[Flutter] Inline if statment and inline loop in widet

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Let's see how to use the inline if statement to decide to display widgets and how to use the inline loop to show widgets in widgets.

Outline

When you develop the app with Flutter, sometimes you need to use the if statement or the loop to show the widgets.

At this time, you can make a function or an widget to show it, also you can the inline if statement and inline loop statement.

Iin this blog post I will introduce how to use the inline if statement and inline for statement to show widgets.

Inline for statement

To see how to use the inline for statement in the widget, modify the main.dart file like the following.

const dataList = [
  {"id": 1, "title": "test 1"},
  {"id": 2, "title": "test 2"},
  {"id": 3, "title": "test 3"},
  {"id": 4, "title": "test 4"},
  {"id": 5, "title": "test 5"},
];

class MyHomePage extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyHomePage({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: const Text('Condition and Loop'),
      ),
      body: Column(
        crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
        children: [
          const Text('temp widget 1'),
          for (var data in dataList)
            Center(
              child: Text(
                data['title'] as String,
              ),
            ),
          const Text('temp widget 2'),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }
}

Let’s see the details of the code.

const dataList = [
  {"id": 1, "title": "test 1"},
  {"id": 2, "title": "test 2"},
  {"id": 3, "title": "test 3"},
  {"id": 4, "title": "test 4"},
  {"id": 5, "title": "test 5"},
];
...

I made temporal data list for the inline loop statement.

...
body: Column(
  crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
  children: [
    ...,
    for (var data in dataList)
      Center(
        child: Text(
          data['title'] as String,
        ),
      ),
    ...,
  ],
),
...

The data list created in this way is used in the Text widget on the screen by using the inline loop statement in the children of the Column widget.

Flutter conditaion and loop in widget - loop in column widget's children

After modifying the main.dart file and executing it, you can see the widgets are displayed well like the above.

Inline if statement

To see how to use the inline if statement, modify the main.dart file like the following.

const dataList = [
  {"id": 1, "title": "test 1"},
  {"id": 2, "title": "test 2"},
  {"id": 3, "title": "test 3"},
  {"id": 4, "title": "test 4"},
  {"id": 5, "title": "test 5"},
];

class MyHomePage extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyHomePage({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: const Text('Condition and Loop'),
      ),
      body: Column(
        crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
        children: [
          const Text('temp widget 1'),
          for (var data in dataList)
            if (data['id'] as int != 2)
              Center(
                child: Text(
                  data['title'] as String,
                ),
              ),
          const Text('temp widget 2'),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }
}

Let’s see the details of the code.

...
body: Column(
  crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
  children: [
    ...,
    for (var data in dataList)
      if (data['id'] as int != 2)
        Center(
          child: Text(
            data['title'] as String,
          ),
        ),
    ...,
  ],
),
...

In the code used in the previous loop, an inline conditional statement was added to display the Text widget within the children of the Column widget only under certain conditions.

To the code used in the loop statement above, an inline if statement is added to display the Text widget within the children of the Column widget only under certain conditions.

Flutter conditaion and loop in widget - condition in column widget's children

After modifying the main.dart file and executing it, you can see the text 2 string is not shown unlike before.

Completed

Done! we’ve seen how to use the inline if statement and inline for statement to show widgets. It is a problem that you encounter at least once when developing apps with Flutter, so it would be good to learn how to use it through this blog post.

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