Flutter Curved Navigation

Curved Navigation Bar library is another simple and useful library in the category of the bottom navigation bar. You can easily make some smooth animations while changing the tabs.

curved_navigation_bar

pub package

A Flutter package for easy implementation of curved navigation bar.

Add dependency

dependencies:
  curved_navigation_bar: ^0.3.4 #latest version

Easy to use

Scaffold(
  bottomNavigationBar: CurvedNavigationBar(
    backgroundColor: Colors.blueAccent,
    items: <Widget>[
      Icon(Icons.add, size: 30),
      Icon(Icons.list, size: 30),
      Icon(Icons.compare_arrows, size: 30),
    ],
    onTap: (index) {
      //Handle button tap
    },
  ),
  body: Container(color: Colors.blueAccent),
)

Attributes

items: List of Widgets
index: index of NavigationBar, can be used to change current index or to set initial index
color: Color of NavigationBar, default Colors.white
buttonBackgroundColor: background color of floating button, default same as color attribute
backgroundColor: Color of NavigationBar’s background, default Colors.blueAccent
onTap: Function handling taps on items
animationCurve: Curves interpolating button change animation, default Curves.easeOutCubic
animationDuration: Duration of button change animation, default Duration(milliseconds: 600)
height: Height of NavigationBar, min 0.0, max 75.0

Change page programmatically

  //State class
  int _page = 0;
  GlobalKey _bottomNavigationKey = GlobalKey();

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
        bottomNavigationBar: CurvedNavigationBar(
          key: _bottomNavigationKey,
          items: <Widget>[
            Icon(Icons.add, size: 30),
            Icon(Icons.list, size: 30),
            Icon(Icons.compare_arrows, size: 30),
          ],
          onTap: (index) {
            setState(() {
              _page = index;
            });
          },
        ),
        body: Container(
          color: Colors.blueAccent,
          child: Center(
            child: Column(
              children: <Widget>[
                Text(_page.toString(), textScaleFactor: 10.0),
                RaisedButton(
                  child: Text('Go To Page of index 1'),
                  onPressed: () {
                    //Page change using state does the same as clicking index 1 navigation button
                    final CurvedNavigationBarState navBarState =
                        _bottomNavigationKey.currentState;
                    navBarState.setPage(1);
                  },
                )
              ],
            ),
          ),
        ));
  }