v3.2.0 — bug fixes, new API, CI/CD (#132)

* test: rewrite and expand test suite

- Rewrite content_change tests: replace illegal state.didUpdateWidget()
  calls with proper TestWidgetScreen+setState so the framework drives
  the lifecycle naturally
- Fix duplicate test name in show_hide tests (shadowed the second case)
- Remove unnecessary async from all synchronous unit tests
- Add 15 new test cases: standalone badge rendering/onTap/ignorePointer,
  showBadge:false initial state, BadgePosition factory defaults, Icon
  content change animation, non-Text/Icon limitation documentation, and
  issue #114 regression (skip:true — confirms early-return bug in
  didUpdateWidget loop branch)
- Note in PLAN.md: always use GestureDetector (not ElevatedButton) when
  triggering setState in animation tests to avoid ripple pollution

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: upgrade flutter_lints to ^6.0.0, fix resulting lint warnings

- Bump flutter_lints ^2.0.1 → ^6.0.0 in main package
- Update flutter SDK lower bound from ">=0.2.5" → ">=3.10.0" to match
  the Dart >=3.0.0 constraint (Dart 3.0 shipped with Flutter 3.10)
- Example app: replace discontinued pedantic ^1.11.1 with flutter_lints
  ^6.0.0, remove unused integration_test dep, bump cupertino_icons to
  ^1.0.8, add flutter SDK lower bound
- Fix 3 use_super_parameters lint warnings in Badge, BadgePositioned,
  and TestWidgetScreen constructors

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: mark Phase 1 complete in PLAN.md

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: v3.2.0 — bug fixes, new API, and code quality improvements

Bug fixes:
- #114: showBadge ignored when loop animation active (didUpdateWidget restructured)
- #130: showBadge slow to hide with animation (stop() before reverse())
- #98: border anti-aliasing artifact (border moved into BoxDecoration strokeAlignInside)
- #115: animation not re-triggered for custom content (key-based detection)

New API:
- BadgeStyle.copyWith() covering all 8 fields
- BadgePosition.centerStart() and .centerEnd() named constructors
- BadgeState.animationController and .appearanceController public getters

Code quality:
- _BadgeVisual extracted as StatelessWidget (PR #120, reduces rebuilds)
- ConstrainedBox + IntrinsicWidth for proportional small badges (PR #111)
- BadgeGradient.gradient() asserts document constructor invariants
- Example app: 16 lint warnings resolved, pedantic replaced with flutter_lints
- README: corrected GIF height, added hide Badge import option

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* ci: add GitHub Actions for CI and pub.dev publishing

- ci.yml: runs on every PR and push to master (analyze, format check, tests)
- publish.yml: publishes to pub.dev on v* tag push using OIDC (no stored secrets)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

---------

Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: yadaniyil

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Test & Analyze
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: subosito/flutter-action@v2
+        with:
+          channel: stable
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: flutter pub get
+
+      - name: Analyze
+        run: flutter analyze lib/ test/ example/
+
+      - name: Format check
+        run: dart format --set-exit-if-changed .
+
+      - name: Test
+        run: flutter test --coverage --test-randomize-ordering-seed random

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Publish to pub.dev
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: Publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # required for OIDC pub.dev publishing
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: subosito/flutter-action@v2
+        with:
+          channel: stable
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: flutter pub get
+
+      - name: Analyze
+        run: flutter analyze lib/ test/
+
+      - name: Test
+        run: flutter test --test-randomize-ordering-seed random
+
+      - name: Publish
+        run: flutter pub publish --force

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+## [3.2.0] - [April 9, 2026]
+
+### Bug Fixes
+* **Issue #114** — Fixed `showBadge: false` being ignored when a loop animation is active. `didUpdateWidget` now handles `showBadge` changes before any loop-animation guards.
+* **Issue #130** — `showBadge: false` now hides the badge immediately. `_animationController.stop()` and `_appearanceController.stop()` are called before `reverse()` so the badge does not wait for the animation to play through.
+* **Issue #98** — Fixed border anti-aliasing artifact. Border is now drawn entirely inside the circle via `strokeAlign: BorderSide.strokeAlignInside` in `BoxDecoration`, preventing background-colour bleed at antialiased edges.
+* **Issue #115 (partial)** — Key-based animation re-trigger: setting a `Key` on `badgeContent` and changing it now restarts the animation for any widget type, not just `Text` and `Icon`.
+
+### New Features
+* **`BadgeStyle.copyWith`** — Returns a copy of a `BadgeStyle` with overridden fields.
+* **`BadgePosition.centerStart`** — New named constructor: badge vertically centered on the start (left) side.
+* **`BadgePosition.centerEnd`** — New named constructor: badge vertically centered on the end (right) side.
+* **`BadgeState.animationController` / `appearanceController` getters** — Public access to the internal animation controllers for advanced use cases (PR #128).
+* **`_BadgeVisual` private widget** — Extracted badge visual from an inner closure into a proper `StatelessWidget` so Flutter's element tree can cache it and avoid rebuilding the full subtree on every opacity tick (PR #120).
+* **Minimum-square badge sizing** — Single-character text and small-icon badges now maintain correct circular/square proportions (PR #111).
+* **`BadgeGradient.gradient()` asserts** — Added `assert` statements documenting constructor invariants instead of silently force-unwrapping nullable fields.
+* **Controller duration updates** — `didUpdateWidget` now updates `AnimationController` durations when `badgeAnimation` duration properties change.
+
+### Example App & Docs
+* Fixed all lint warnings in `example/` (`use_super_parameters`, `prefer_final_fields`, `curly_braces_in_flow_control_structures`, `avoid_print`, `deprecated_member_use`).
+* README: fixed showcase GIF height (`600px` → `400px`).
+* README: added `hide Badge` import pattern (issue #123).
+* Bumped `flutter_lints` to `^6.0.0`.
+
 ## [3.1.2] - [August 28, 2023]
 * Update Dart SDK version. Update readme.
 

CLAUDE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# CLAUDE.md
+
+This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
+
+## Commands
+
+```bash
+# Get dependencies
+flutter pub get
+
+# Run all tests (with randomized ordering)
+flutter test --coverage --test-randomize-ordering-seed random
+
+# Run a single test file
+flutter test test/badges_test.dart
+
+# Lint
+flutter analyze .
+
+# Format (CI enforces this — run before committing)
+flutter format .
+```
+
+## Architecture
+
+This is a Flutter package (`badges`) that provides a single `Badge` widget for overlaying notification-style badges on any widget.
+
+### Public API (`lib/badges.dart`)
+
+All public exports go through `lib/badges.dart`. Consumers import as:
+```dart
+import 'package:badges/badges.dart' as badges;
+```
+The `as badges` alias is required because Flutter 3.7+ added a `Badge` widget to Material that conflicts.
+
+### Core widget (`lib/src/badge.dart`)
+
+`Badge` is a `StatefulWidget` with `TickerProviderStateMixin`. It manages two `AnimationController`s:
+- `_animationController` — drives the content-change animation (slide, scale, fade, size, rotation)
+- `_appearanceController` — drives the fade in/out when `showBadge` toggles
+
+The `didUpdateWidget` override is where animation re-triggering logic lives: it watches for changes to `badgeContent` (Text/Icon data), `badgeColor`, `showBadge`, and `loopAnimation`.
+
+When `child` is null, the badge renders standalone. When `child` is provided, it uses a `Stack` with `BadgePositioned` to overlay the badge. When `onTap` is set, extra padding is added to the child and the position is recalculated via `CalculationUtils` to keep the full badge tappable.
+
+### Configuration objects
+
+- **`BadgeStyle`** — visual properties: shape, color, gradient, border, padding, elevation
+- **`BadgeAnimation`** — named constructors per animation type (`.slide()`, `.fade()`, `.scale()`, `.size()`, `.rotation()`); each sets the `animationType` field and relevant defaults
+- **`BadgePosition`** — named constructors (`topEnd`, `topStart`, `bottomEnd`, `bottomStart`, `center`) plus custom offsets
+- **`BadgeGradient`** — named constructors (`.linear()`, `.radial()`, `.sweep()`) wrapping Flutter gradient types
+- **`BadgeShape`** — enum: `circle`, `square`, `twitter`, `instagram`
+
+### Custom shapes
+
+`BadgeShape.twitter` and `BadgeShape.instagram` bypass the `Material`/`AnimatedContainer` path and use `CustomPaint` with their respective painters in `lib/src/painters/`. The `DrawingUtils.drawBadgeShape()` helper selects the correct painter.
+
+### Internal utilities (not exported)
+
+- `lib/src/utils/calculation_utils.dart` — computes padding and position adjustments for tappable badges
+- `lib/src/utils/gradient_utils.dart` — gradient rendering helpers
+- `lib/src/badge_border_gradient.dart` — custom `BoxBorder` subclass that paints a gradient border
+- `lib/src/badge_gradient_type.dart` — internal enum used by `BadgeGradient`
+
+### Tests (`test/`)
+
+`badges_test.dart` is the entry point; it imports and calls group functions from `test/badge_animations_tests/`. Tests use `flutter_test` and wrap widgets in `MaterialApp` + `Scaffold`. Animation tests pump specific durations and check `hasRunningAnimations` to assert controller state.

PLAN.md

@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+# flutter_badges — Renovation Plan
+
+> Track progress across sessions. Check off items as they are completed.
+> Current Flutter: **3.41.6** | Dart: **3.11.4** | Package version: **3.2.0**
+
+---
+
+## Phase 1 — Dependency & Tooling Updates ✅ Completed
+
+- [x] **1.1** Bumped `flutter_lints` `^2.0.1` → `^6.0.0` in main package
+- [x] **1.2** Example app: replaced `pedantic ^1.11.1` (discontinued) with `flutter_lints ^6.0.0`, removed unused `integration_test` dep, bumped `cupertino_icons ^1.0.4` → `^1.0.8`
+- [x] **1.3** Updated flutter SDK lower bound `">=0.2.5"` → `">=3.10.0"` in both pubspec files (Flutter 3.10 is where Dart 3.0 landed)
+- [x] **1.4** Ran `flutter pub upgrade`; lockfiles are gitignored so not committed
+- [x] Fixed 3 `use_super_parameters` lint warnings introduced by the new lint rules (`Badge`, `BadgePositioned`, `TestWidgetScreen`)
+
+---
+
+## Phase 2 — Bug Fixes (Open Issues) ✅ Completed
+
+- [x] **2.1** **Issue #114 — `showBadge` ignored when fade loop animation is active**
+  - Restructured `didUpdateWidget` so `showBadge` changes are handled **before** any loop-animation guards. The early-return that blocked `_appearanceController.reverse()` is gone.
+
+- [x] **2.2** **Issue #130 — `showBadge` is slow to respond when animation is on**
+  - `_animationController.stop()` + `_appearanceController.stop()` are now called before `reverse()` when `showBadge` flips to false, so hiding is immediate.
+
+- [x] **2.3** **Issue #98 — Border anti-aliasing artifact (thin inner border visible)**
+  - Border moved from `Material.shape` into `BoxDecoration` with `strokeAlign: BorderSide.strokeAlignInside`. Material shape uses `CircleBorder()` / `RoundedRectangleBorder()` with no side (elevation shadow only). `gradientBorder` → `boxBorder` typed as `BoxBorder?`.
+
+- [x] **2.4** **Issue #115 — Animation not working (general)**
+  - Added key-based re-trigger: if `badgeContent` has a `Key` and it changes, the animation restarts. Handles all widget types beyond `Text` and `Icon`.
+
+---
+
+## Phase 3 — Open PRs Review ✅ Completed
+
+- [x] **3.1** **PR #122 — Fix for issue #114 (showBadge + loop fade)**
+  - Our Phase 2.1 fix supersedes this PR. Cleaner restructuring of `didUpdateWidget`.
+
+- [x] **3.2** **PR #120 — Replace private helper methods with private widgets**
+  - Extracted `badgeView()` inner closure into `_BadgeVisual` `StatelessWidget` in `badge.dart`. Flutter's element tree now caches it across appearance controller ticks.
+
+- [x] **3.3** **PR #128 — Expose `animationController` and `appearanceController`**
+  - Added public getters `animationController` and `appearanceController` to `BadgeState`.
+
+- [x] **3.4** **PR #111 — Fix display of square badge with small content size**
+  - Wrapped badge content in `ConstrainedBox` + `IntrinsicWidth` inside `_BadgeVisual` so single-character / small-icon badges stay proportional.
+
+---
+
+## Phase 4 — Code Quality & Improvements ✅ Completed
+
+- [x] **4.1** **Fixed all 16 lint warnings in `example/`**
+  - `use_super_parameters` in alarm_app, flag_app, human_avatar, instagram_message, instagram_verified_account, twitter_verified_account, yako_app, test_screen
+  - `prefer_final_fields` in alarm_app (`_isLooped`)
+  - `deprecated_member_use` (`withOpacity` → `withValues`) in instagram_verified_account
+  - `use_key_in_widget_constructors` + `library_private_types_in_public_api` in main.dart
+  - `curly_braces_in_flow_control_structures` in test_screen.dart
+  - `avoid_print` in yako_app.dart (removed print)
+
+- [x] **4.2** **Replaced `badgeView()` helper method with `_BadgeVisual` widget class** — covered by 3.2
+
+- [x] **4.3** **Audited `didUpdateWidget`** — fully restructured with clear priority ordering; covered by 2.1
+
+- [x] **4.4** **Controller getters** — covered by 3.3 (public `animationController` + `appearanceController` getters on `BadgeState`)
+
+- [x] **4.5** **`BadgePosition` — added `centerStart` and `centerEnd` named constructors**
+
+- [x] **4.6** **`BadgeStyle.copyWith`** — added `copyWith` method covering all 8 fields
+
+- [x] **4.7** **`BadgeGradient.gradient()` asserts** — added `assert` statements in each `switch` case documenting constructor invariants instead of silently force-unwrapping
+
+---
+
+## Phase 5 — Example App ✅ Completed
+
+- [x] **5.1** Fixed all 16 lint issues in `example/` — see 4.1 above
+- [x] **5.2** Example app builds cleanly with no analyzer warnings
+
+---
+
+## Phase 6 — Tests ✅ Completed
+
+**175 tests passing, 0 skipped.**
+
+Changes made:
+- **Rewrote `content_change_badge_animation_tests.dart`**: removed illegal direct calls to `state.didUpdateWidget()` — tests now use `TestWidgetScreen` with `setState` so the framework calls `didUpdateWidget` naturally.
+- **Fixed `show_hide_badge_animation_tests.dart`**: renamed duplicate test name.
+- **Cleaned `utils_tests.dart`**: removed unnecessary `async` keyword from unit tests.
+- **Added new test groups to `badges_test.dart`**:
+  - `Badge without child`
+  - `showBadge false at initial render`
+  - `BadgePosition factory defaults`
+  - `Icon content change triggers animation`
+  - `Non-Text/non-Icon content change does not re-trigger animation`
+  - `Issue #114 regression` — now passing (was previously skipped)
+- **Removed `skip: true`** from the issue #114 regression test after Phase 2 fix.
+
+---
+
+## Phase 7 — Documentation & README ✅ Completed
+
+- [x] **7.1** Fixed README main GIF height: `600px` → `400px`
+- [x] **7.2** Added `hide Badge` import pattern (Option 2) to README
+- [x] **7.3** Bumped version: `3.1.2` → `3.2.0` in `pubspec.yaml` and README
+- [x] **7.4** Updated `CHANGELOG.md` with all changes for 3.2.0
+
+---
+
+## Phase 8 — Release
+
+- [x] **8.1** Version bump: `3.2.0` (new features: `copyWith`, new positions, controller getters, key-based animation trigger, `_BadgeVisual` widget, min-square sizing)
+- [x] **8.2** All 175 tests passing
+- [x] **8.3** `flutter analyze lib/ test/ example/` — 0 issues
+- [x] **8.4** `dart format .` — all files formatted
+- [ ] **8.5** Publish: `flutter pub publish` — intentionally skipped per task instructions
+
+---
+
+## Notes & Decisions Log
+
+| Date | Decision |
+|------|----------|
+| 2026-04-09 | PR #122 superseded by cleaner Phase 2.1 restructure of `didUpdateWidget` |
+| 2026-04-09 | PR #111 triangle shape deferred; only size-fix implemented |
+| 2026-04-09 | `BadgeController` abstraction (issue #127 / PR #128) deferred; raw controller getters added as simpler API |
+| 2026-04-09 | `copyWith` added to `BadgeStyle` only (not `BadgeAnimation` / `BadgePosition` — lower demand) |

README.md

@@ -12,21 +12,29 @@
   <img src="https://github.com/yako-dev/flutter_badges/blob/master/images/readme_header.png?raw=true">
 </p>
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="https://github.com/yako-dev/flutter_badges/blob/master/images/showcase.gif?raw=true" height="600px">
+  <img src="https://github.com/yako-dev/flutter_badges/blob/master/images/showcase.gif?raw=true" height="400px">
 </p>
 
 
 ## Installing:
 In your pubspec.yaml
 ```yaml
 dependencies:
-  badges: ^3.1.2
+  badges: ^3.2.0
 ```
 Attention! In Flutter 3.7 the Badge widget was introduced in the Material library, so to escape the ambiguous imports you need to import the package like this:
+
+**Option 1: namespace prefix**
 ```dart
 import 'package:badges/badges.dart' as badges;
 ```
 and then use the "badges.Badge" widget instead of the "Badge" widget. The same for all the classes from this package.
+
+**Option 2: hide Flutter's Material Badge widget**
+```dart
+import 'package:badges/badges.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart' hide Badge;
+```
 <br>
 <br>
 

example/lib/alarm_app.dart

@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@ import 'package:badges/badges.dart' as badges;
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
 class AlarmApp extends StatefulWidget {
-  const AlarmApp({
-    Key? key,
-  }) : super(key: key);
+  const AlarmApp({super.key});
 
   @override
   State<AlarmApp> createState() => _AlarmAppState();
 }
 
 class _AlarmAppState extends State<AlarmApp> {
-  bool _isLooped = true;
+  final bool _isLooped = true;
   int counter = 1;
 
   @override

example/lib/flag_app.dart

@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ import 'package:badges/badges.dart' as badges;
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
 class FlagApp extends StatelessWidget {
-  const FlagApp({
-    Key? key,
-  }) : super(key: key);
+  const FlagApp({super.key});
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {

example/lib/human_avatar.dart

@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:badges/badges.dart' as badges;
 
 class HumanAvatar extends StatefulWidget {
-  const HumanAvatar({
-    Key? key,
-  }) : super(key: key);
+  const HumanAvatar({super.key});
 
   @override
   State<HumanAvatar> createState() => _HumanAvatarState();

example/lib/instagram_message.dart

@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
 class InstagramMessage extends StatefulWidget {
   const InstagramMessage(
-      {Key? key, required this.text, required this.emojiReaction})
-      : super(key: key);
+      {super.key, required this.text, required this.emojiReaction});
 
   final String text;
   final String emojiReaction;