listview - Flutter with filter search page keeps adding same list view from query when returning to the page

Question

I recently followed this answer : Listview filter search in Flutter on how to achieve a Flutter Listview with search filter . The filter works as explained in the answer . The problem each time i move of out of that particular page and then come back to it , then my results in the listview has doubled. When I go out of the page again , and come back again , it has tripled on so on .

I know I am supposed to clear the list somewhere when go out of the listview page , not sure where thou . Below the code from the example i followed . My MySQL Query is simply . SELECT * FROM table_name.

import 'dart:async';

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'dart:convert';
import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;

void main() => runApp(new MaterialApp(
  home: new HomePage(),
  debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
));

class HomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _HomePageState createState() => new _HomePageState();
}

class _HomePageState extends State<HomePage> {
  TextEditingController controller = new TextEditingController();

  // Get json result and convert it to model. Then add
  Future<Null> getUserDetails() async {
    final response = await http.get(url);
    final responseJson = json.decode(response.body);

    setState(() {
      for (Map user in responseJson) {
        _userDetails.add(UserDetails.fromJson(user));
      }
    });
  }

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();

    getUserDetails();
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new Scaffold(
      appBar: new AppBar(
        title: new Text('Home'),
        elevation: 0.0,
      ),
      body: new Column(
        children: <Widget>[
          new Container(
            color: Theme.of(context).primaryColor,
            child: new Padding(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
              child: new Card(
                child: new ListTile(
                  leading: new Icon(Icons.search),
                  title: new TextField(
                    controller: controller,
                    decoration: new InputDecoration(
                        hintText: 'Search', border: InputBorder.none),
                    onChanged: onSearchTextChanged,
                  ),
                  trailing: new IconButton(icon: new Icon(Icons.cancel), onPressed: () {
                    controller.clear();
                    onSearchTextChanged('');
                  },),
                ),
              ),
            ),
          ),
          new Expanded(
            child: _searchResult.length != 0 || controller.text.isNotEmpty
                ? new ListView.builder(
              itemCount: _searchResult.length,
              itemBuilder: (context, i) {
                return new Card(
                  child: new ListTile(
                    leading: new CircleAvatar(backgroundImage: new NetworkImage(_searchResult[i].profileUrl,),),
                    title: new Text(_searchResult[i].firstName + ' ' + _searchResult[i].lastName),
                  ),
                  margin: const EdgeInsets.all(0.0),
                );
              },
            )
                : new ListView.builder(
              itemCount: _userDetails.length,
              itemBuilder: (context, index) {
                return new Card(
                  child: new ListTile(
                    leading: new CircleAvatar(backgroundImage: new NetworkImage(_userDetails[index].profileUrl,),),
                    title: new Text(_userDetails[index].firstName + ' ' + _userDetails[index].lastName),
                  ),
                  margin: const EdgeInsets.all(0.0),
                );
              },
            ),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }

  onSearchTextChanged(String text) async {
    _searchResult.clear();
    if (text.isEmpty) {
      setState(() {});
      return;
    }

    _userDetails.forEach((userDetail) {
      if (userDetail.firstName.contains(text) || userDetail.lastName.contains(text))
        _searchResult.add(userDetail);
    });

    setState(() {});
  }
}

List<UserDetails> _searchResult = [];

List<UserDetails> _userDetails = [];

final String url = 'my url address for mysql php query ';
class UserDetails {
  final int id;
  final String firstName, lastName, profileUrl;

  UserDetails({this.id, this.firstName, this.lastName, this.profileUrl = 'https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/3NbrfEiECotKyhcUhgPJHbrL7zM=/950x534/filters:quality(90)/2014%2F06%2F02%2Fc0%2Fzuckheadsho.a33d0.jpg'});

  factory UserDetails.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
    return new UserDetails(
      id: json['id'],
      firstName: json['name'],
      lastName: json['username'],
    );
  }
}

Answer 1

Try clearing the list before adding new values..

setState(() {
  _userDetails.clear();
  for (Map user in responseJson) {
    _userDetails.add(UserDetails.fromJson(user));
  }
});