Differences to slightfoot/flutter_sticky_headers

[levrik]

What are the actual differences to slightfoot/flutter_sticky_headers in the implementation? Which implementation is better?

Would be nice to get a few questions answered that help picking one of the two libraries :)

[letsar]

Hi @levrik! This is a very good question.
The difference is in the kind of widgets you want to put as a child:
The slightfoot/flutter_sticky_headers wants a RenderBox as a child while this package wants a RenderSliver.

For example the Column widget renders a RenderBox, whereas the SliverList renders a RenderSliver.
So the Column widget will work with the slightfoot/flutter_sticky_headers but not the SliverList.

With this package you can do both 😉!

What 😯? I said that this package wants a RenderSliver and the Column widget does not provide one! Yes that's true, but with the SliverToBoxAdapter widget you can put a RenderBox element in it and it will be rendered as a RenderSliver 😲!

So if you use this package you can do both 😃!

Moreover, the intended use of headers is typically for lists with a lot of items. And for lists, the SliverList is a better choice than a Column.

If this answer explains in an understandable way the difference, I will put it in the README, to help people to choose 😉.

[tamoyal]

@letsar This was helpful for me and I think belongs in the README with potentially some elaboration on why this will perform better on big lists.

[pkitatta]

Was helpful thanks. Being new to flutter sometime you can know the advantages.