Mastering Flutter's Text Field: A Common Class for Flutter Material Text Field

Flutter text field is an essential widget that allows users to enter text in a mobile app.


In this blog post, you'll learn everything you need to know about Flutter text fields, from creating a basic text field to implementing advanced features such as input validation and formatting.



Usage: 

CommonTextField widget is a custom text input field in Flutter that provides additional features and customizations beyond the standard TextField widget. 

It has properties for setting text input type, hint text, error text, prefix icon, text color, background color, and border radius, among others. It also has validation capabilities that can be used to check user input and provide confirmation or error messages.


Code:

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Properties:

Property Description
controller (required) The TextEditingController that controls the text field's content.
hintText The hint text that appears when the text field is empty.
keyboardType The type of keyboard to display for input.
obscureText Whether the text should be obscured, e.g., for password fields.
onChanged A callback function that is called when the text in the field changes.
helperText Additional helper text that appears below the text field.
labelText The label text that appears above the text field.
maxLines The maximum number of lines the text field can expand to.
hasError A boolean value indicating whether the field should display an error style.
prefixIconData An icon that appears before the text field.
passwordHideIcon The icon to display when the password is obscured and can be used to toggle the visibility of the password.
passwordShowIcon The icon to display when the password is visible and can be used to toggle the visibility of the password.
textInputAction The action to take when the user submits the text input.
textColor The color of the text in the text field.
accentColor The accent color used for the label text, prefix icon, and other accent elements.

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Output:

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