Chico Kit

Developer helpers for Chico UI — same results, fewer lines.

Depends on chico_ui and re-exports it, so one import covers widgets + helpers:

import 'package:chico_kit/chico_kit.dart';

Scope: Flutter SDK + chico_ui only. No plugins (maps, camera, HTTP clients, secure storage, file pickers, etc.).

Full stack guide (UI + kit + services): ../chico_services/doc/STACK.md.

Gallery

cd example
flutter run

Install

Local (while developing next to chico_ui):

dependencies:
  chico_kit:
    path: ../chico_kit

This package uses publish_to: none and a path dependency on chico_ui. Before pub.flutter-io.cn: remove publish_to, switch chico_ui to a hosted constraint (chico_ui: ^x.y.z), then publish UI first and kit second.

Published (later):

dependencies:
  chico_kit: ^1.3.0

Need widgets only? Depend on chico_ui alone.

API

Area	Helpers
Context	showToast, showBusy / hideBusy, confirm, prompt, pushPage, replacePage, pushRootPage, popToRoot, showSheet, showActionSheet, unfocus, haptics, isDark / isRtl / isKeyboardVisible, chicoTheme / chicoMedia / chicoL10n
Form	context.submitForm, ChicoFormatters
Clipboard	ChicoClipboard.copy / paste, context.copyText
Responsive	ChicoResponsive, context.chicoValue
Validate	required, email, minLength, maxLength, pattern, digits, url, phone, match, equals, compose
Format	ChicoFormat.*, ChicoTimeAgo, ChicoCompact
Extensions	blank strings, distinct / chunked / moved, 300.ms, atLeast / atMost, Map.getOrPut
Async	ChicoDebouncer, ChicoThrottler, ChicoAsync.guard / retry / result
Once / bus	ChicoOnce, ChicoOnceKey, ChicoBus, ChicoChannels
Cache	ChicoCache
Platform	ChicoPlatform
Log	ChicoLog
URI	ChicoUri, Uri.withQuery / joinPath
Codec	ChicoCodec
Scroll	scrollToTop / scrollToBottom
Paging	ChicoPaging
Listen	ChicoListen, chicoAfterFrame
Data UI	ChicoAsyncBuilder, ChicoPagedList
Result	ChicoResult.ok / err, capture, when

Forms

ChicoTextFormField(
  label: 'Email',
  validator: ChicoValidators.compose([
    ChicoValidators.required(),
    ChicoValidators.email(),
  ]),
  inputFormatters: ChicoFormatters.maxLength(80),
);

Navigation

await context.pushPage(const DetailPage());
final ok = await context.confirm(
  'Delete item?',
  confirmTone: ChicoButtonTone.destructive,
);

Cache / once / channels

final cache = ChicoCache<String>(ttl: const Duration(minutes: 5));
cache.put('token', value);

ChicoOnceKey.run('paywall', openPaywall);

ChicoChannels.on<String>('cart', (msg) => showToast(msg));
ChicoChannels.emit<String>('cart', 'updated');

Layout

Projects/
  chico_ui/     # widgets + tokens
  chico_kit/    # this package → depends on chico_ui

License

MIT