Flutter TextField input only decimal numbers

Question

I want to input only decimal number in TextField in Flutter. I tried below code but that\'s not working. It allows alpha (a-z) and special characte

Answer 1

You can use TextInputFormatter for this case.

Here is an example for the same,

Subclass TextInputFormatter

import 'package:flutter/services.dart';

class RegExInputFormatter implements TextInputFormatter {
  final RegExp _regExp;

  RegExInputFormatter._(this._regExp);

  factory RegExInputFormatter.withRegex(String regexString) {
    try {
      final regex = RegExp(regexString);
      return RegExInputFormatter._(regex);
    } catch (e) {
      // Something not right with regex string.
      assert(false, e.toString());
      return null;
    }
  }

  @override
  TextEditingValue formatEditUpdate(
      TextEditingValue oldValue, TextEditingValue newValue) {
    final oldValueValid = _isValid(oldValue.text);
    final newValueValid = _isValid(newValue.text);
    if (oldValueValid && !newValueValid) {
      return oldValue;
    }
    return newValue;
  }

  bool _isValid(String value) {
    try {
      final matches = _regExp.allMatches(value);
      for (Match match in matches) {
        if (match.start == 0 && match.end == value.length) {
          return true;
        }
      }
      return false;
    } catch (e) {
      // Invalid regex
      assert(false, e.toString());
      return true;
    }
  }
}

Use it in with your textfield

final _amountValidator = RegExInputFormatter.withRegex('^\$|^(0|([1-9][0-9]{0,}))(\\.[0-9]{0,})?\$');
...
TextField(
  inputFormatters: [_amountValidator],
  keyboardType: TextInputType.numberWithOptions(
    decimal: true,
     signed: false,
   ),
 )