Flutter group listviews with separator - flutter

Question

I am looking for some guidance to create listviews with separators. For instance, I would like to take messages from a DB grouped by date and separate the messages by date with some graphic or line, etc... and then have the messages under the separator. Trying this in flutter and any guidance or push in the right direction would be appreciated.

Answer 1

simply put the ListItem into a Container and add decoration:
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return new Container(
child: new ListTile(
title: new Text('I have border')
),
decoration:
new BoxDecoration(
border: new Border(
bottom: new BorderSide()
)
)
);
}

Answer 2

I apologize for the ugliness of the design, but just to show you, you can pretty much build your own design that you desire, this a quick example:
import "package:flutter/material.dart";
import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
class Test extends StatefulWidget {
#override
_TestState createState() => new _TestState();
}
class _TestState extends State<Test> {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return new Scaffold(
appBar: new AppBar(
title: new Text("Test"),
),
body: new ListView.builder(
// itemCount: myData.lenght(),
itemCount: 20,
itemBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) {
//sort my data by timestamp before building
return new CustomWidget(date: "Convert my time stamp to date",
content: "My Awesome Content",
trailingIconOne: new Icon(Icons.share, color: Colors.blueAccent,),
trailingIconTwo: new Icon(
Icons.favorite, color: Colors.redAccent,),);
}),
);
}
}
class CustomWidget extends StatelessWidget {
String date;
String content;
Icon trailingIconOne;
Icon trailingIconTwo;
CustomWidget(
{#required this.date, #required this.content, #required this.trailingIconOne, #required this.trailingIconTwo});
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return new Container(
decoration: new BoxDecoration(
border: new Border.all(color: Colors.grey[500])
),
child: new Column(
children: <Widget>[
new Container (child: new Text(date), color: Colors.yellow[200],),
new Container(height: 15.0,),
new Text(content),
new Row(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.end,
children: <Widget>[
new IconButton(icon: trailingIconOne, onPressed: () {}),
new Container(width: 10.0,),
new IconButton(icon: trailingIconTwo, onPressed: () {})
],
)
],
),
);
}
}
For a better design, you can get rid of the borders and use a Divider instead:
return new Container(
child: new Column(
children: <Widget>[
new Column (children: <Widget>[
new Container (child: new Text(date), color: Colors.yellow[200],),
new Container(height: 15.0,),
new Text(content),
new Row(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.end,
children: <Widget>[
new IconButton(icon: trailingIconOne, onPressed: () {}),
new Container(width: 10.0,),
new IconButton(icon: trailingIconTwo, onPressed: () {}),
], ),
new Divider(height: 15.0,color: Colors.red,),
],
)
],
),
And a better visual solution in my opinion is to use a Card instead of Container,
return new Card(
child: new Column(
children: <Widget>[
new Column (children: <Widget>[
new Container (child: new Text(date), color: Colors.yellow[200],),
new Container(height: 15.0,),
new Text(content),
new Row(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.end,
children: <Widget>[
new IconButton(icon: trailingIconOne, onPressed: () {}),
new Container(width: 10.0,),
new IconButton(icon: trailingIconTwo, onPressed: () {}),
], ),
// new Divider(height: 15.0,color: Colors.red,),
],
)
],
),
);

Answer 3

A much cleaner and simple solution would be to use the following
ListView.separated(
separatorBuilder: (context, index) => Divider(
color: Colors.black,
),
itemCount: 20,
itemBuilder: (context, index) => Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
child: Center(child: Text("Index $index")),
),
)

Answer 4

Long answer short
Just use Column and add Divider
ListView.builder(
itemCount: count,
itemBuilder: (context, int index) {return tile(index);},
),
Create a widget for itemBuilder
Widget tile(int index) {
return Column(
children: <Widget>[
// your widgets in listView
Divider(), //at last simply add divider
],
);
}

Answer 5

While this might not be applicable to your situation, a simple way to add dividers to a ListView is to use ListView.divideTiles:
// Adapted from https://flutter.io/flutter-for-android/#listviews--adapters
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() {
runApp(new MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return new MaterialApp(
title: 'Flutter Demo',
theme: new ThemeData(
primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
),
home: new ListExamplePage(),
);
}
}
class ListExamplePage extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
// https://docs.flutter.io/flutter/material/ListTile/divideTiles.html
var dividedWidgetList = ListTile.divideTiles(
context: context,
tiles: _getListData(),
color: Colors.black).toList();
return new Scaffold(
appBar: new AppBar(
title: new Text('List Example'),
),
body: new ListView(children: dividedWidgetList)
);
}
_getListData() {
List<Widget> widgets = [];
for (int i=0; i<100; i++) {
widgets.add(
new Padding(
padding: new EdgeInsets.all(10.0),
child: new Text('Row $i'))
);
}
return widgets;
}
}
EDIT:
For dynamically built lists, ListTile.divideTiles isn't the right choice. Adding a divider at the stage where the list item is built is probably the best way to go:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() {
runApp(new MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return new MaterialApp(
title: 'Flutter Demo',
theme: new ThemeData(
primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
),
home: new ListExamplePage(),
);
}
}
class ListExamplePage extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return new Scaffold(
appBar: new AppBar(
title: new Text('List Example'),
),
body: new ListView.builder(
itemBuilder: (BuildContext context, int position) =>
// Try using either _getRowWithDivider or _getRowWithBoxDecoration
// for two different ways of rendering a divider
_getRowWithDivider(position),
));
}
/// Returns the widget at position i in the list, separated using a divider
Widget _getRowWithDivider(int i) {
var children = <Widget>[
new Padding(padding: new EdgeInsets.all(10.0), child: new Text('Row $i')),
new Divider(height: 5.0),
];
return new Column(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
children: children,
);
}
// Returns the widget at position i in the list, separated using a BoxDecoration
Widget _getRowWithBoxDecoration(int i) {
return new Container(
decoration: new BoxDecoration(
border:
new Border(bottom: new BorderSide(color: Colors.grey[100]))),
child: new Padding(
padding: new EdgeInsets.all(10.0), child: new Text('Row $i')));
}
}

Answer 6

A lot of overly complex answers here
Just use divideTiles:
new ListView(
children: ListTile.divideTiles(context: context, tiles:
Or alternatively use separated:
new ListView.separated(
itemCount: 25,
separatorBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) => Divider(),
itemBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) {

Answer 7

final Iterable<ListTile> products = widget.products.map((Product product) {
return productListAdapter(
product: product,
).build(context);
});
final listView = ListTile.divideTiles(
context: context, tiles: products, color: Colors.black12)
.toList();
return ListView(
padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 8.0), children: listView);
productListAdapter code is here
class productListAdapter extends StatelessWidget {
final Product product;
productListAdapter({this.product});
TextStyle getTextStyle() {
return TextStyle(
fontSize: 16.0,
color: Colors.black);
}
Color getColor(BuildContext context) {
return Theme.of(context).primaryColor;
}
}
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return ListTile(
title: Text(product.name),
leading: CircleAvatar(
child: Text(
product.name[0],
style: getTextStyle(),
),
backgroundColor: getColor(context),
),
);
}
}