How to switch between views in the Flutter SfCalendar?

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In Flutter Event Calendar, you can navigate between the calendar views using the view property of the SfCalendar widget. This article demonstrates how to switch between event calendar views using the allowedViews property.

STEP 1: Initialize the default values.

  final CalendarController _controller = CalendarController();
  Color? _headerColor, _viewHeaderColor, _calendarColor;

STEP 2: Place the Event Calendar in the Scaffold body.

body:  SfCalendar(
  view: CalendarView.week,
  allowedViews: [
    CalendarView.day,
    CalendarView.week,
    CalendarView.workWeek,
    CalendarView.month,
    CalendarView.timelineDay,
    CalendarView.timelineWeek,
    CalendarView.timelineWorkWeek
  ],
  viewHeaderStyle:
  ViewHeaderStyle(backgroundColor: viewHeaderColor),
  backgroundColor: calendarColor,
  controller: _controller,
  initialDisplayDate: DateTime.now(),
  dataSource: getCalendarDataSource(),
  onTap: calendarTapped,
  monthViewSettings: MonthViewSettings(
      navigationDirection: MonthNavigationDirection.vertical),
),

Note: addPostFrameCallback will be called after the widget's build() method is completed.

STEP 3: Using the OnTap event, you will get the targetElement (details about the tapped element). With this information, you can navigate to different calendar views based on the selected date.

void calendarTapped(CalendarTapDetails calendarTapDetails) {  if (_controller.view == CalendarView.month &&      calendarTapDetails.targetElement == CalendarElement.calendarCell) {    _controller.view = CalendarView.day;  } else if ((_controller.view == CalendarView.week ||          _controller.view == CalendarView.workWeek) &&      calendarTapDetails.targetElement == CalendarElement.viewHeader) {    _controller.view = CalendarView.day;  }}

View the GitHub sample here

Flutter Calendar view switch

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to switch between views in the Flutter SfCalendar.

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