to RichText element