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How to load appointments On-Demand in Flutter Calendar?

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In the Flutter Event Calendar, load the appointments in on-demand by using the handleLoadMore  method and customize the loading indicator by using the loadMoreWidgetBuilder.

In initState(), set the default values  for the calendar.

List<String> _subjectCollection = <String>[];
List<Color> _colorCollection = <Color>[];
MeetingDataSource _events = MeetingDataSource(<_Meeting>[]);
 
@override
void initState() {
  _addAppointment();
  super.initState();
}

The loadMoreWidgetBuilder to customizes the load more indicator.

Widget loadMoreWidget(
    BuildContext context, LoadMoreCallback loadMoreAppointments) {
  return FutureBuilder<void>(
    initialData: 'loading',
    future: loadMoreAppointments(),
    builder: (context, snapShot) {
      return Container(
          alignment: Alignment.center, child: CircularProgressIndicator());
    },
  );
}

Define the Flutter calendar with the loadMoreWidgetBuilder.

  child: SfCalendar(
  view: CalendarView.day,
  allowedViews: [
    CalendarView.day,
    CalendarView.week,
    CalendarView.workWeek,
    CalendarView.month,
    CalendarView.timelineDay,
    CalendarView.timelineWeek,
    CalendarView.timelineWorkWeek,
    CalendarView.timelineMonth,
    CalendarView.schedule,
  ],
  dataSource: _events,
  loadMoreWidgetBuilder: loadMoreWidget,
)

Override the handleLoadMore method to populate the appointments in on-demand.

 
class MeetingDataSource extends CalendarDataSource {
  MeetingDataSource(this.source);
 
  List<_Meeting> source;
 
  @override
  List<dynamic> get appointments => source;
 
  @override
  DateTime getStartTime(int index) {
    return source[index].from;
  }
 
  @override
  DateTime getEndTime(int index) {
    return source[index].to;
  }
 
  @override
  bool isAllDay(int index) {
    return source[index].isAllDay;
  }
 
  @override
  String getSubject(int index) {
    return source[index].eventName;
  }
 
  @override
  Color getColor(int index) {
    return source[index].background;
  }
 
  @override
  Future<void> handleLoadMore(DateTime startDate, DateTime endDate) async {
    await Future<void>.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1));
    List<_Meeting> meetings = <_Meeting>[];
    DateTime date = DateTime(startDate.year, startDate.month, startDate.day);
    DateTime appEndDate =
        DateTime(endDate.year, endDate.month, endDate.day, 23, 59, 59);
    while (date.isBefore(appEndDate)) {
      final List<_Meeting>? data = _dataCollection[date];
      if (data == null) {
        date = date.add(const Duration(days: 1));
        continue;
      }
 
      for (final _Meeting meeting in data) {
        if (appointments.contains(meeting)) {
          continue;
        }
 
        meetings.add(meeting);
      }
      date = date.add(const Duration(days: 1));
    }
 
    appointments.addAll(meetings);
    notifyListeners(CalendarDataSourceAction.add, meetings);;
  }
}

View sample in GitHub

Flutter Calendar loadMoreWidget

 

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to load appointments On-Demand in Flutter Calendar.

You can refer to our Flutter Calendar feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations and documentation, and how to quickly get started for configuration specifications. You can also explore our  Flutter Calendar example to understand how to create and manipulate data.

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