Making private type to public type APIs

Question

I'm having a warning message on _WordMarker Avoid using private types in public APIs.

class WordMarker extends SingleChildRenderObjectWidget {
  final int index;

  const WordMarker({required Widget child, required this.index, Key? key})
      : super(child: child, key: key);

  @override
  RenderObject createRenderObject(BuildContext context) {
    return _WordMarker()..index = index;
  }

  //Warning message on _WordMarker
  @override
  void updateRenderObject(BuildContext context, _WordMarker renderObject) {
    renderObject.index = index;
  }
}

class _WordMarker extends RenderProxyBox {
  late int index;
}

I tried following these but I'm still unable to remove the warning message. "Avoid using private types in public APIs" Warning in Flutter "AVOID using library private types in public APIs" - lint warning, even in in cookbook examples?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 11 '23 at 17:58

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You can add this lint rule in analysis_options.yaml File & set the value to false to avoid these warnings.

library_private_types_in_public_api: false

answered Jan 11 '23 at 17:58

Milan Surelia

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Please let me know if my answer helped you out. If so, I would appreciate if you could accept my answer If you still have questions, feel free to ask – Milan Surelia Jan 18 '23 at 08:49
I think there must be some "reasonable grounds" of this warning. why should we go around ? but not solve ? – isa Jan 26 '23 at 10:40

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 28 '23 at 17:41

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I remove the "_" from _WordMarker and change it to MyWordMarker and the warning disappears.

answered Jan 28 '23 at 17:41

Mr. Tacio

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Making private type to public type APIs

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