Log In Flow Boiler Plate

This section is all about learning how to use the InheritedWidget for state management.

Eventually, we want this to happen:

• App launches and shows loading spinner.
• App checks local state and storage for an existing Firebase User.
• If there is a user, login in the background and route to the home screen.
• If not, route to the log in screen, and let user log in.This is actually the exact thing you'll learn in the Redux + Firebase Section. The difference is that here we're using the InheritedWidget as our central storage, ratherthan a Redux store. This is more 'vanilla Flutter'.

Auth Section Boiler Plate

To get the functionality described above, there's a couple things you'll need(before you implement hard logic).

First, some dumb old pages and routing. From the blank app, make these changes:

1. Create a new file in the lib alongside main called app.dart.

lib/
  |-app.dart
  |-main.dart

In that file, copy and paste this. There's nothing fancy here. For now, this'll just be where you keep some appinformation, like theme data and routes.

import 'package:advanced_app/screens/auth_screen.dart';
import 'package:advanced_app/screens/home_screen.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
class AppRootWidget extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  AppRootWidgetState createState() => new AppRootWidgetState();
}
class AppRootWidgetState extends State<AppRootWidget> {
  ThemeData get _themeData => new ThemeData(
        primaryColor: Colors.cyan,
        accentColor: Colors.indigo,
        scaffoldBackgroundColor: Colors.grey[300],
      );
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new MaterialApp(
      title: 'Inherited',
      theme: _themeData,
      routes: {
        '/': (BuildContext context) => new HomeScreen(),
        '/auth': (BuildContext context) => new AuthScreen(),
      },
    );
  }
}

2. Update Main File

In main.dart, erase everything and add this:

// main.dart
import 'package:advanced_app/app.dart';
import 'package:advanced_app/app_state_container.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main()  {
  runApp(new AppRootWidget());
}

3. Add HomeScreen

Add a new directory called screens in lib, and a file called home-screen.dart

lib/
  |-screens/
    |-home_screen.dart
  |-app.dart
  |-main.dart

Just another basic widget in that file (for now):

class HomeScreen extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  HomeScreenState createState() => new HomeScreenState();
}
class HomeScreenState extends State<HomeScreen> {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new Scaffold(
      appBar: new AppBar(
        title: new Text('Suite'),
      ),
      body: new Center(
        child: new Text(appState.user.displayName),
      ),
    );
  }
}

4. Add AuthScreen

Add a file called auth_screen.dart along side the home_screen.

lib/
  |-screens/
    |-home_screen.dart
    |-auth_screen.dart
  |-app.dart
  |-main.dart

Just another basic widget in that file (for now).

Notice that the onPressed callback for the RaisedButton simple prints right now. No logic to be had.

// screens/auth_screen.dart
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
class AuthScreen extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  AuthScreenState createState() {
    return new AuthScreenState();
  }
}
class AuthScreenState extends State<AuthScreen> {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    var width = MediaQuery.of(context).size.width;
    return new Container(
      width: width,
      child: new Column(
        mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
        crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
        children: <Widget>[
          new RaisedButton(
            onPressed: () => print('Log in!'),
            color: Colors.white,
            child: new Container(
              width: 230.0,
              height: 50.0,
              alignment: Alignment.center,
              child: new Row(
                mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
                children: [
                  new Padding(
                    padding: const EdgeInsets.only(right: 20.0),
                    child: new Image.network(
                      'http://diylogodesigns.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/google-logo-icon-PNG-Transparent-Background.png',
                      width: 30.0,
                    ),
                  ),
                  new Text(
                    'Sign in With Google',
                    textAlign: TextAlign.center,
                    style: new TextStyle(
                      fontSize: 16.0,
                    ),
                  ),
                ],
              ),
            ),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }
}

If you launch right now, it works, but it does nothing.

That's it for the app boiler plate!