Hi Guys, Welcome to Proto Coders Point, In this android Tutorial we will make use of a StoryView android library developed by Ankit Kumar bxute to show stories like social media.
Hi Guys, Welcome to Proto Coders Point, This is PART 3 of WhatsApp Clone UI using Flutter, In this part we will continue with cloning design for Call Tab Page of WhatsApp.
If you have not gone through the previous part of WhatsApp UI Clone using Flutter, Then make sure to go through it.
Social Media Story View Page development using Flutter
Hi Guys, Welcome to Proto Coders Point, In this Flutter Tutorial we will make use of a Flutter Library “Story_View” using which you can easily create a whatsapp stories or instagram stories page.
Introduction to story view package library
Story View Flutter Library Widget is very useful for the Flutter developer, By using this library you can display Social media stories pages just like WhatsApp Status Story or Instagram Status Story View.
FINAL RESULT OF THIS LIBRARY
First Story
Second Story
Third Story
Fourth Story
Features of StoryView Widget Library
You can add
Simple Text Status story.
Images Stories.
GIF Images Stories.
Video Stories( with caching enabled).
Gesture for Previous,Next and Pause the Story.
Caption for each story items.
A animated Progress indicator on top of every story views
Let’s get Started with adding this library into your flutter project
Social Media Story View Page development using Flutter
Step 1 : Adding Story View dependencies into your flutter project
Open pubspec.yaml file and add the story view dependencies under dependencies section
dependencies:
story_view: ^0.10.0 // add this line
Step 2: Import the story_view.dart file in main.dart
open main.dart file and import the class file in it
import 'package:story_view/story_view.dart';
Step 3: Creating StoryItem list and adding it to HomePage(main.dart) with widget
Create a storyController
final storyController = StoryController(); // used to control the media story
Generate a list of stories
//creating the list of Social media Storys
// Social Media Story List
List<StoryItem> storyItemsList = [
StoryItem.text("Hello Guys, 👉", Colors.blue[500]), //story 1
StoryItem.text(
"Welcome to Proto Coders Point, 👉", Colors.red[600]), //story 2
StoryItem.pageImage(
NetworkImage(
"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1243950916362895361/Z__-CJxz_400x400.jpg"),
caption: "THINK TWICE CODE ONCE"), //story 3
StoryItem.pageImage(
NetworkImage(
"https://protocoderspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/protocoderspoint-rectangle-round-.png"),
caption: "HOPE THIS TUTORIAL HELP YOU"), //story 4
];
then, Add the storycontroller and story item list into StoryView() widget
StoryView(
storyItemsList, // this is list of StoryItems
controller: storyController,
repeat: true, // set it to false if
onComplete: () => print("STORY COMPLETED"), // what sould happen when story ends
),
Complete code Copy Paste it in main.dart file
main.dart
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:story_view/story_view.dart';
void main() => runApp(MyApp());
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
// This widget is the root of your application.
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
title: 'Flutter Demo',
//removing debug banner
debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
theme: ThemeData(
primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
),
home: MyHomePage(),
);
}
}
class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_MyHomePageState createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}
class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
// lets start creating Social media Story view
final storyController = StoryController(); // used to control the media story
//creating the list of Social media Storys
// Social Media Story List
List<StoryItem> storyItemsList = [
StoryItem.text("Hello Guys, 👉", Colors.blue[500]), //story 1
StoryItem.text(
"Welcome to Proto Coders Point, 👉", Colors.red[600]), //story 2
StoryItem.pageImage(
NetworkImage(
"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1243950916362895361/Z__-CJxz_400x400.jpg"),
caption: "THINK TWICE CODE ONCE"), //story 3
StoryItem.pageImage(
NetworkImage(
"https://protocoderspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/protocoderspoint-rectangle-round-.png"),
caption: "HOPE THIS TUTORIAL HELP YOU"), //story 4
];
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Material(
child: StoryView(
storyItemsList,
controller: storyController,
repeat: true,
onComplete: () => print("STORY COMPLETED"),
),
);
}
}
Then, your flutter application is ready to show a Story page with 4 StoryItems.
For more in detail about this Story View Page Flutter library visit official here
Hi Guys, Welcome to Proto Coders Point, This is PART 2 of WhatsApp Clone UI using Flutter, In this part we will continue with clone designing Status Tab Page.
If you have not gone through the first part of WhatsApp UI Clone using Flutter, Then make sure to go through it. Here
In last section i have forgot to remove FloatingActionButton from Other Tabs, In Other words FloatingActionButton(New Chat Button) Should be Visible only in ChatScreen, So we need to Disable the button when user navigate/swipe towords other screen.
Then, To do so Follow this steps:
Step 1: Add a bool variable
Open main.dart file or whatever you have names your homepage
bool showFloatingB = true;
Step 2: Replace the initState()
@override
void initState() {
// TODO: implement initState
super.initState();
// total tab we are creating is 4 so : length is 4 : initialIndex is set to position 1
_tabController = new TabController(length: 4, vsync: this, initialIndex: 1);
_tabController.addListener(() {
if (_tabController.index == 1) {
setState(() {
showFloatingB = true;
});
} else {
setState(() {
showFloatingB = false;
});
}
});
}
In InitState method, we are checking _tabController index using _tabController.addListener.
If _tabController.index == 1 then it’s chatScreen visible so we set the showFloatingB to true else, We set showFloatingB to false.
Here, we are setting the FloatingActionButton to be visible only if the showFloatingB is true else floatingActionButton is set to null, that means floatingActionButton is not visible.
WhatsApp Clone App UI Design using Flutter Status Tab Page | PART 2
Step 1: WhatsApp UI StatusPage Using Flutter
Now,Open StatusPage.dart file and copy paste the below lines of code in it.
Then, Now Open pubspec.yaml file, and add flutter depencencies for the story_view flutter library package.
dependencies:
story_view: ^0.10.0
Step 3: Create a new dart file StoryPage.dart
right click on lib > New > dart file and name it as StoryPage.dart
Then, Copy Paste the below lines of dart code.
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:story_view/story_view.dart';
class StoryPage extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_StoryPageState createState() => _StoryPageState();
}
class _StoryPageState extends State<StoryPage> {
final storycontroller = StoryController(); //a controller for your story
final List<StoryItem> storyItems = [
StoryItem.text("Hello Guys, Welcome to Proto Coders Point",Colors.blue[500]), // Story 1
StoryItem.pageImage(NetworkImage("https://protocoderspoint.com/wpcontent/uploads/2019/10/protocoderspoint-rectangle-round-.png")), //Story 2
// you can add as many as whatsapp story in this list
];
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Material(
child: StoryView(
storyItems,
controller: storycontroller,
inline: false,
repeat: false,
onComplete: () => Navigator.pop(context), // when storys ends , the StoryPage wil be poped from the view
),
);
}
}
There you go Part 2 is Completed, your Flutter whatsapp clone Ui Design is ready to show ChatScreen and StatusScreen with WhatsApp Story Clone page.
Hi Guys, Welcome to Proto Coders Point, In this Android Tutorial we will create an App that convert a website into an app.
For this we gonna use webview to display our website
What is Webview in android?
In android a webviewis a component of android Operating system(OS) that allows our application to load and display any website into an application.
This tutorial will be short and simple to understand so let’s begin implementation to display website straight into our android applicaton.
How to Convert Website into Android App ? Follow the Steps.
you can even learn this from below video
Step 1: Create a new Android Project or open Existing Project.
OffCourse you need to create a new android project.
Go to File > New > New Project name the project as “Loading Website android” or as per your choice.
Step 2 : Add Internet Permission
Open AndroidManifest.xml file and add the <user-permission> INTERNET as we gonna load a URL into our android application we do need INTERNET PERMISSION to be set.
paste below inside <manifest> tag in AndroidManifest.xml
Then, Now open MainActivity.xml and add the java code
package com.protocoderspoint.webviewexample;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.webkit.WebSettings;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private WebView webView;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
//find the view
webView = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webview);
// to load all the web page in app itself use this
webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());
webView.loadUrl("https://protocoderspoint.com/");
WebSettings webSettings =webView.getSettings();
//if your website is using any javascript that needs to load some script then you need to enable javascript in android application
webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
}
@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
// if any previous webpage exist then onback pressed will take care of it
if(webView.canGoBack())
{
webView.goBack();
}else{
//else it will exit the application
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
}
