BubbleShowcase
BubbleShowcase is a small but powerful flutter package that allows you to highlight specific parts of your app (to explain them to the user for instance) or to showcase your app new features.
Getting Started
This package is easy to use.
Take a look at the following snippet (which is using speech_bubble) :
BubbleShowcase(
bubbleShowcaseId: 'my_bubble_showcase',
bubbleShowcaseVersion: 1,
bubbleSlides: [
RelativeBubbleSlide(
widgetKey: widgetToHighlightKey,
child: RelativeBubbleSlideChild(
direction: AxisDirection.right,
widget: SpeechBubble(
nipLocation: NipLocation.LEFT,
color: Colors.blue,
child: Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(10),
child: Text(
'This is a new cool feature !',
style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white),
),
),
),
),
),
],
child: MyMainWidget(),
);
It creates a BubbleShowcase
widget with only one BubbleSlide
.
This slide will highlight the widget that holds the key widgetToHighlightKey
.
The speech bubble will be placed on the right of the widget.
BubbleShowcase is not limited to highlight a specific widget. You can also highlight a specific part of your app by its coordinates :
BubbleShowcase(
bubbleShowcaseId: 'my_bubble_showcase',
bubbleShowcaseVersion: 1,
bubbleSlides: [
AbsoluteBubbleSlide(
positionCalculator: (size) => Position(
top: 0,
right: 0,
bottom: 0,
left: 0,
),
child: AbsoluteBubbleSlideChild(
positionCalculator: (size) => Position(
top: 0,
left: 0,
),
widget: SpeechBubble(
nipLocation: NipLocation.LEFT,
color: Colors.blue,
child: Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(10),
child: Text(
'This is the top left corner of your app.',
style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white),
),
),
),
),
),
],
child: MyMainWidget(),
);
This will display the speech bubble on the top left corner of your app.
Options
The showcase
The showcase is where everything begins. Let's see the available options :
bubbleShowcaseId
The showcase identifier. Must be unique across the app as it is used as a saving mean; for instance when the showcase should not be reopened (required).bubbleShowcaseVersion
The showcase version. Increase it when you update the showcase, this allows to redisplay the it to the user ifdoNotReopenOnClose
is set totrue
(required).doNotReopenOnClose
Whether this showcase should be reopened once closed.bubbleSlides
The slides to display (required & must not be empty).child
The widget to display below the slides. It should be your app main widget.counterText
The current slide counter text.:i
targets the current slide number and:n
targets the maximum slide number.showCloseButton
Whether to show a little close button on the top left of the slide.
The slides
The slides is what is highlighting a specific part of your app.
There are two main categories of positioning : Absolute and Relative. Here is a little summary :
Position | Class name | Use case | Specific options |
---|---|---|---|
Absolute | AbsoluteBubbleSlide |
You want to position your slide according to a x, y position on the screen and not a specific widget. | positionCalculator The function that calculates the slide position on the screen. |
Relative | RelativeBubbleSlide |
You want to position your slide according to a specific widget. | widgetKey The global key that the target widget is holding. |
All slides have these options in common :
shape
The slide shape (available areRectangle
,RoundedRectangle
,Oval
andCircle
but you can add a custom one by extending theShape
class).boxShadow
The slide box shadow (containing the color, the blur radius, the spread radius, ...).child
The slide child, see below (required).
The slides children
Slides children are what are displayed according to what you are highlighting (it can be a speech bubble for example).
The same positioning system is also available for children :
Position | Class name | Use case | Specific options |
---|---|---|---|
Absolute | AbsoluteBubbleSlideChild |
You want to position the child according to a x, y position on the screen and not the highlighted part of the screen. | positionCalculator The function that calculates the child position on the screen. |
Relative | RelativeBubbleSlideChild |
You want to position the child according to the highlighted zone. | direction Where to position the child compared to the highlighted zone. |
All children have these options in common :
widget
The widget to display (required).
But you have a lot of other options !
Don't hesitate to check the API Reference or the Github repo.