Expandable Floating Action Button in Flutter

In this blog, we will explore about Expandable floating Action Button in Flutter.

The floating action button is an important widget in the Application. Users can Explore multiple features through it.

The floating Action Button can be used to show extra activities from your project. But a few action buttons in one single may hassle your main app screen. In that case, we can use an expandable floating button which may help us to make our application’s UI more eye-catchy.

So, without wasting time let’s start the code implementation of Expandable Floating Action Button(FAB) in Flutter.
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#MainFunction

Just add the following code in the main. dart file of your project.

Here I have created the action buttons which I want to show with the click of the Floating Action Button(FAB).

You can create the number of Action Buttons according to your need and requirement.

floatingActionButton: ExpandableFabClass(
distanceBetween: 80.0,
subChildren: [
ActionButton(
onPressed: () => print('ABC'),
icon: const Icon(Icons.share),
),
ActionButton(
onPressed: () => print('DEF'),
icon: const Icon(Icons.favorite),
),

],
),

floatingActionButton: ExpandableFabClass(

distanceBetween: 80.0,

subChildren: [

ActionButton(

onPressed: () => print('ABC'),

icon: const Icon(Icons.share),

ActionButton(

onPressed: () => print('DEF'),

icon: const Icon(Icons.favorite),

#ExpandableFabClass

Now, you need to create a new Expandable FAB as given below.

Here, I have set the Expandable FAB design, timing, distance, animation.

import 'dart:math' as math;
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

@immutable
class ExpandableFabClass extends StatefulWidget {
  const ExpandableFabClass({
    Key? key,
    this.isInitiallyOpen,
    required this.distanceBetween,
    required this.subChildren,
  }) : super(key: key);

  final bool? isInitiallyOpen;
  final double distanceBetween;
  final List<Widget> subChildren;

  @override
  _ExpandableFabClassState createState() => _ExpandableFabClassState();
}

class _ExpandableFabClassState extends State<ExpandableFabClass>
    with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin {
  late final AnimationController _animationController;
  late final Animation<double> _expandAnimationFab;
  bool _open = false;

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    _open = widget.isInitiallyOpen ?? false;
    _animationController = AnimationController(
      value: _open ? 1.0 : 0.0,
      duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 250),
      vsync: this,
    );
    _expandAnimationFab = CurvedAnimation(
      curve: Curves.fastOutSlowIn,
      reverseCurve: Curves.easeOutQuad,
      parent: _animationController,
    );
  }

  @override
  void dispose() {
    _animationController.dispose();
    super.dispose();
  }

  void _toggle() {
    setState(() {
      _open = !_open;
      if (_open) {
        _animationController.forward();
      } else {
        _animationController.reverse();
      }
    });
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return SizedBox.expand(
      child: Stack(
        alignment: Alignment.bottomRight,
        clipBehavior: Clip.none,
        children: [
          _buildTapToCloseFab(),
          ..._buildExpandingActionButtons(),
          _buildTapToOpenFab(),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }

  Widget _buildTapToCloseFab() {
    return SizedBox(
      width: 56.0,
      height: 56.0,
      child: Center(
        child: Material(
          shape: const CircleBorder(),
          clipBehavior: Clip.antiAlias,
          elevation: 4.0,
          child: InkWell(
            onTap: _toggle,
            child: Padding(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
              child: Icon(
                Icons.close,
                color: Theme.of(context).primaryColor,
              ),
            ),
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }

  List<Widget> _buildExpandingActionButtons() {
    final children = <Widget>[];
    final count = widget.subChildren.length;
    final step = 90.0 / (count - 1);
    for (var i = 0, angleInDegrees = 0.0;
    i < count;
    i++, angleInDegrees += step) {
      children.add(
        _ExpandingActionButton(
          directionInDegrees: angleInDegrees,
          maxDistance: widget.distanceBetween,
          progress: _expandAnimationFab,
          child: widget.subChildren[i],
        ),
      );
    }
    return children;
  }

  Widget _buildTapToOpenFab() {
    return IgnorePointer(
      ignoring: _open,
      child: AnimatedContainer(
        transformAlignment: Alignment.center,
        transform: Matrix4.diagonal3Values(
          _open ? 0.7 : 1.0,
          _open ? 0.7 : 1.0,
          1.0,
        ),
        duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 250),
        curve: const Interval(0.0, 0.5, curve: Curves.easeOut),
        child: AnimatedOpacity(
          opacity: _open ? 0.0 : 1.0,
          curve: const Interval(0.25, 1.0, curve: Curves.easeInOut),
          duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 250),
          child: FloatingActionButton(
            onPressed: _toggle,
            child: const Icon(Icons.create),
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

@immutable
class _ExpandingActionButton extends StatelessWidget {
  _ExpandingActionButton({
    Key? key,
    required this.directionInDegrees,
    required this.maxDistance,
    required this.progress,
    required this.child,
  }) : super(key: key);

  final double directionInDegrees;
  final double maxDistance;
  final Animation<double> progress;
  final Widget child;

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return AnimatedBuilder(
      animation: progress,
      builder: (context, child) {
        final offset = Offset.fromDirection(
          directionInDegrees * (math.pi / 180.0),
          progress.value * maxDistance,
        );
        return Positioned(
          right: 4.0 + offset.dx,
          bottom: 4.0 + offset.dy,
          child: Transform.rotate(
            angle: (1.0 - progress.value) * math.pi / 2,
            child: child!,
          ),
        );
      },
      child: FadeTransition(
        opacity: progress,
        child: child,
      ),
    );
  }
}

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import 'dart:math' as math;

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

@immutable

class ExpandableFabClass extends StatefulWidget {

const ExpandableFabClass({

Key? key,

this.isInitiallyOpen,

required this.distanceBetween,

required this.subChildren,

}) : super(key: key);

final bool? isInitiallyOpen;

final double distanceBetween;

final List<Widget> subChildren;

@override

_ExpandableFabClassState createState() => _ExpandableFabClassState();

}

class _ExpandableFabClassState extends State<ExpandableFabClass>

with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin {

late final AnimationController _animationController;

late final Animation<double> _expandAnimationFab;

bool _open = false;

@override

void initState() {

super.initState();

_open = widget.isInitiallyOpen ?? false;

_animationController = AnimationController(

value: _open ? 1.0 : 0.0,

duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 250),

vsync: this,

);

_expandAnimationFab = CurvedAnimation(

curve: Curves.fastOutSlowIn,

reverseCurve: Curves.easeOutQuad,

parent: _animationController,

);

}

@override

void dispose() {

_animationController.dispose();

super.dispose();

}

void _toggle() {

setState(() {

_open = !_open;

if (_open) {

_animationController.forward();

} else {

_animationController.reverse();

}

});

}

@override

Widget build(BuildContext context) {

return SizedBox.expand(

child: Stack(

alignment: Alignment.bottomRight,

clipBehavior: Clip.none,

children: [

_buildTapToCloseFab(),

..._buildExpandingActionButtons(),

_buildTapToOpenFab(),

);

}

Widget _buildTapToCloseFab() {

return SizedBox(

width: 56.0,

height: 56.0,

child: Center(

child: Material(

shape: const CircleBorder(),

clipBehavior: Clip.antiAlias,

elevation: 4.0,

child: InkWell(

onTap: _toggle,

child: Padding(

padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),

child: Icon(

Icons.close,

color: Theme.of(context).primaryColor,

);

}

List<Widget> _buildExpandingActionButtons() {

final children = <Widget>[];

final count = widget.subChildren.length;

final step = 90.0 / (count - 1);

for (var i = 0, angleInDegrees = 0.0;

i < count;

i++, angleInDegrees += step) {

children.add(

_ExpandingActionButton(

directionInDegrees: angleInDegrees,

maxDistance: widget.distanceBetween,

progress: _expandAnimationFab,

child: widget.subChildren[i],

);

}

return children;

}

Widget _buildTapToOpenFab() {

return IgnorePointer(

ignoring: _open,

child: AnimatedContainer(

transformAlignment: Alignment.center,

transform: Matrix4.diagonal3Values(

_open ? 0.7 : 1.0,

1.0,

duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 250),

curve: const Interval(0.0, 0.5, curve: Curves.easeOut),

child: AnimatedOpacity(

opacity: _open ? 0.0 : 1.0,

curve: const Interval(0.25, 1.0, curve: Curves.easeInOut),

duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 250),

child: FloatingActionButton(

onPressed: _toggle,

child: const Icon(Icons.create),

);

}

@immutable

class _ExpandingActionButton extends StatelessWidget {

_ExpandingActionButton({

Key? key,

required this.directionInDegrees,

required this.maxDistance,

required this.progress,

required this.child,

}) : super(key: key);

final double directionInDegrees;

final double maxDistance;

final Animation<double> progress;

final Widget child;

@override

Widget build(BuildContext context) {

return AnimatedBuilder(

animation: progress,

builder: (context, child) {

final offset = Offset.fromDirection(

directionInDegrees * (math.pi / 180.0),

progress.value * maxDistance,

);

return Positioned(

right: 4.0 + offset.dx,

bottom: 4.0 + offset.dy,

child: Transform.rotate(

angle: (1.0 - progress.value) * math.pi / 2,

child: child!,

);

child: FadeTransition(

opacity: progress,

child: child,

);

}

Just copy the above code and paste it into your expandable FAB class.

#Output

The code implementation part has been done. Now we will see the output in the below-attached video.

Congratulations!!!! you have learned how to implement the Expandable Floating Action Button in Flutter.

For more details and methods you can refer to the official doc of flutter here.

For more interesting blogs check out here – https://mobikul.com/blog/

Hope this blog helped you with a better understanding of the implementation of Expandable FAB in flutter.

Thanks for reading.😇

Vandana Sharma

24 Jan, 2024
Updated by - Vandana Sharma
1 May, 2023
Updated by - Vandana Sharma

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Expandable Floating Action Button in Flutter

#MainFunction

#ExpandableFabClass

#Output

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