Show/hide widgets in Flutter programmatically

Question

In Android, every single View subclass has a setVisibility() method that allows you modify the visibility of a View object

The

Answer 1

To collaborate with the question and show an example of replacing it with an empty Container().

Here's the example below:

import "package:flutter/material.dart";

void main() {
  runApp(new ControlleApp());
}

class ControlleApp extends StatelessWidget { 
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new MaterialApp(
      title: "My App",
      home: new HomePage(),
    );
  }
}

class HomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  HomePageState createState() => new HomePageState();
}

class HomePageState extends State<HomePage> {
  bool visibilityTag = false;
  bool visibilityObs = false;

  void _changed(bool visibility, String field) {
    setState(() {
      if (field == "tag"){
        visibilityTag = visibility;
      }
      if (field == "obs"){
        visibilityObs = visibility;
      }
    });
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context){
    return new Scaffold(
      appBar: new AppBar(backgroundColor: new Color(0xFF26C6DA)),
      body: new ListView(
        children: <Widget>[
          new Container(
            margin: new EdgeInsets.all(20.0),
            child: new FlutterLogo(size: 100.0, colors: Colors.blue),
          ),
          new Container(
            margin: new EdgeInsets.only(left: 16.0, right: 16.0),
            child: new Column(
              children: <Widget>[
                visibilityObs ? new Row(
                  crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.end,
                  children: <Widget>[
                    new Expanded(
                      flex: 11,
                      child: new TextField(
                        maxLines: 1,
                        style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.title,
                        decoration: new InputDecoration(
                          labelText: "Observation",
                          isDense: true
                        ),
                      ),
                    ),
                    new Expanded(
                      flex: 1,
                      child: new IconButton(
                        color: Colors.grey[400],
                        icon: const Icon(Icons.cancel, size: 22.0,),
                        onPressed: () {
                          _changed(false, "obs");
                        },
                      ),
                    ),
                  ],
                ) : new Container(),

                visibilityTag ? new Row(
                  crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.end,
                  children: <Widget>[
                    new Expanded(
                      flex: 11,
                      child: new TextField(
                        maxLines: 1,
                        style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.title,
                        decoration: new InputDecoration(
                          labelText: "Tags",
                          isDense: true
                        ),
                      ),
                    ),
                    new Expanded(
                      flex: 1,
                      child: new IconButton(
                        color: Colors.grey[400],
                        icon: const Icon(Icons.cancel, size: 22.0,),
                        onPressed: () {
                          _changed(false, "tag");
                        },
                      ),
                    ),
                  ],
                ) : new Container(),
              ],
            )
          ),
          new Row(
            mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
            children: <Widget>[
              new InkWell(
                onTap: () {
                  visibilityObs ? null : _changed(true, "obs");
                },
                child: new Container(
                  margin: new EdgeInsets.only(top: 16.0),
                  child: new Column(
                    children: <Widget>[
                      new Icon(Icons.comment, color: visibilityObs ? Colors.grey[400] : Colors.grey[600]),
                      new Container(
                        margin: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 8.0),
                        child: new Text(
                          "Observation",
                          style: new TextStyle(
                            fontSize: 12.0,
                            fontWeight: FontWeight.w400,
                            color: visibilityObs ? Colors.grey[400] : Colors.grey[600],
                          ),
                        ),
                      ),
                    ],
                  ),
                )
              ),
              new SizedBox(width: 24.0),
              new InkWell(
                onTap: () {
                  visibilityTag ? null : _changed(true, "tag");
                },
                child: new Container(
                  margin: new EdgeInsets.only(top: 16.0),
                  child: new Column(
                    children: <Widget>[
                      new Icon(Icons.local_offer, color: visibilityTag ? Colors.grey[400] : Colors.grey[600]),
                      new Container(
                        margin: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 8.0),
                        child: new Text(
                          "Tags",
                          style: new TextStyle(
                            fontSize: 12.0,
                            fontWeight: FontWeight.w400,
                            color: visibilityTag ? Colors.grey[400] : Colors.grey[600],
                          ),
                        ),
                      ),
                    ],
                  ),
                )
              ),
            ],
          )                    
        ],
      )
    );
  }
}

Answer 2

bool _visible = false;

 void _toggle() {
    setState(() {
      _visible = !_visible;
    });
  }

onPressed: _toggle,

Visibility(
            visible:_visible,
            child: new Container(
            child: new  Container(
              padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(15.0, 0.0, 15.0, 10.0),
              child: new Material(
                elevation: 10.0,
                borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(25.0),
                child: new ListTile(
                  leading: new Icon(Icons.search),
                  title: new TextField(
                    controller: controller,
                    decoration: new InputDecoration(
                        hintText: 'Search for brands and products', border: InputBorder.none,),
                    onChanged: onSearchTextChanged,
                  ),
                  trailing: new IconButton(icon: new Icon(Icons.cancel), onPressed: () {
                    controller.clear();
                    onSearchTextChanged('');
                  },),
                ),
              ),
            ),
          ),
          ),

Answer 3

Maybe you can use the Navigator function like this Navigator.of(context).pop();

Answer 4

Update

Flutter now has a Visibility widget. To implement your own solution start with the below code.

---

Make a widget yourself.

show/hide

class ShowWhen extends StatelessWidget {
  final Widget child;
  final bool condition;
  ShowWhen({this.child, this.condition});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Opacity(opacity: this.condition ? 1.0 : 0.0, child: this.child);
  }
}

show/remove

class RenderWhen extends StatelessWidget {
  final Widget child;
  final bool condition;
  RenderWhen({this.child, this.show});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return this.condition ? this.child : Container();
  }
}

By the way, does any one have a better name for the widgets above?

More Reads

1. Article on how to make a visibility widget.

Answer 5

For beginner try this too.

class Visibility extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _VisibilityState createState() => _VisibilityState();
}

class _VisibilityState extends State<Visibility> {
  bool a = true;
  String mText = "Press to hide";

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new MaterialApp(
      title: "Visibility",
      home: new Scaffold(
          body: new Column(
            mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
            children: <Widget>[
              new RaisedButton(
                onPressed: _visibilitymethod, child: new Text(mText),),
                a == true ? new Container(
                width: 300.0,
                height: 300.0,
                color: Colors.red,
              ) : new Container(),
            ],
          )
      ),
    );
  }

  void _visibilitymethod() {
    setState(() {
      if (a) {
        a = false;
        mText = "Press to show";
      } else {
        a = true;
        mText = "Press to hide";
      }
    });
  }
}

Answer 6

In flutter 1.5 and Dart 2.3 for visibility gone, You can set the visibility by using an if statement within the collection without having to make use of containers.

e.g

child: Column(
          mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
          children: <Widget>[
              Text('This is text one'),
              if (_isVisible) Text('can be hidden or shown'), // no dummy container/ternary needed
              Text('This is another text'),
              RaisedButton(child: Text('show/hide'), onPressed: (){
                  setState(() {
                    _isVisible = !_isVisible; 
                  });
              },)

          ],
        )