I love Material icons. I really do. But, somehow, I suddenly felt tired of them. So I took a look around and found a wonderful set of icons by Icons8. And best of all... for free! (See the Good Boy Licence).
Yeah, what a wonderful world and so on, but, writing down all those nasty codes into Dart constants? No way!
And FlutterIcon just came out of the blue! It made all the dirty work for me.
I started to use this library in my projects, and they really seemed nice. So I asked to myself: why not publishing it for others to enjoy? After all, in all this process, I was indeed assisted by many people who decided not keeping the icons for themselves and helping others with a piece of software they had no need to share with me or anyone else.
So, thank you Icons8 and FlutterIcon!
(And, sure, why not: thank you Microsoft Excel! xD)
Here we are. Starting at version 2.0.0, LineIcons will be null-safe, as suggested by the Dart team.
Just in case you might be interested: Null-safety.
2.12.0
)const icon = const LineIcon.tablet();
vs final icon = LineIcon.tablet()
)values
property is provided in LineIcons class to access IconData
as a map. I.e., Icon(LineIcons.values['code'])
. byName
getter is also available to access the IconData
related to the icon name passed as parameter. I.e., Icon(LineIcons.byName('desktop'))
.LineIcon
(singular) class is provided along LineIcons
(plural), so you can spare some code using LineIcon.tablet()
instead of Icon(LineIcons.tablet)
.LineIcon
constructor parameters are the same as Icon
's, so you may customize a LineIcon
instance the same way. I.e., Icon(LineIcons.px500, color: Colors.red)
is equivalent to LineIcon.px500(color: Colors.red)
(or Icon(LineIcons.values['px500'], color: Colors.red)
).In a few cases, names don't exactly match those in Icons8; i.e., 500px
became px500
instead. Icons should be easily recognized, anyway.
Please, be aware: version 2.0.0 and above will be null-safe
The font (v1.3.0)
From the font to the class
From the class to the package
Imagine a cross-over: Windows10 style and Awesome inspiration. Well, stop dreaming! You got plenty of beautiful icons to choose from for your Android app (not tested in iOS yet, sorry). I'd rather like this set over Material, and I find much easier to find the icon I'm looking for in Icons8 than in the Material Icons page.
Installing
Include line_icons
in your pubspec.yaml
file:
dependencies:
flutter:
sdk: flutter
line_icons: ^2.0.2
If your IDE doesn't do it automatically, type:
flutter packages get
Using
Import the package in your Flutter file and use Icon
to get the actual icon widget:
import 'package:line_icons/line_icons.dart';
...
Icon _icon = Icon(LineIcons.code);
...
Or choose a suitable constructor:
import 'package:line_icons/line_icon.dart';
...
const Icon _icon = const LineIcon.code();
...
Or go the ugly way ;P:
import 'package:line_icons/line_icons.dart';
...
Icon _icon = Icon(LineIcons.values['code']);
...
Or even a fancy nasty way:
import 'package:line_icons/line_icons.dart';
...
Icon _icon = Icon(LineIcons.byName('code'));
...
Sample
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:line_icons/line_icon.dart';
import 'package:line_icons/line_icons.dart';
void main() => runApp(MyApp());
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
theme: ThemeData(
primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
useMaterial3: true,
),
home: MyHomePage(title: 'Line Icons Demo Home Page'),
);
}
}
class MyHomePage extends StatelessWidget {
MyHomePage({
required this.title,
});
final String title;
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text(title),
),
body: Center(
child: Column(
mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
children: [
Text(
'Awesome Line Icons are great!',
style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.headlineMedium,
),
Text(
'Version 2.0.2 constructors are const now!',
style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.headlineSmall,
),
SizedBox(
height: 48.0,
),
// Using LineIcon (no 's') for concision. It returns an Icon object
const LineIcon.tablet(
size: 48.0,
color: Colors.red,
),
Text(
'const LineIcon.tablet(size: 48.0, color: Colors.red,)',
),
SizedBox(
height: 24.0,
),
// Using LineIcons the standard way: injecting the IconData into the Icon object
const Icon(
LineIcons.desktop,
size: 48.0,
color: Colors.blue,
),
Text(
'const Icon(LineIcons.desktop, size: 48.0, color: Colors.blue,)',
),
SizedBox(
height: 24.0,
),
// Using LineIcons the nasty way: passing the IconData via the values map
Icon(
LineIcons.values['mobilePhone'],
size: 48.0,
color: Colors.amber,
),
Text(
'Icon(LineIcons.values[\'mobilePhone\'], size: 48.0, color: Colors.amber,)',
),
],
),
),
);
}
}
If you're interested on the code (feel free to modify it anyway you want), you can find it here: https://github.com/galonsos/line_icons