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📦 smart_views #

smart_views is a Flutter package that provides smart wrappers around common Flutter widgets like ListView, GridView, and PageView. It automatically handles empty states (via emptyWidget) and adds optional animations for a smoother user experience.

✨ Features #

• ✅ SmartListView → replacement for ListView with empty state handling.
• ✅ SmartGridView → replacement for GridView with empty state handling.
• ✅ SmartPageView → replacement for PageView with empty state handling.
• ✅ SmartAnimatedListView → list view with animated items.
• ✅ SmartAnimatedGridView → grid view with animated items.
• ✅ SmartAnimatedPageView → page view with page transition animations.

🚀 Installation #

Add this to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  smart_views: ^1.0.0

Then run:

flutter pub get

📖 Usage #

SmartListView #

SmartListView.builder(
  itemCount: items.length,
  emptyWidget: Center(child: Text("No items found")),
  itemBuilder: (context, index) {
    return ListTile(
      title: Text("Item ${items[index]}"),
    );
  },
)

SmartGridView #

SmartGridView.count(
  crossAxisCount: 2,
  emptyWidget: Center(child: Text("No items found")),
  children: items.map((e) => Card(child: Center(child: Text(e)))).toList(),
)

SmartPageView #

SmartPageView(
  items: ["Page 1", "Page 2", "Page 3"],
  emptyWidget: Center(child: Text("No pages available")),
  itemBuilder: (context, index) => Center(
    child: Text("This is page ${index + 1}"),
  ),
)

SmartAnimatedListView #

SmartAnimatedListView(
  items: items,
  emptyWidget: Center(child: Text("Empty list")),
  itemBuilder: (context, index) {
    return ListTile(title: Text("Animated Item $index"));
  },
  animationType: AnimationType.fade, // or slide, scale
)

SmartAnimatedGridView #

SmartAnimatedGridView.count(
  crossAxisCount: 2,
  items: items,
  emptyWidget: Center(child: Text("Nothing here")),
  itemBuilder: (context, index) => Card(child: Text("Animated $index")),
  animationType: AnimationType.slide,
)

SmartAnimatedPageView #

SmartAnimatedPageView(
  items: items,
  emptyWidget: Center(child: Text("No pages")),
  itemBuilder: (context, index) => Center(child: Text("Page $index")),
  animationType: AnimationType.scale,
)

🧪 Running Tests #

flutter test

Tests cover:

• Empty state rendering
• Items rendering
• Animation behavior

📌 Roadmap #

• ❌ Add customizable animation durations
• ❌ Add staggered animations
• ❌ Add infinite scroll support

🤝 Contributing #

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues and PRs on GitHub.

📄 License #

MIT License © 2025