Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text used in many programming applications, while placeholder is shown before rendering a widget in order to keep space. Following are the best Flutter packages which can generate lorem ispum text and set placeholder.
Lorem Ispum Packages
faker
Faker is a popular fake data generator plugin which has many implementations in different language. This is a Dart port.
var faker = new Faker(); faker.internet.email(); faker.internet.ipv6Address(); faker.internet.userName(); faker.person.prefix(); faker.person.name(); faker.lorem.sentence();
lipsum
This is a lorem ipsum text generator which is based off of Andres Araujo’s lorem-dart plugin.
Placeholder Packages
flutter_placeholder_textlines
This package can create placeholder lines that emulates text in a widget. It is useful to display remote data widgets, while waiting for them to complete loading.
PlaceholderLines(
count: 3,
animate: true,
color: Colors.grey,
)
flutter_blurhash
This shows a compact representation of a placeholder for an image. The image is encoded into a blurry image under 30 characters for instant display.
class BlurHashApp extends StatelessWidget {
const BlurHashApp({Key key}) : super(key: key);
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
home: Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(title: Text("BlurHash")),
body: SizedBox.expand(
child: Center(
child: AspectRatio(
aspectRatio: 1.6,
child: BlurHash(hash: "D5H2DC-PM+pV12g-m.wH2c712POv"),
),
),
),
),
);
}
}