How to check if scroll position is at top or bottom in ListView?

Solution 1:

There are generally two ways of doing it.

1. Using ScrollController

// Create a variable
final _controller = ScrollController();
  
@override
void initState() {
  super.initState();
  
  // Setup the listener.
  _controller.addListener(() {
    if (_controller.position.atEdge) {
      bool isTop = _controller.position.pixels == 0;
      if (isTop) {
        print('At the top');
      } else {
        print('At the bottom');
      }
    }
  });
}

Usage:

ListView(controller: _controller) // Assign the controller.

2. Using NotificationListener

NotificationListener<ScrollEndNotification>(
  onNotification: (scrollEnd) {
    final metrics = scrollEnd.metrics;
    if (metrics.atEdge) {
      bool isTop = metrics.pixels == 0;
      if (isTop) {
        print('At the top');
      } else {
        print('At the bottom');
      }
    }
    return true;
  },
  child: ListView.builder(
    physics: ClampingScrollPhysics(),
    itemBuilder: (_, i) => ListTile(title: Text('Item $i')),
    itemCount: 20,
  ),
)

Solution 2:

You can use a ListView.builder to create a scrolling list with unlimited items. Your itemBuilder will be called as needed when new cells are revealed.

If you want to be notified about scroll events so you can load more data off the network, you can pass a controller argument and use addListener to attach a listener to the ScrollController. The position of the ScrollController can be used to determine whether the scrolling is close to the bottom.

Solution 3:

_scrollController = new ScrollController();

    _scrollController.addListener(
        () {
            double maxScroll = _scrollController.position.maxScrollExtent;
            double currentScroll = _scrollController.position.pixels;
            double delta = 200.0; // or something else..
            if ( maxScroll - currentScroll <= delta) { // whatever you determine here
                //.. load more
            }
        }
    );

Collin's should be accepted answer....

Solution 4:

I would like to add example for answer provided by collin jackson. Refer following snippet

    var _scrollController = ScrollController();
    _scrollController.addListener(() {
      if (_scrollController.position.pixels == _scrollController.position.maxScrollExtent) {
        // Perform your task
      }
    });

This will be only triggered when last item is visible in the list.