I think that you use _buildBody in the children properties of some widget, so children expect a List Widget (array of Widget) and _buildBody returns a 'List dynamic'.
In a very simple way, you can use an variable to return it:
// you can build your List of Widget's like you need
List<Widget> widgets = [
Text('Line 1'),
Text('Line 2'),
Text('Line 3'),
];
// you can use it like this
Column(
children: widgets
)
Example (flutter create test1 ; cd test1 ; edit lib/main.dart ; flutter run):
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() {
runApp(MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_MyAppState createState() => _MyAppState();
}
class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
List<Widget> widgets = [
Text('Line 1'),
Text('Line 2'),
Text('Line 3'),
];
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
home: Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(title: Text("List of Widgets Example")),
body: Column(
children: widgets
)
)
);
}
}
Another example using a Widget (oneWidget) within a List of Widgets(arrayOfWidgets). I show how extents a widget (MyButton) to personalize a widget and reduce the size of code:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() {
runApp(MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_MyAppState createState() => _MyAppState();
}
class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
List<Widget> arrayOfWidgets = [
Text('My Buttons'),
MyButton('Button 1'),
MyButton('Button 2'),
MyButton('Button 3'),
];
Widget oneWidget(List<Widget> _lw) { return Column(children: _lw); }
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
home: Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(title: Text("Widget with a List of Widget's Example")),
body: oneWidget(arrayOfWidgets)
)
);
}
}
class MyButton extends StatelessWidget {
final String text;
MyButton(this.text);
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return FlatButton(
color: Colors.red,
child: Text(text),
onPressed: (){print("Pressed button '$text'.");},
);
}
}
I made a complete example that I use dynamic widgets to show and hide widgets on screen, you can see it running online on dart fiddle, too.
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() {
runApp(MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_MyAppState createState() => _MyAppState();
}
class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
List item = [
{"title": "Button One", "color": 50},
{"title": "Button Two", "color": 100},
{"title": "Button Three", "color": 200},
{"title": "No show", "color": 0, "hide": '1'},
];
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
home: Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(title: Text("Dynamic Widget - List<Widget>"),backgroundColor: Colors.blue),
body: Column(
children: <Widget>[
Center(child: buttonBar()),
Text('Click the buttons to hide it'),
]
)
)
);
}
Widget buttonBar() {
return Column(
children: item.where((e) => e['hide'] != '1').map<Widget>((document) {
return new FlatButton(
child: new Text(document['title']),
color: Color.fromARGB(document['color'], 0, 100, 0),
onPressed: () {
setState(() {
print("click on ${document['title']} lets hide it");
final tile = item.firstWhere((e) => e['title'] == document['title']);
tile['hide'] = '1';
});
},
);
}
).toList());
}
}
Maybe it helps someone. If it was is useful to you, let me know clicking in up arrow, please. Thanks.
https://dartpad.dev/b37b08cc25e0ccdba680090e9ef4b3c1
