How to change title of main.dart AppBar in it's child programmatically?

Question

I have an AppBar in main.dart and I want to defined it as primary on it's child, But I want to change the title of AppBar itself when I'm on child's page, how can i do that properly?

void main() => runApp(MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget{
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: "Flutter App",
      theme: ThemeData(
        primaryColor: Colors.cyan,
        brightness: Brightness.dark
      ),
      home: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: Text("Main Dart"),
        ),
        body: HomeScreen(),
      ),
      routes: <String, WidgetBuilder>{
        '/homeScreen': (buildContext)=>HomeScreen(),
        '/second': (buildContext)=>Second() 
      },
    );
  }
}

//HomeScreen or Second Widget on different dart file

class HomeScreen extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    //here I want to change the title of Main Dart to HomeScreen
    return Container(
      child: Center(
        child: FlatButton(
          child: new Text("Home screen"),
          onPressed: (){
            Route route = MaterialPageRoute(builder: (context) => Second());
            Navigator.push(context, route);
          },
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

or I need to put Scaffold(appBar:AppBar(...), ...) in every screen? it is the best approach?

Answer 1

Have a BLoC for app properties in app_properties_bloc.dart

final appBloc = AppPropertiesBloc();

class AppPropertiesBloc{
  StreamController<String> _title = StreamController<String>();

  Stream<String> get titleStream => _title.stream;

  updateTitle(String newTitle){
    _title.sink.add(newTitle);
  }

  dispose() {
    _title.close();
  }
}

Use stream builder in AppBar like this:

AppBar(
   title: StreamBuilder<Object>(
       stream: appBloc.titleStream,
       initialData: "Main Dart",
       builder: (context, snapshot) {
           return Text(snapshot.data);
       }
   ),
),

Use this to update title on button's onPressed()

onPressed: () {
    appBloc.updateTitle('new title');
},

Answer 2

Just in case you are changing only the title of Scaffold then this will work.

I am creating a DefaultScaffold with the title each screen provides. Here the code will show the MainPage and two other pages which have the same AppBar with changed titles.

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(initialRoute: 'home', routes: <String, WidgetBuilder>{
      'home': (context) => SOMain(),
      '/secondPage': (context) => DefaultScaffold("Second Screen", SOSecond()),
      '/thirdPage': (context) => DefaultScaffold("Third Screen", SOThird()),
    });
  }
}

class DefaultScaffold extends StatelessWidget {
  String title;
  Widget body;

  DefaultScaffold(this.title, this.body);

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text(title),
      ),
      body: body,
    );
  }
}

class SOMain extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return DefaultScaffold(
      "Main Screen",
      Center(
        child: RaisedButton(
            child: Text("Go to second screen"),
            onPressed: () {
              Navigator.pushNamed(context, '/secondPage');
            }),
      ),
    );
  }
}

class SOSecond extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Center(
      child: RaisedButton(
        child: Text("Go the 3rd screen"),
        onPressed: () => Navigator.pushNamed(context, "/thirdPage"),
      ),
    );
  }
}

class SOThird extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Center(child: Text("You are on last screen"));
  }
}

Note: This is a simple workaround and may not be the best way to do this.

Answer 3

You can accomplish updating the state of the parent from a child by using a callback function.

Parent Class:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class Parent extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  State<StatefulWidget> createState() {
    return ParentState();
  }
}

class ParentState extends State<Parent> {

  String title = "Old Title";

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {

    return new Scaffold(
        appBar: new AppBar(
        title: new Text(title),
      ),
      body: DaysFragmentView(onTitleSelect: (String value) {
            setTitle(value);
        }
      ),
    );

  }

  void setTitle(String value) {
    setState(() {
      title = value;
    });
  }
}

Child Class

typedef TitleCallback = void Function(Title color);

class DaysFragmentView extends StatelessWidget {
  const DaysFragmentView({this.onTitleSelect});

  final TitleCallback onTitleSelect;

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Row(
      children: <Widget>[
        RaisedButton(
          child: Text('One'),
          onPressed: () {
            onTitleSelect("TITLE ONE");
          },
        ),
        RaisedButton(
          child: Text('Two'),
          onPressed: () {
            onTitleSelect("TITLE TWO");
          },
        )
      ],
    );
  }
}

Reference:

• call-method-in-one-stateful-widget-from-another-stateful-widget-flutter

• working-with-callback-in-flutter

Answer 4

Using ValueListenableBuilder is an option.

Use an instance variable

String appTitle;

Then set the app bar as in the following block:

appBar: AppBar(
          ValueListenableBuilder<String>(
          valueListenable: appTitle,
          builder: (context, value, child) {
            return Text(appTitle.value);
          },
        ),

After that you can simply set appTitle.value in the other class. The title will be changed too because it listens to that value.

appTitle.value = "Home Screen";

Answer 5

Some answer here are too complicated. Here is a full working example using app bar update from child with scafold widget.

You can run the example in dart pad

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(const MyHomePage(title: 'init title'));
}

class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  const MyHomePage({super.key, required this.title});
  final String title;

  @override
  State<MyHomePage> createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
  final ValueNotifier<String?> _appBarTitleNotifier = ValueNotifier<String?>(null);

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: ValueListenableBuilder<String?>(
            builder: (BuildContext context, String? value, Widget? child) {
              return Text(value ?? widget.title);
            },
            valueListenable: _appBarTitleNotifier,
          ),
        ),
        body: Center(
          child: Column(
            mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
            children: <Widget>[
              ChildDemoTitleBar(titleNotifier: _appBarTitleNotifier)
            ],
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

class ChildDemoTitleBar extends StatefulWidget {
  final ValueNotifier<String?> titleNotifier;

  const ChildDemoTitleBar({Key? key, required this.titleNotifier})
      : super(key: key);

  @override
  State<ChildDemoTitleBar> createState() => _ChildDemoTitleBarState();
}

class _ChildDemoTitleBarState extends State<ChildDemoTitleBar> {
  int _counter = 0;

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Padding(
        padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20, 0, 20, 20),
        child: InkWell(
            onTap: () {
              _counter++;
              widget.titleNotifier.value = "title updated $_counter";
            },
            child: const Text("tap to update title")));
  }
}