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Fix ListWheelScrollView null check error when it reads itemIndex before content dimensions are set - #194859

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ListWheelScrollView throws Null check operator used on a null value during its first layout when a child reads the selected item. A common case is an Image child. The images then show only after the user scrolls the wheel.

The viewport builds its children before it calls applyContentDimensions. During this time, an Image child resolves its image. This calls ScrollPosition.recommendDeferredLoading, which calls _FixedExtentScrollPosition.copyWith, which reads itemIndex. itemIndex reads minScrollExtent and maxScrollExtent, and these are not set yet. Code that reads FixedExtentScrollController.selectedItem during layout has the same problem.

This PR changes _FixedExtentScrollPosition.itemIndex. When the position has no content dimensions, it returns (pixels / itemExtent).round(). This is the same calculation without the clamp to the scroll extents. When the position has content dimensions, the behavior does not change. FixedExtentMetrics.copyWith already uses the same hasContentDimensions check.

Fixes #125997

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This PR adds regression tests to packages/flutter/test/widgets/list_wheel_scroll_view_test.dart:

  • ListWheelScrollView can resolve images during its first layout: a ListWheelChildBuilderDelegate with a null childCount and Image children. The test checks that there is no exception and that the images resolve (imageCache.liveImageCount is greater than 0). It clears the image cache when it ends.
  • Looping ListWheelScrollView can read selectedItem during its first layout (initialItem: $initialItem): a ListWheelChildLoopingListDelegate with initialItem 7 and -3. Each child reads selectedItem during layout. The test checks that all values are equal to initialItem.

Before this change, the three tests fail:

EXCEPTION CAUGHT BY IMAGE RESOURCE SERVICE: Null check operator used on a null value
EXCEPTION CAUGHT BY WIDGETS LIBRARY: Null check operator used on a null value
+55 -3: Some tests failed.

After this change, flutter test test/widgets/list_wheel_scroll_view_test.dart passes:

+58: All tests passed!

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This pull request modifies ListWheelScrollView to handle cases where the viewport builds children before content dimensions are applied by returning a rounded index when hasContentDimensions is false. It also adds regression tests for these scenarios. Feedback suggests clamping the calculated index to zero when content dimensions are missing to prevent negative index errors, and simplifying the test code by removing a redundant Uint8List.fromList wrapper around kTransparentImage.

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Thanks for the fix and the thorough regression tests! This PR prevents a null-check error in _FixedExtentScrollPosition.itemIndex when itemIndex is queried during the first layout before content dimensions have been applied.

Note: The Google testing check is currently still in progress.

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LGTM

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autosubmit label was removed for flutter/flutter/194859, because The base commit of the PR is older than 7 days and can not be merged. Please merge the latest changes from the main into this branch and resubmit the PR.

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Hi, is this ready for re-review? Please remember to request a review if it is, so it gets back into the review queue.

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LGTM with comments.

Also can you update the PR description with the latest changes?

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Updated the description.

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LGTM

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ListWheelScrollView throws "Null check operator used on a null value" while loading images

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