How to animate Flutter layout on keyboard appearance - ios

Question

I'm building a Flutter app, mainly for iOS.
One of my views has a text field, and iOS keyboard appears when you tap on it. The problem is - layout does not change smoothly like it does in native iOS apps. Instead, it instantly jumps to the final available screen height even before keyboard opening animation finishes.
I tried wrapping my SafeArea element in AnimatedSize and AnimatedContainer - it didn't help.
My layout code:
SafeArea(child:
Column(children:[
TextField(...)
])
)
How can I make the layout resize smoothly when the keyboard appears?
Expected:
Actual

Answer 1

I use something like that:
AnimatedPadding(
padding: MediaQuery.of(context).viewInsets,
duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 100),
curve: Curves.decelerate,
child: ....
)
This animates the padding based on the viewInsets(software keyboard height).

Answer 2

The desired output can be achieved using AnimatedPadding Widget, though this is not perfect, but better than nothing :d
Open issue as of 15/03/21, for reference
import 'dart:math';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
final Color darkBlue = Color.fromARGB(255, 18, 32, 47);
void main() {
runApp(MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
theme: ThemeData.dark().copyWith(scaffoldBackgroundColor: darkBlue),
debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
home: Scaffold(
body: Center(
child: MyWidget(),
),
),
);
}
}
class MyWidget extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return SafeArea(
bottom: false,
child: Scaffold(
// !!! Important part > to disable default scaffold insets
resizeToAvoidBottomInset: false,
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text("Appbar Title"),
),
body: Stack(
children: [
Scrollbar(
child: ListView.builder(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(0.0),
itemCount: 30,
itemBuilder: (context, i) {
return Container(
height: 100,
width: double.infinity,
color: Colors
.primaries[Random().nextInt(Colors.primaries.length)],
);
},
),
),
Align(
alignment: Alignment.bottomLeft,
child: AnimatedPadding(
padding: MediaQuery.of(context).viewInsets,
// You can change the duration and curve as per your requirement:
duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 200),
curve: Curves.decelerate,
child: InputField()),
)
],
)),
);
}
}
class InputField extends StatefulWidget {
InputField({Key key}) : super(key: key);
#override
_InputFieldState createState() => _InputFieldState();
}
class _InputFieldState extends State<InputField> {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Container(
color: Colors.grey[100],
padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 6),
child: Row(
children: [
SizedBox(
width: 60,
child: Icon(Icons.add_a_photo),
),
Flexible(
child: TextField(
style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.bodyText1,
decoration: InputDecoration(
border: InputBorder.none,
hintText: 'Enter text...',
),
),
),
SizedBox(
width: 60,
child: Icon(Icons.send),
),
],
),
);
}
}
Output ->

Answer 3

You can use this package keyboard_visibility and listen to keyboard visibility. Then you can give your logic to implement your feature like you can shorten the home container height. That's not perfect . But I think it's the only way right now.

Answer 4

You need to use keyboard_visibility package and use it to trigger your AnimatedContainer or AnimatedPadding
bool _isKeyboardActive = false;
#override
void initState() {
super.initState();
//add keyboard visibility Listener
KeyboardVisibility.onChange.listen((event) {
setState(() {
_isKeyboardActive = event;
});
});
}
Widget build(BuildContext context){
return AnimatedContainer(
width: _isKeyboardActive ? 200 : MediaQuery.of(context).size.width,
height: 60,
color: Colors.red,
duration: Duration(milliseconds: 600)
)
}
use this as a basis.

Answer 5

You should try setting resizeToAvoidBottomPadding: false like so:
return Scaffold(
key: _scaffoldKey,
resizeToAvoidBottomPadding: false,