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Abir Ahsan
Abir Ahsan

Reputation: 3049

Flutter: Failed assertion: boolean expression must not be null

In flutter, I call a value from Firestore cloud database by using future and try to assigning this value to a variable.

Here is my code:

import 'package:cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
class Gyanpothro extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _GyanpothroState createState() => _GyanpothroState();
}

class _GyanpothroState extends State<Gyanpothro> {
  Firestore db = Firestore.instance;
  Future databaseFuture;
  @override
  void initState() {
    databaseFuture = db.collection('notice').document('0').get();
    super.initState();
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return FutureBuilder(
        future: databaseFuture,
        builder: (context, snapshot) {
          if (!snapshot.data) {
            return Column(
              mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
              children: <Widget>[
                LinearProgressIndicator(
                  backgroundColor: Colors.amber,
                ),
                Text("Loading"),
              ],
            );
          }
          var _notice = snapshot.data.data['notice'];
          var _heading = snapshot.data.data['heading'];
          print(_notice);

          return Text(_notice);
        });
  }
}

But I get a error for using future builder - Another exception was thrown: Failed assertion: boolean expression must not be null

Where is the problem. And How can I fix this ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1508

Answers (1)

Sisir
Sisir

Reputation: 5388

The problem is in the FutureBuilder code. To check if the data has arrived, you are checking the wrong flag. Check snapshot.hasData instead of snapshot.data

    @override
      Widget build(BuildContext context) {
        return FutureBuilder(
            future: databaseFuture,
            builder: (context, snapshot) {
              if (snapshot.hasData) {
                // Data is avialable. call snapshot.data 
              }
              else if(snapshot.hasError){     
                 // Do error handling
              }
              else {
                // Still Loading. Show progressbar
              }
            });
      }

Upvotes: 3

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