Initial values showing issue

[yuri4031]

Hi so I'm using this array as my datasource
[{"id":2,"name":"Carpet Furniture Wash"}]
and using
textField: 'name',
valueField: 'id',

if my initialvalues are empty the dialog is working fine and selected values are shown on ok click

but if i set my intialvalues just like the above data source
then I'm getting error on these lines

if (state.value != null) {
state.value.forEach((item) {
var existingItem = dataSource.singleWhere((itm) => itm[valueField] == item, orElse: () => null);
selectedOptions.add(Chip(
label: Text(existingItem[textField], overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis),
));
});
}

the bold line has an issue where we are comparing a field with object, which i think should be compared with valueField of datasource item.

Can you please look into it?
Here's my stacktrace:

══╡ EXCEPTION CAUGHT BY WIDGETS LIBRARY ╞═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
2020-08-27 00:38:39.899 10319-10414/com.yallah.arbi I/flutter: The following NoSuchMethodError was thrown building MultiSelectFormField(dirty, dependencies:
2020-08-27 00:38:39.899 10319-10414/com.yallah.arbi I/flutter: [_FormScope], state: FormFieldState#a128f):
2020-08-27 00:38:39.899 10319-10414/com.yallah.arbi I/flutter: The method '[]' was called on null.
2020-08-27 00:38:39.899 10319-10414/com.yallah.arbi I/flutter: Receiver: null
2020-08-27 00:38:39.899 10319-10414/com.yallah.arbi I/flutter: Tried calling:
2020-08-27 00:38:39.900 10319-10414/com.yallah.arbi I/flutter: The relevant error-causing widget was:
2020-08-27 00:38:39.900 10319-10414/com.yallah.arbi I/flutter: MultiSelectFormField
2020-08-27 00:38:39.900 10319-10414/com.yallah.arbi I/flutter: file:///Volumes/Stuff/Dev/Mine/Flutter/yalla/lib/ui/provider/provider_profile.dart:415:12
2020-08-27 00:38:39.900 10319-10414/com.yallah.arbi I/flutter: When the exception was thrown, this was the stack:
2020-08-27 00:38:39.900 10319-10414/com.yallah.arbi I/flutter: #0 Object.noSuchMethod (dart:core-patch/object_patch.dart:51:5)
2020-08-27 00:38:39.900 10319-10414/com.yallah.arbi I/flutter: #1 new MultiSelectFormField.._buildSelectedOptions. (package:multiselect_formfield/multiselect_formfield.dart:58:45)
2020-08-27 00:38:39.900 10319-10414/com.yallah.arbi I/flutter: #2 List.forEach (dart:core-patch/growable_array.dart:289:8)
2020-08-27 00:38:39.900 10319-10414/com.yallah.arbi I/flutter: #3 new MultiSelectFormField.._buildSelectedOptions (package:multiselect_formfield/multiselect_formfield.dart:55:29)
2020-08-27 00:38:39.900 10319-10414/com.yallah.arbi I/flutter: #4 new MultiSelectFormField. (package:multiselect_formfield/multiselect_formfield.dart:140:60)
2020-08-27 00:38:39.900 10319-10414/com.yallah.arbi I/flutter: #5 FormFieldState.build (package:flutter/src/widgets/form.dart:439:26)

[colby2]

Having the same issue, no solution so far.

[david-kalbermatten]

if (state.value != null) {
  state.value.forEach((item) {
    var existingItem = dataSource.singleWhere((itm) => itm[valueField] == item, orElse: () => null);
    selectedOptions.add(Chip(
      label: Text(existingItem[textField], overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis),
    ));
  });
}

1. Please use correctly formated code blocks when opening issues
2. Your code snipped shows nothing about what kind of data you recieve from dataSource.singleWhere()
3. This seems to be a user error, as I have no issues setting initial values

Example

return MultiSelectFormField(
  title: Text('Barcode Formats'),
  dataSource: BarcodeFormat.values.map((barcodeFormat) {
    return {'display': barcodeFormat.name, 'value': barcodeFormat.value};
  }).toList(),
  textField: 'display',
  valueField: 'value',
  initialValue: List<String>.from(snapshot.data),
  onSaved: (values) => persistBarcodeSettings(values: values),
);

If both your valueField and textField are of the type String you have to provide a List<String> for initialValue.

So in your case @yuri4031, you have to provide a List<int> for initalValue

[vishalpatelbacancy]

@DavidCorrado thanks man

[david-kalbermatten]

@DavidCorrado thanks man

@vishalpatelbacancy Poor DavidCorrado will be very confused why it is you thanked him xD

[vishalpatelbacancy]

@DavidCorrado thanks man

@vishalpatelbacancy Poor DavidCorrado will be very confused why it is you thanked him xD

Sorry my bad, @david-kalbermatten thanks man :-)

[redbayoub]

I've had a similar problem and the my problem was intialValue comes after a future which is after building the widget
so my solution is you force rebuilding the widget using a key but the widget doesn't have key property so i use KeyedSubtree Widget

 UniqueKey specialtiesSelectorKey=UniqueKey();

// after resolving the future use 
setState(() {
        specialtiesSelectorKey=UniqueKey();
});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
 return KeyedSubtree(
                            key: specialtiesSelectorKey,
                            child:  MultiSelectFormField(
                            autovalidate: false,
                            chipBackGroundColor: CustomColors.primaryColor,
                            chipLabelStyle:
                            TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.bold),
                            dialogTextStyle: ..... );
}

and you must ensure that intialValue is list of the same type as valueField in dataSource as stated by @david-kalbermatten

if (state.value != null) {
  state.value.forEach((item) {
    var existingItem = dataSource.singleWhere((itm) => itm[valueField] == item, orElse: () => null);
    selectedOptions.add(Chip(
      label: Text(existingItem[textField], overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis),
    ));
  });
}

1. Please use correctly formated code blocks when opening issues
2. Your code snipped shows nothing about what kind of data you recieve from dataSource.singleWhere()
3. This seems to be a user error, as I have no issues setting initial values

Example

return MultiSelectFormField(
  title: Text('Barcode Formats'),
  dataSource: BarcodeFormat.values.map((barcodeFormat) {
    return {'display': barcodeFormat.name, 'value': barcodeFormat.value};
  }).toList(),
  textField: 'display',
  valueField: 'value',
  initialValue: List<String>.from(snapshot.data),
  onSaved: (values) => persistBarcodeSettings(values: values),
);

If both your valueField and textField are of the type String you have to provide a List<String> for initialValue.

So in your case @yuri4031, you have to provide a List<int> for initalValue

I encourage the maintainers to add key property to the widget

[Rouvo]

@redbayoub thanks mate, KeyedSubtree did the magic for me

[vishalpatelbacancy]

happy to hear that man. happy coding.

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