How to Set/Update State of StatefulWidget from other StatefulWidget in Flutter?

Ajay Kumar picture Ajay Kumar · Jan 28, 2018 · Viewed 109.2k times · Source
  1. For Example in the below code plus button works and able to update the text but the minus button does not.
  2. But if we press FloatingActionButton then the State is refreshed .
  3. The minus button is changing the value of the variable but not updating the state of parent widget .

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here is code .....

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 MyHomePage(title: 'Flutter Demo Home Page'),
    );
  }
}

int number;

EdgeInsets globalMargin = const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 20.0, vertical: 20.0);
TextStyle textStyle = const TextStyle(
  fontSize: 100.0,
  color: Colors.black,
);

class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  MyHomePage({Key key, this.title}) : super(key: key);

  final String title;

  @override
  _MyHomePageState createState() => new _MyHomePageState();
}

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    number = number ?? 0;
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new Scaffold(
      appBar: new AppBar(
        title: new Text(widget.title),
      ),
      body: new Column(
        children: <Widget>[
          new Text(
            number.toString(),
            style: textStyle,
          ),
          new GridView.count(
            crossAxisCount: 2,
            shrinkWrap: true,
            scrollDirection: Axis.vertical,
            children: <Widget>[
              new InkResponse(
                child: new Container(
                    margin: globalMargin,
                    color: Colors.green,
                    child: new Center(
                      child: new Text(
                        "+",
                        style: textStyle,
                      ),
                    )),
                onTap: () {
                  setState(() {
                    number = number + 1;
                  });
                },
              ),
              new Sub(),
            ],
          ),
        ],
      ),
      floatingActionButton: new FloatingActionButton(
        onPressed: () {
          setState(() {});
        },
        child: new Icon(Icons.update),
      ),
    );
  }
}

class Sub extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _SubState createState() => new _SubState();
}

class _SubState extends State<Sub> {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new InkResponse(
      child: new Container(
          margin: globalMargin,
          color: Colors.red,
          child: new Center(
            child: new Text(
              "-",
              style: textStyle,
            ),
          )),
      onTap: () {
        setState(() {
          number = number - 1;
        });
      },
    );
  }
}

Answer

Mohamed Elrashid picture Mohamed Elrashid · Aug 10, 2018

1.On Child Widget : add parameter Function paramter

class ChildWidget extends StatefulWidget {
  final Function() notifyParent;
  ChildWidget({Key key, @required this.notifyParent}) : super(key: key);
}

2.On Parent Widget : create a Function for the child to callback

refresh() {
  setState(() {});
}

3.On Parent Widget : pass parentFunction to Child Widget

new ChildWidget( notifyParent: refresh );  

4.On Child Widget : call the Parent Function

  widget.notifyParent();