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How to add custom header and view header in the Flutter Calendar

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In the Flutter Event Calendar, you can customize the header and view header and it can be achieved by hiding headers and placing Container, Row, and Column widgets of the flutter.

STEP 1: Set the `HeaderHeight` and `ViewHeaderHeight` properties to `0` to hide the default headers. Please find the following image for the calendar without headers.

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  Expanded(
    child: SfCalendar(
      view: CalendarView.week,
      headerHeight: 0,
      viewHeaderHeight: 0,
    ),
  );
}

 

 

without headers

 

 

STEP 2: Add Container widget as a children for the header customization.

Container(
  color: Color(0xFF381460),
  width: width,
  height: 40,
  child: Text(_headerText!,
      textAlign: TextAlign.center,
      style: TextStyle(fontSize: 25, color: Colors.white)),
),

STEP 3: Add another Row widget as children for the `view header` customization of day.

Row(
  children: <Widget>[
    Container(
      color: Color(0xFFa278b5),
      width: cellWidth,
      child: Text(''),
    ),
    Container(
        color: Color(0xFFa278b5),
        width: cellWidth,
        child: Text(_viewHeaderText!, textAlign: TextAlign.center,
            style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white))),
    Container(
      color: Color(0xFFa278b5),
      width: cellWidth,
      child: Text(_viewHeaderText1!, textAlign: TextAlign.center, style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white)),
    ),
    Container(
      color: Color(0xFFa278b5),
      width: cellWidth,
      child: Text(_viewHeaderText2!, textAlign: TextAlign.center, style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white)),
    ),
    Container(
      color: Color(0xFFa278b5),
      width: cellWidth,
      child: Text(_viewHeaderText3!, textAlign: TextAlign.center, style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white)),
    ),
    Container(
      color: Color(0xFFa278b5),
      width: cellWidth,
      child: Text(_viewHeaderText4!, textAlign: TextAlign.center, style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white)),
    ),
    Container(
      color: Color(0xFFa278b5),
      width: cellWidth,
      child: Text(_viewHeaderText5!, textAlign: TextAlign.center,style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white)),
    ),
    Container(
      color: Color(0xFFa278b5),
      width: cellWidth,
      child: Text(_viewHeaderText6!, textAlign: TextAlign.center,style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white)),
    ),
  ],
),

STEP 4: Add Row widget as children for the view header customization of date.

Row(
  children: <Widget>[
    Container(
      color: Color(0xFFf6c3e5),
      width: cellWidth,
      height: 30,
      child: Text(""),
    ),
    Container(
      color: Color(0xFFf6c3e5),
      width: cellWidth,
      height: 30,
      child: Text(
        _dateText!,
        textAlign: TextAlign.center,
        style: TextStyle(fontSize: 25),
      ),
    ),
    Container(
      color: Color(0xFFf6c3e5),
      width: cellWidth,
      height: 30,
      child: Text(
        _dateText1!,
        textAlign: TextAlign.center,
        style: TextStyle(fontSize: 25),
      ),
    ),
    Container(
      color: Color(0xFFf6c3e5),
      width: cellWidth,
      height: 30,
      child: Text(
        _dateText2!,
        textAlign: TextAlign.center,
        style: TextStyle(fontSize: 25),
      ),
    ),
    Container(
      color: Color(0xFFf6c3e5),
      width: cellWidth,
      height: 30,
      child: Text(
        _dateText3!,
        textAlign: TextAlign.center,
        style: TextStyle(fontSize: 25),
      ),
    ),
    Container(
      color: Color(0xFFf6c3e5),
      width: cellWidth,
      height: 30,
      child: Text(
        _dateText4!,
        textAlign: TextAlign.center,
        style: TextStyle(fontSize: 25),
      ),
    ),
    Container(
      color: Color(0xFFf6c3e5),
      width: cellWidth,
      height: 30,
      child: Text(_dateText5!,
          textAlign: TextAlign.center,
          style: TextStyle(fontSize: 25)),
    ),
    Container(
      color: Color(0xFFf6c3e5),
      width: cellWidth,
      height: 30,
      child: Text(_dateText6!,
          textAlign: TextAlign.center,
          style: TextStyle(fontSize: 25)),
    ),
  ],
),

STEP 5: Then, add Expanded widget as children and place the calendar inside the Widget. Using the `OnViewChanged` event get the visible dates and using this you can assign the date values to the headers and view headers. 

Expanded(
    child: SfCalendar(
      headerHeight: 0,
      viewHeaderHeight: 0,
      controller: _controller,
      view: CalendarView.week,
      onViewChanged: (ViewChangedDetails viewChangedDetails) {
        if (_controller.view == CalendarView.week) {
          _headerText = DateFormat('MMMM yyyy')
              .format(viewChangedDetails
              .visibleDates[viewChangedDetails.visibleDates.length ~/ 2])
              .toString();
          _viewHeaderText = DateFormat('EEE')
              .format(viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[0])
              .toString();
          _viewHeaderText1 = DateFormat('EEE')
              .format(viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[1])
              .toString();
          _viewHeaderText2 = DateFormat('EEE')
              .format(viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[2])
              .toString();
          _viewHeaderText3 = DateFormat('EEE')
              .format(viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[3])
              .toString();
          _viewHeaderText4 = DateFormat('EEE')
              .format(viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[4])
              .toString();
          _viewHeaderText5 = DateFormat('EEE')
              .format(viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[5])
              .toString();
          _viewHeaderText6 = DateFormat('EEE')
              .format(viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[6])
              .toString();
          _dateText = DateFormat('dd')
              .format(viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[0])
              .toString();
          _dateText1 = DateFormat('dd')
              .format(viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[1])
              .toString();
          _dateText2 = DateFormat('dd')
              .format(viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[2])
              .toString();
          _dateText3 = DateFormat('dd')
              .format(viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[3])
              .toString();
          _dateText4 = DateFormat('dd')
              .format(viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[4])
              .toString();
          _dateText5 = DateFormat('dd')
              .format(viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[5])
              .toString();
          _dateText6 = DateFormat('dd')
              .format(viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[6])
              .toString();
        }
        if (viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[viewChangedDetails.visibleDates.length~/2].day % 2 == 0) {
          icon1 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_cloudy,
            color: Colors.grey,
          );
          icon2 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_sunny,
            color: Colors.amber,
          );
          icon3 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_incandescent,
            color: Color(0xFF0ba0000),
          );
          icon4 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_auto,
            color: Colors.orange,
          );
          icon5 = Icon(Icons.wb_iridescent, color: Color(0xFF0253e35));
          icon6 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_sunny,
            color: Colors.amber,
          );
          icon7 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_incandescent,
            color: Color(0xFF0ba0000),
          );
        } else if (viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[viewChangedDetails.visibleDates.length~/2].day % 5 == 0) {
          icon1 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_sunny,
            color: Colors.amber,
          );
          icon2 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_cloudy,
            color: Colors.grey,
          );
          icon3 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_sunny,
            color: Colors.amber,
          );
          icon4 = Icon(Icons.wb_iridescent, color: Color(0xFF0253e35));
          icon5 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_incandescent,
            color: Color(0xFF0ba0000),
          );
          icon6 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_auto,
            color: Colors.orange,
          );
          icon7 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_cloudy,
            color: Colors.grey,
          );
        } else if (viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[viewChangedDetails.visibleDates.length~/2].day % 4 == 0) {
          icon1 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_cloudy,
            color: Colors.grey,
          );
          icon2 = Icon(Icons.wb_incandescent);
          icon3 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_auto,
            color: Colors.orange,
          );
          icon4 = Icon(Icons.wb_iridescent, color: Color(0xFF0253e35));
          icon5 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_sunny,
            color: Colors.yellow,
          );
          icon6 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_cloudy,
            color: Colors.grey,
          );
          icon7 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_sunny,
            color: Colors.yellow,
          );
        } else if (viewChangedDetails.visibleDates[viewChangedDetails.visibleDates.length~/2].day % 3 == 0) {
          icon1 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_sunny,
            color: Colors.yellow,
          );
          icon2 = Icon(Icons.wb_iridescent, color: Color(0xFF0253e35));
          icon3 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_incandescent,
            color: Color(0xFF0ba0000),
          );
          icon4 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_sunny,
            color: Colors.amber,
          );
          icon5 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_auto,
            color: Colors.orange,
          );
          icon6 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_auto,
            color: Colors.orange,
          );
          icon7 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_cloudy,
            color: Colors.grey,
          );
        } else {
          icon1 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_sunny,
            color: Colors.amber,
          );
          icon2 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_iridescent,
            color: Color(0xFF0253e35),
          );
          icon3 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_sunny,
            color: Colors.amber,
          );
          icon4 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_cloudy,
            color: Colors.grey,
          );
          icon5 = Icon(Icons.wb_iridescent, color: Color(0xFF0253e35));
          icon6 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_incandescent,
            color: Color(0xFF0ba0000),
          );
          icon7 = Icon(
            Icons.wb_auto,
            color: Colors.orange,
          );
        }
        SchedulerBinding.instance!.addPostFrameCallback((duration) {
          setState(() {});
        });
      },
    )
),

 

Note:

addPostFrameCallback will be called after the widget build() is completed.

View sample in GitHub

 

Flutter calendar custom headers

 

 

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