What is a toast message in an android application? It is just a message that is displayed on the top of the screen for a short time. This is the simplest meaning of the toast message and in a flutter, the toast message has the no different meaning it is the same as I described above.
And what is a Snackbar in flutter? It is also a way to communicate with the user or display a message to the user but with the snackbar your user can interact with the app by doing certain things. Snackbar can be used in areas where simple external information is required with options to use. For example: In the GMail application, when you delete a message, a quick snackbar with the option message ‘Deleted’ and ‘Restore’ displays on the top of the mobile screen. After clicking the ‘Restore’ button, the deleted information will be restored.
You can compare Toast vs Snackbar in android development with using java but in flutter showing a snackbar and showing a toast message are the same thing although there is a package in flutter especially for displaying the toast message on the screen just like the toast message from java. And you can use this package to display a toast message.
Use this plugin
Fluttertoast.showToast(
msg: “This is a Toast message”, // message
toastLength: Toast.LENGTH_SHORT, // length
gravity: ToastGravity.CENTER, // location
timeInSecForIos: 1 // duration
);
For displaying a snackbar in flutter you don’t need any extra package. Flutter comes with a pre-define snackbar property in scaffold widget of the app.
ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(
SnackBar(
content: Text(“Sending Message”),
)
);
if you use the flutter toast package then here is a little comparison between toast and snackbar. In my opinion, if your goal is to show warnings or information that requires user interaction/confirmation, then you should use a snackbar. If it’s just information that doesn’t require user authentication, you can use a toast message.
#TOAST
You can not dismiss by swiping
Widget not required (Can show in the android home or above other apps)
It can not handle user input
Best to show info messages to the user
#Snackbar
It can be dismissed by swiping
It can only be displayed inside the app widget or activity
It can easily handle user input
Good for showing warning/info type messages to the user that needs attention
You can use whatever you want to show the message but in my opinion, I would rather use snackbar for displaying the message because it gives the ability to interact with the user, and by using snackbar we can do lots of stuff that can not be done using flutter toast.
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