I cannot find a satisfactory way for a grandchild widget to trigger a grandparent state change. My app saves and sources its data all from an on-device database. Ive tried to proceed this far without using a state management library as I thought this was overkill - the app is not complex.
Ive got a ListView (grandparent), which in turn has children that are my own version of ListTiles. There are two icon buttons on each ListTile, one to edit and one to delete - both of which trigger a different alertdialog (grandchild) popup. When I perform an update or delete on the data, it is written to the db and a Future is returned - and then I need the grandparent ListView state to refresh. StatefulBuilders will only give me a way to refresh state on the grandchild (separately from the child), not a way to trigger 'multi level' state change.
Is it time for a state management solution such as BLOC or Riverpod, or is there any other solution?
ListView Grandparent Widget
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
body: Builder(
builder: (BuildContext context) {
return Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
children: <Widget>[
// other children here
Expanded(
flex: 11,
child: FutureBuilder<List<MyCustomObject>>(
future: _getQuotes(), // queries the db
builder: (context, AsyncSnapshot snapshot) {
if (snapshot.connectionState == ConnectionState.waiting
&& !snapshot.hasData) {
return const Center(
child: SizedBox(
height: AppDims.smallSizedBoxLoadingProgress,
width: AppDims.smallSizedBoxLoadingProgress,
child: CircularProgressIndicator()
),
);
} else if (snapshot.hasError) {
log(snapshot.error.toString());
log(snapshot.stackTrace.toString());
return Center(child: Text(snapshot.error.toString()));
} else {
// no point using StatefulBuilder here, as i need
// to potentially trigger _getQuotes() again to rebuild the entire ListView
return ListView.builder(
padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(
horizontal: AppDims.textHorizontalPadding,
vertical: AppDims.textVerticalPadding
),
itemCount: snapshot.data!.length,
itemBuilder: (context, int index) {
return MyCustomTile(
// tile data mapping from snapshot for MyCustomObject
);
},
);
}
},
)
)
]
);
}
)
);
}
MyCustomTile Child Widget
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Card(
shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(
borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(AppDims.tileBorderRadius),
side: const BorderSide(
color: Colors.green,
width: 1.5,
)
),
child: ListTile(
// other omitted ListTile params here
trailing: Row(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
children: [
IconButton(
icon: const Icon(Icons.edit),
onPressed: () => showDialog(
context: context,
barrierDismissible: true,
builder: (BuildContext context) {
return EditDialog();
}
).then((_) => setState(() {})), // will only setState on the dialog!
),
IconButton(
icon: const Icon(Icons.delete),
onPressed: () => showDialog(
context: context,
barrierDismissible: true,
builder: (BuildContext context) => DeleteWarningDialog(
widget.id,
AppStrings.price.toLowerCase(),
true
),
),
),
]
),
),
);
}
DeleteWarningDialog Grandchild Widget
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return AlertDialog(
title: Text(_buildFinalWarningString()),
actions: [
TextButton(
child: const Text(AppStrings.cancel),
onPressed: () => Navigator.pop(context),
),
TextButton(
child: const Text(AppStrings.delete),
onPressed: () {
_appDatabase.deleteFoo(widget.objectIdToDelete);
Navigator.pop(context);
},
)
],
);
}
