foundation library
Core Flutter framework primitives.
The features defined in this library are the lowest-level utility classes and functions used by all the other layers of the Flutter framework.
Classes
- AbstractNode
- Deprecated. Unused by the framework and will be removed in a future version of Flutter. If needed, inline any required functionality of this class directly in the subclass.
- AggregatedTimedBlock
- Aggregates multiple TimedBlock objects that share a name.
- AggregatedTimings
- Provides aggregated results for timings collected by FlutterTimeline.
- BindingBase
- Base class for mixins that provide singleton services.
-
BitField<
T extends dynamic> - A BitField over an enum (or other class whose values implement "index"). Only the first 62 values of the enum can be used as indices.
- ByteData
- A fixed-length, random-access sequence of bytes that also provides random and unaligned access to the fixed-width integers and floating point numbers represented by those bytes.
-
CachingIterable<
E> - A lazy caching version of Iterable.
- Category
- A category with which to annotate a class, for documentation purposes.
- ChangeNotifier
- A class that can be extended or mixed in that provides a change notification API using VoidCallback for notifications.
-
DiagnosticableNode<
T extends Diagnosticable> - DiagnosticsNode that lazily calls the associated Diagnosticable value to implement getChildren and getProperties.
- DiagnosticableTree
- A base class for providing string and DiagnosticsNode debug representations describing the properties and children of an object.
- DiagnosticableTreeNode
- DiagnosticsNode for an instance of DiagnosticableTree.
- DiagnosticPropertiesBuilder
- Builder to accumulate properties and configuration used to assemble a DiagnosticsNode from a Diagnosticable object.
- DiagnosticsBlock
- DiagnosticsNode that exists mainly to provide a container for other diagnostics that typically lacks a meaningful value of its own.
- DiagnosticsNode
- Defines diagnostics data for a value.
-
DiagnosticsProperty<
T> -
Property with a value of type
T
. - DiagnosticsSerializationDelegate
- A delegate that configures how a hierarchy of DiagnosticsNodes should be serialized.
- DiagnosticsStackTrace
- Diagnostic with a StackTrace value suitable for displaying stack traces as part of a FlutterError object.
- DocumentationIcon
- A class annotation to provide a URL to an image that represents the class.
- DoubleProperty
-
Property describing a double value with an optional
unit
of measurement. - Endian
- Endianness of number representation.
-
EnumProperty<
T extends Enum?> - DiagnosticsProperty that has an Enum as value.
- ErrorDescription
- An explanation of the problem and its cause, any information that may help track down the problem, background information, etc.
- ErrorHint
- An ErrorHint provides specific, non-obvious advice that may be applicable.
- ErrorSpacer
- An ErrorSpacer creates an empty DiagnosticsNode, that can be used to tune the spacing between other DiagnosticsNode objects.
- ErrorSummary
- A short (one line) description of the problem that was detected.
-
Factory<
T> - A factory interface that also reports the type of the created objects.
- FlagProperty
- Property where the description is either ifTrue or ifFalse depending on whether value is true or false.
-
FlagsSummary<
T> - A summary of multiple properties, indicating whether each of them is present (non-null) or absent (null).
- Float32List
- A fixed-length list of IEEE 754 single-precision binary floating-point numbers that is viewable as a TypedData.
- Float64List
- A fixed-length list of IEEE 754 double-precision binary floating-point numbers that is viewable as a TypedData.
- FlutterErrorDetails
- Class for information provided to FlutterExceptionHandler callbacks.
- FlutterMemoryAllocations
- An interface for listening to object lifecycle events.
- FlutterTimeline
- Measures how long blocks of code take to run.
-
HashedObserverList<
T> - A list optimized for the observer pattern, but for larger numbers of observers.
- HttpClientResponse
- HTTP response for a client connection.
- Int32List
- A fixed-length list of 32-bit signed integers that is viewable as a TypedData.
- Int64List
- A fixed-length list of 64-bit signed integers that is viewable as a TypedData.
- IntProperty
- An int valued property with an optional unit the value is measured in.
-
IterableProperty<
T> -
Property with an
Iterable<T>
value that can be displayed with different DiagnosticsTreeStyle for custom rendering. - Key
- A Key is an identifier for Widgets, Elements and SemanticsNodes.
- LicenseEntry
- A license that covers part of the application's software or assets, to show in an interface such as the LicensePage.
- LicenseEntryWithLineBreaks
- Variant of LicenseEntry for licenses that separate paragraphs with blank lines and that hard-wrap text within paragraphs. Lines that begin with one or more space characters are also assumed to introduce new paragraphs, unless they start with the same number of spaces as the previous line, in which case it's assumed they are a continuation of an indented paragraph.
- LicenseParagraph
- A string that represents one paragraph in a LicenseEntry.
- LicenseRegistry
- A registry for packages to add licenses to, so that they can be displayed together in an interface such as the LicensePage.
- Listenable
- An object that maintains a list of listeners.
- LocalKey
- A key that is not a GlobalKey.
- MessageProperty
- Debugging message displayed like a property.
- ObjectCreated
- An event that describes creation of an object.
- ObjectDisposed
- An event that describes disposal of an object.
- ObjectEvent
- A lifecycle event of an object.
-
ObjectFlagProperty<
T> - A property where the important diagnostic information is primarily whether the value is present (non-null) or absent (null), rather than the actual value of the property itself.
-
ObserverList<
T> - A list optimized for the observer pattern when there are small numbers of observers.
- PartialStackFrame
- Partial information from a stack frame for stack filtering purposes.
- PercentProperty
- Property which clamps a double to between 0 and 1 and formats it as a percentage.
-
PersistentHashMap<
K extends Object, V> - A collection of key/value pairs which provides efficient retrieval of value by key.
- PlatformDispatcher
- Platform event dispatcher singleton.
- ReadBuffer
- Read-only buffer for reading sequentially from a ByteData instance.
- RepetitiveStackFrameFilter
- A StackFilter that filters based on repeating lists of PartialStackFrames.
- SingletonFlutterWindow
- Deprecated. Will be removed in a future version of Flutter.
- StackFilter
- A class that filters stack frames for additional filtering on FlutterError.defaultStackFilter.
- StackFrame
- A object representation of a frame from a stack trace.
- StringProperty
- Property which encloses its string value in quotes.
- Summary
- An annotation that provides a short description of a class for use in an index.
-
SynchronousFuture<
T> - A Future whose then implementation calls the callback immediately.
- TextTreeConfiguration
- Configuration specifying how a particular DiagnosticsTreeStyle should be rendered as text art.
- TextTreeRenderer
- Renderer that creates ASCII art representations of trees of DiagnosticsNode objects.
- TimedBlock
- Provides start, end, and duration of a named block of code, timed by FlutterTimeline.
- Uint8List
- A fixed-length list of 8-bit unsigned integers.
- Unicode
- Constants for useful Unicode characters.
- UniqueKey
- A key that is only equal to itself.
-
ValueKey<
T> - A key that uses a value of a particular type to identify itself.
-
ValueListenable<
T> - An interface for subclasses of Listenable that expose a value.
-
ValueNotifier<
T> - A ChangeNotifier that holds a single value.
- WriteBuffer
- Write-only buffer for incrementally building a ByteData instance.
Enums
- Brightness
- Describes the contrast of a theme or color palette.
- DiagnosticLevel
- The various priority levels used to filter which diagnostics are shown and omitted.
- DiagnosticsTreeStyle
- Styles for displaying a node in a DiagnosticsNode tree.
- FoundationServiceExtensions
- Service extension constants for the foundation library.
- TargetPlatform
- The platform that user interaction should adapt to target.
Mixins
- Diagnosticable
- A mixin class for providing string and DiagnosticsNode debug representations describing the properties of an object.
- DiagnosticableTreeMixin
- A mixin that helps dump string and DiagnosticsNode representations of trees.
Constants
- factory → const _Factory
-
Used to annotate an instance or static method
m
. Indicates thatm
must either be abstract or must return a newly allocated object ornull
. In addition, every method that either implements or overridesm
is implicitly annotated with this same annotation. - immutable → const Immutable
-
Used to annotate a class
C
. Indicates thatC
and all subtypes ofC
must be immutable. - kDebugMode → const bool
- A constant that is true if the application was compiled in debug mode.
- kFlutterMemoryAllocationsEnabled → const bool
- If true, Flutter objects dispatch the memory allocation events.
- kIsWasm → const bool
- A constant that is true if the application was compiled to WebAssembly.
- kIsWeb → const bool
- A constant that is true if the application was compiled to run on the web.
- kMaxUnsignedSMI → const int
- The largest SMI value.
- kNoDefaultValue → const Object
- Marker object indicating that a DiagnosticsNode has no default value.
- kProfileMode → const bool
- A constant that is true if the application was compiled in profile mode.
- kReleaseMode → const bool
- A constant that is true if the application was compiled in release mode.
- mustCallSuper → const _MustCallSuper
-
Used to annotate an instance member (method, getter, setter, operator, or
field)
m
. Indicates that every invocation of a member that overridesm
must also invokem
. In addition, every method that overridesm
is implicitly annotated with this same annotation. - nonVirtual → const _NonVirtual
-
Used to annotate an instance member (method, getter, setter, operator, or
field)
m
in a classC
or mixinM
. Indicates thatm
should not be overridden in any classes that extend or mixinC
orM
. - optionalTypeArgs → const _OptionalTypeArgs
-
Used to annotate a class, mixin, extension, function, method, or typedef
declaration
C
. Indicates that any type arguments declared onC
are to be treated as optional. - precisionErrorTolerance → const double
- The epsilon of tolerable double precision error.
- protected → const _Protected
- Used to annotate an instance member in a class or mixin which is meant to be visible only within the declaring library, and to other instance members of the class or mixin, and their subtypes.
- required → const Required
-
Used to annotate a named parameter
p
in a method or functionf
. Indicates that every invocation off
must include an argument corresponding top
, despite the fact thatp
would otherwise be an optional parameter. - visibleForOverriding → const _VisibleForOverriding
- Used to annotate an instance member that was made public so that it could be overridden but that is not intended to be referenced from outside the defining library.
- visibleForTesting → const _VisibleForTesting
- Used to annotate a declaration that was made public, so that it is more visible than otherwise necessary, to make code testable.
Properties
- activeDevToolsServerAddress ↔ String?
-
The address for the active DevTools server used for debugging this
application.
getter/setter pair
- connectedVmServiceUri ↔ String?
-
The uri for the connected vm service protocol.
getter/setter pair
- dashedTextConfiguration → TextTreeConfiguration
-
Identical to sparseTextConfiguration except that the lines connecting
parent to children are dashed.
final
- debugBrightnessOverride ↔ Brightness?
-
A setting that can be used to override the platform Brightness exposed
from BindingBase.platformDispatcher.
getter/setter pair
- debugDefaultTargetPlatformOverride ↔ TargetPlatform?
-
Override the defaultTargetPlatform in debug builds.
getter/setter pair
- debugDoublePrecision ↔ int?
-
Configure debugFormatDouble using num.toStringAsPrecision.
getter/setter pair
- debugInstrumentationEnabled ↔ bool
-
Boolean value indicating whether debugInstrumentAction will instrument
actions in debug builds.
getter/setter pair
- debugPrint ↔ DebugPrintCallback
-
Prints a message to the console, which you can access using the "flutter"
tool's "logs" command ("flutter logs").
getter/setter pair
-
debugPrintDone
→ Future<
void> -
A Future that resolves when there is no longer any buffered content being
printed by debugPrintThrottled (which is the default implementation for
debugPrint, which is used to report errors to the console).
no setter
- defaultTargetPlatform → TargetPlatform
-
The TargetPlatform that matches the platform on which the framework is
currently executing.
no setter
- denseTextConfiguration → TextTreeConfiguration
-
Dense text tree configuration that minimizes horizontal whitespace.
final
- errorPropertyTextConfiguration → TextTreeConfiguration
-
Render the name on a line followed by the body and properties on the next
line omitting the children.
final
- errorTextConfiguration → TextTreeConfiguration
-
Configuration that draws a box around a node ignoring the connection to the
parents.
final
- flatTextConfiguration → TextTreeConfiguration
-
Whitespace only configuration where children are not indented.
final
- isCanvasKit → bool
-
Returns true if the application is using CanvasKit.
no setter
- isSkiaWeb → bool
-
Returns true if the application is using CanvasKit or Skwasm.
no setter
- isSkwasm → bool
-
Returns true if the application is using Skwasm.
no setter
- shallowTextConfiguration → TextTreeConfiguration
-
Render a node on multiple lines omitting children.
final
- singleLineTextConfiguration → TextTreeConfiguration
-
Render a node as a single line omitting children.
final
- sparseTextConfiguration → TextTreeConfiguration
-
Default text tree configuration.
final
- transitionTextConfiguration → TextTreeConfiguration
-
Configuration that draws a box around a leaf node.
final
- whitespaceTextConfiguration → TextTreeConfiguration
-
Whitespace only configuration where children are consistently indented
two spaces.
final
Functions
-
binarySearch<
T extends Comparable< (Object> >List< T> sortedList, T value) → int -
Returns the position of
value
in thesortedList
, if it exists. -
clampDouble(
double x, double min, double max) → double - Same as num.clamp but optimized for a non-null double.
-
compute<
M, R> (ComputeCallback< M, R> callback, M message, {String? debugLabel}) → Future<R> -
Asynchronously runs the given
callback
- with the providedmessage
- in the background and completes with the result. -
consolidateHttpClientResponseBytes(
HttpClientResponse response, {bool autoUncompress = true, BytesReceivedCallback? onBytesReceived}) → Future< Uint8List> - Efficiently converts the response body of an HttpClientResponse into a Uint8List.
-
debugAssertAllFoundationVarsUnset(
String reason, {DebugPrintCallback debugPrintOverride = debugPrintThrottled}) → bool - Returns true if none of the foundation library debug variables have been changed.
-
debugFormatDouble(
double? value) → String - Formats a double to have standard formatting.
-
debugInstrumentAction<
T> (String description, Future< T> action()) → Future<T> -
Runs the specified
action
, timing how long the action takes in debug builds when debugInstrumentationEnabled is true. -
debugPrintStack(
{StackTrace? stackTrace, String? label, int? maxFrames}) → void - Dump the stack to the console using debugPrint and FlutterError.defaultStackFilter.
-
debugPrintSynchronously(
String? message, {int? wrapWidth}) → void - Alternative implementation of debugPrint that does not throttle. Used by tests.
-
debugPrintThrottled(
String? message, {int? wrapWidth}) → void - Implementation of debugPrint that throttles messages. This avoids dropping messages on platforms that rate-limit their logging (for example, Android).
-
debugWordWrap(
String message, int width, {String wrapIndent = ''}) → Iterable< String> - Wraps the given string at the given width.
-
describeEnum(
Object enumEntry) → String - Returns a short description of an enum value.
-
describeIdentity(
Object? object) → String -
Returns a summary of the runtime type and hash code of
object
. -
lerpDuration(
Duration a, Duration b, double t) → Duration -
Linearly interpolate between two
Duration
s. -
listEquals<
T> (List< T> ? a, List<T> ? b) → bool - Compares two lists for element-by-element equality.
-
mapEquals<
T, U> (Map< T, U> ? a, Map<T, U> ? b) → bool - Compares two maps for element-by-element equality.
-
mergeSort<
T> (List< T> list, {int start = 0, int? end, int compare(T, T)?}) → void -
Sorts a list between
start
(inclusive) andend
(exclusive) using the merge sort algorithm. -
objectRuntimeType(
Object? object, String optimizedValue) → String -
Framework code should use this method in favor of calling
toString
on Object.runtimeType. -
setEquals<
T> (Set< T> ? a, Set<T> ? b) → bool - Compares two sets for element-by-element equality.
-
shortHash(
Object? object) → String - Returns a 5 character long hexadecimal string generated from Object.hashCode's 20 least-significant bits.
Typedefs
-
AsyncCallback
= Future<
void> Function() - Signature of callbacks that have no arguments and return no data, but that return a Future to indicate when their work is complete.
-
AsyncValueGetter<
T> = Future< T> Function() - Signature for callbacks that are to asynchronously report a value on demand.
-
AsyncValueSetter<
T> = Future< void> Function(T value) - Signature for callbacks that report that a value has been set and return a Future that completes when the value has been saved.
- BytesReceivedCallback = void Function(int cumulative, int? total)
- Signature for getting notified when chunks of bytes are received while consolidating the bytes of an HttpClientResponse into a Uint8List.
-
ComputeCallback<
M, R> = FutureOr< R> Function(M message) - Signature for the callback passed to compute.
-
ComputeImpl
= Future<
R> Function<M, R>(ComputeCallback< M, R> callback, M message, {String? debugLabel}) -
The signature of compute, which spawns an isolate, runs
callback
on that isolate, passes itmessage
, and (eventually) returns the value returned bycallback
. -
ComputePropertyValueCallback<
T> = T? Function() - Signature for computing the value of a property.
- DebugPrintCallback = void Function(String? message, {int? wrapWidth})
- Signature for debugPrint implementations.
-
DiagnosticPropertiesTransformer
= Iterable<
DiagnosticsNode> Function(Iterable<DiagnosticsNode> properties) - Signature for DiagnosticPropertiesBuilder transformer.
- FlutterExceptionHandler = void Function(FlutterErrorDetails details)
- Signature for FlutterError.onError handler.
-
InformationCollector
= Iterable<
DiagnosticsNode> Function() - Signature for FlutterErrorDetails.informationCollector callback and other callbacks that collect information describing an error.
-
IterableFilter<
T> = Iterable< T> Function(Iterable<T> input) - Signature for callbacks that filter an iterable.
-
LicenseEntryCollector
= Stream<
LicenseEntry> Function() - Signature for callbacks passed to LicenseRegistry.addLicense.
- MemoryAllocations = FlutterMemoryAllocations
- An interface for listening to object lifecycle events.
- ObjectEventListener = void Function(ObjectEvent event)
- A listener of ObjectEvent.
-
ServiceExtensionCallback
= Future<
Map< Function(Map<String, dynamic> >String, String> parameters) - Signature for service extensions.
- StackTraceDemangler = StackTrace Function(StackTrace details)
- Signature for a function that demangles StackTrace objects into a format that can be parsed by StackFrame.
-
ValueChanged<
T> = void Function(T value) - Signature for callbacks that report that an underlying value has changed.
-
ValueGetter<
T> = T Function() - Signature for callbacks that are to report a value on demand.
-
ValueSetter<
T> = void Function(T value) - Signature for callbacks that report that a value has been set.
- VoidCallback = void Function()
- Signature of callbacks that have no arguments and return no data.
Exceptions / Errors
- FlutterError
- Error class used to report Flutter-specific assertion failures and contract violations.