Mapping a Stream<List> to another type is returning a Stream<Null> - dart

Question

I'm trying to transform a Stream of a list of one type into a Stream of a list of another type, and having an issue with this.
I have this list of Habits that I'm streaming from Firebase, and I want to accept that stream in a function, and return a new stream that is a list of ViewModels of another type from it. But my function is returning a stream of the wrong type.
Here is my code:
Stream<List<HabitCompletionViewModel>> _getTodaysHabits(
Stream<List<Habit>> habitsStream) {
var result = habitsStream.map((habitsList) {
habitsList.map(
(habit) async {
await _getHabitCompletionsCurrent(habit);
HabitCompletion completion = habit.completions!.firstWhere(
(completion) => completion.date
.dayEqualityCheck(DateTime.now().startOfDate()));
return HabitCompletionViewModel(completion: completion, habit: habit);
},
).toList();
});
return result;
}
I am getting a compile error because the result variable is showing as type Stream<Null> when I hover over it, where I would expect it to be Stream<List<HabitCompletionViewModel>>. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

Your outer .map call does not have a return statement which is why you are getting a Stream<Null>.
So add a return statement like so:
Stream<List<HabitCompletionViewModel>> _getTodaysHabits(
Stream<List<Habit>> habitsStream) {
var result = habitsStream.map((habitsList) {
// added return statement here
return habitsList.map(
(habit) async {
await _getHabitCompletionsCurrent(habit);
HabitCompletion completion = habit.completions!.firstWhere(
(completion) =>
completion.date.dayEqualityCheck(DateTime.now().startOfDate()));
return HabitCompletionViewModel(completion: completion, habit: habit);
},
).toList();
});
return result;
}
However the above code still has an error because it is now returning a Stream<List<Future<HabitCompletionViewModel>>> instead of the desired Stream<List<HabitCompletionViewModel>>. To solve this you can use .asyncMap instead of .map.
Stream<List<HabitCompletionViewModel>> _getTodaysHabits(
Stream<List<Habit>> habitsStream) {
var result = habitsStream.asyncMap((habitsList) {
return Stream.fromIterable(habitsList).asyncMap(
(habit) async {
await _getHabitCompletionsCurrent(habit);
HabitCompletion completion = habit.completions!.firstWhere(
(completion) =>
completion.date.dayEqualityCheck(DateTime.now().startOfDate()));
return HabitCompletionViewModel(completion: completion, habit: habit);
},
).toList();
});
return result;
}