filex

Description:

filex

Filex #

Configurable file explorer widget for Flutter

Usage #
Simple:
import 'package:filex/filex.dart';
import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart';

dir = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();
final controller = FilexController(path: dir.path);
Filex(controller: controller);
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With leading and trailing builders:
import 'package:filex/filex.dart';

Filex(
compact: true,
directory: Directory("some_dir_path"),
directoryTrailingBuilder: (context, item) {
return GestureDetector(
child: Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(0, 0, 3.0, 0),
child: Icon(Icons.file_download,
color: Colors.grey, size: 20.0)),
onTap: () => doSomething(item));
})
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Trailing and leading options are: fileTrailingBuilder, directoryLeadingBuilder and directoryTrailingBuilder
Controller #
Include dialogs to add and delete directories:
class FileExplorer extends StatelessWidget {
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
final controller = FilexController(path: dir.path);
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: const Text("Files"),
actions: <Widget>[
IconButton(
icon: Icon(Icons.add),
onPressed: () => controller.addDirectory(context),
)
],
),
body: Filex(
controller: controller,
actions: <PredefinedAction>[PredefinedAction.delete],
),
);
}
}
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Available controller actions:
controller.delete(DirectoryItem item) : delete a file or directory
controller.createDirectory(String name) : create a directory
controller.ls() : list the current directory
controller.dispose() : dispose the bloc when finished using
Custom actions #
It is possible to add custom actions in the slidable menu:
Filex(
controller: controller,
actions: <PredefinedAction>[PredefinedAction.delete],
extraActions: <FilexSlidableAction>[
FilexSlidableAction(
name: "My action",
iconData: Icons.file_upload,
color: Colors.blue,
onTap: customAction,
)
],
)

void customAction(BuildContext context, DirectoryItem item) {
// action here
}
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Changefeed #
A stream with directory listing items is available to implement
on change callbacks:
StreamSubscription<List<DirectoryItem>> _sub;
_sub = controller.changefeed.listen((items) {
// do something
});
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