Persistent Bottom Navigation Bar #

A persistent/static bottom navigation bar for Flutter.

[Persistent Behavior]

Styles #

Neumorphic

[neumorphic1]

Style1

[style1]

Style3

[style3]

Style5

[style5]

Style6

[style6]

Style7

[style7]

Style8

[style8]

Neumorphic without subtitle

[neumorphic2]

Note: These doesn't include all style variations.

Features #

• Highly customizable persistent bottom navigation bar.
• Ability to push new screens with or without bottom navigation bar.
• Includes platform specific behavior as an option (specify it in the two navigator functions).
• 12 styles for the bottom navigation bar (includes BottomNavyBar and Neumorphic style).
• Includes functions for pushing screen with or without the bottom navigation bar i.e. pushNewScreen() and pushNewScreenWithRouteSettings().
• Based on flutter's Cupertino(iOS) bottom navigation bar.
• Can be translucent for a particular tab.
• Custom styling for the navigation bar. Click here for more information.
• Handles hardware/software Android back button.

Getting Started #

In your flutter project add the dependency:

dependencies:
  persistent_bottom_nav_bar: any

Persistent bottom navigation bar uses PersistentTabController as its controller. Here is how to declare it:

PersistentTabController _controller;

_controller = PersistentTabController(initialIndex: 0);

The main widget then to be declared is PersistentTabView. NOTE: This widget includes SCAFFOLD (based on CupertinoTabScaffold), so no need to declare it. Following is an example for demonstration purposes:

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({Key key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return PersistentTabView(
      controller: _controller,
      items: _navBarsItems(),
      screens: _buildScreens(),
      showElevation: true,
      navBarCurve: NavBarCurve.upperCorners,
      confineInSafeArea: true,
      handleAndroidBackButtonPress: true,
      iconSize: 26.0,
      navBarStyle: NavBarStyle.style1, // Choose the nav bar style with this property
      onItemSelected: (index) {
        print(index);
      },
    );
  }
}

    List<Widget> _buildScreens() {
        return [
        HomeScreen(),
        SettingsScreen()
        ];
    }

    List<PersistentBottomNavBarItem> _navBarsItems() {
        return [
        PersistentBottomNavBarItem(
            icon: Icon(CupertinoIcons.home),
            title: ("Home"),
            activeColor: CupertinoColors.activeBlue,
            inactiveColor: CupertinoColors.systemGrey,
        ),
        PersistentBottomNavBarItem(
            icon: Icon(CupertinoIcons.settings),
            title: ("Settings"),
            activeColor: CupertinoColors.activeBlue,
            inactiveColor: CupertinoColors.systemGrey,
        ),
        ];
    }

Navigator Functions #

To push a new screen, use the following functions to control the visibility of bottom navigation bar on a particular screen. Additionally, platform specific behavior can be enabled or disabled from here (disabled by default).

If platform specific is enabled while pushing a new screen, on Android it will push the screen WITHOUT the bottom navigation bar but on iOS it will persist the bottom navigation bar. This is the default behavior specified by each platform.

    pushNewScreen(
        context,
        screen: HomeScreen(),
        platformSpecific: false, // OPTIONAL VALUE. False by default, which means the bottom nav bar will persist
        withNavBar: true, // OPTIONAL VALUE. True by default.
    );

    pushNewScreenWithRouteSettings(
        context,
        settings: RouteSettings(name: HomeScreen.routeName),
        screen: HomeScreen(),
        platformSpecific: false,
        withNavBar: true,
    );

If you are pushing a new modal screen, use the following function:

    pushDynamicScreen(
        context,
        screen: HomeModalScreen(),
        platformSpecific: false,
        withNavBar: true,
    );

Some Useful Tips #

Pop to any screen in the navigation graph for a given tab:

    Navigator.of(context).popUntil((route) {
        return route.settings.name == "ScreenToPopBackTo";
    });

Pop back to first screen in the navigation graph for a given tab:

    Navigator.of(context).popUntil(ModalRoute.withName("/"));

    Navigator.of(context).pushAndRemoveUntil(
    CupertinoPageRoute(
      builder: (BuildContext context) {
        return FirstScreen();
      },
    ),
    (_) => false,
  );

Custom Navigation Bar Styling #

If you want to have your own style for the navigation bar, follow these steps:

1. Declare your custom widget. Please keep in mind that you will have to handle the function onSelectedItem and the integer selectedIndex yourself to maintain full functionality. Also please note that you can define your own model for the navigation bar item instead of the provided PersistentBottomNavBarItem. See this example below for better understanding:

   
       class CustomNavBarWidget extends StatelessWidget {
           final int selectedIndex;
           final List<PersistentBottomNavBarItem> items; // NOTE: You CAN declare your own model here instead of `PersistentBottomNavBarItem`.
           final ValueChanged<int> onItemSelected;
   
           CustomNavBarWidget(
               {Key key,
               this.selectedIndex,
               @required this.items,
               this.onItemSelected,});
   
           Widget _buildItem(
               PersistentBottomNavBarItem item, bool isSelected) {
               return Container(
               alignment: Alignment.center,
               height: 60.0,
               child: Column(
                   mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
                   crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
                   mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
                   children: <Widget>[
                   Flexible(
                       child: IconTheme(
                       data: IconThemeData(
                           size: 26.0,
                           color: isSelected
                               ? (item.activeContentColor == null
                                   ? item.activeColor
                                   : item.activeContentColor)
                               : item.inactiveColor == null
                                   ? item.activeColor
                                   : item.inactiveColor),
                       child: item.icon,
                       ),
                   ),
                   Padding(
                       padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 5.0),
                       child: Material(
                       type: MaterialType.transparency,
                       child: FittedBox(
                           child: Text(
                           item.title,
                           style: TextStyle(
                               color: isSelected
                                   ? (item.activeContentColor == null
                                       ? item.activeColor
                                       : item.activeContentColor)
                                   : item.inactiveColor,
                               fontWeight: FontWeight.w400,
                               fontSize: item.titleFontSize),
                       )),
                       ),
                   )
                   ],
               ),
               );
           }
   
           @override
           Widget build(BuildContext context) {
               return Container(
               color: Colors.white,
               child: Container(
                   width: double.infinity,
                   height: 60.0,
                   child: Row(
                   mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceAround,
                   children: items.map((item) {
                       var index = items.indexOf(item);
                       return Flexible(
                       child: GestureDetector(
                           onTap: () {
                           this.onItemSelected(index);
                           },
                           child: _buildItem(
                               item, selectedIndex == index),
                       ),
                       );
                   }).toList(),
                   ),
               ),
               );
           }
       }
   
   

2. In the main PersistentTabView widget, set the navBarStyle property as NavBarStyle.custom and pass on the custom widget you just created in the customWidget property like this:

   
   class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
       const MyApp({Key key}) : super(key: key);
   
       @override
       Widget build(BuildContext context) {
           return PersistentTabView(
           controller: _controller,
           itemCount: items.length, // This is required in case of custom style! Pass the number of items for the nav bar.
           screens: _buildScreens(),
           confineInSafeArea: true,
           handleAndroidBackButtonPress: true,
           onItemSelected: (int) {
               setState(() {}); // This is required to update the nav bar if Android back button is pressed
           },
           customWidget: CustomNavBarWidget( // Your custom widget goes here
               items: _navBarsItems(),
               selectedIndex: _controller.index,
               onItemSelected: onItemSelected: (index) {
                   setState(() {
                       _controller.index = index; // NOTE: THIS IS CRITICAL!! Don't miss it!
                   });
               },
           ),
           navBarStyle: NavBarStyle.custom, // Choose the nav bar style with this property
           );
       }
   }
   
   

   NOTE: In the 'onSelected' function of the customWidget, don't forgot to change the index of the controller

3. Done! As we can see, some of the other properties like iconSize, items are not required here so you can skip those properties. But keep in mind that here navBarHeight acts as a padding from the bottom. If you give too much navBarHeight but less height in the custom widget or vice versa, layout issues might appear.

For better understanding, refer to the example project in the official git repo.