While GlobalKey
allows for an easy access to any widget's state ; avoid it.
Widgets should not interact with other widgets directly. This is one of the core principle of Flutter.
Flutter uses reactive programming instead. Where widgets communicate with each others by submitting events. Not by directly editing the desired widget.
The obvious benefit is that widgets stays independant. And potentially dozens of widgets can communicate with each others using the same principle.
I already made an example here on how to make two different widgets share a common editable value.
If you want to call methods instead, this uses the same principle : A Listenable
or Stream
shared between widgets. But without using AnimatedWidget
or StreamBuilder
for the listening.
Instead we'll do the listening manually (which requires slighly more boilerplate) to trigger a custom function.
Here's an example using Stream
.
import 'dart:async';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
class ParentWidget extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_ParentWidgetState createState() => _ParentWidgetState();
}
class _ParentWidgetState extends State<ParentWidget> {
final changeNotifier = new StreamController.broadcast();
@override
void dispose() {
changeNotifier.close();
super.dispose();
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return new Column(
children: <Widget>[
new AnotherWidget(
shouldTriggerChange: changeNotifier.stream,
),
new RaisedButton(
child: new Text("data"),
onPressed: () => changeNotifier.sink.add(null),
)
],
);
}
}
class AnotherWidget extends StatefulWidget {
final Stream shouldTriggerChange;
AnotherWidget({@required this.shouldTriggerChange});
@override
_AnotherWidgetState createState() => _AnotherWidgetState();
}
class _AnotherWidgetState extends State<AnotherWidget> {
StreamSubscription streamSubscription;
@override
initState() {
super.initState();
streamSubscription = widget.shouldTriggerChange.listen((_) => someMethod());
}
@override
didUpdateWidget(AnotherWidget old) {
super.didUpdateWidget(old);
// in case the stream instance changed, subscribe to the new one
if (widget.shouldTriggerChange != old.shouldTriggerChange) {
streamSubscription.cancel();
streamSubscription = widget.shouldTriggerChange.listen((_) => someMethod());
}
}
@override
dispose() {
super.dispose();
streamSubscription.cancel();
}
void someMethod() {
print('Hello World');
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Container();
}
}
In this example, someMethod
of AnotherWidget
will be called whenever a click on the RaisedButton
instantiated by _ParentWidgetState
is performed.
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