hint not working for DropdownButtonFormField in Flutter

Question

I have a form in Flutter with textformfield and dropdownbuttonformfield. While running my app hint is not working for me. hint not shown in dropdownbuttonformfield. It's showing kkk as initial value not showing Select City.

I'm using StatefulWidget here.

help me to solve this Problem. Thanks in Advance.

class _AddTripState extends State<AddTrip> {
  var formKey = GlobalKey<FormState>();
  TextEditingController nameController = TextEditingController();  
  TextEditingController numberController = TextEditingController();
  TextEditingController datecontroller = TextEditingController();
  final format = DateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
  DateTime _dateTime;
  List<String> name = ['kkk', 'rrr'];
  String _dropdownvalue = 'kkk';

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
  return Scaffold(
  appBar: AppBar(
    title: Text("Add Trip"),
  ),
  body: Form(
      key: formKey,
      child: ListView(
        children: <Widget>[
          Text(
            'Name',
            textAlign: TextAlign.left,
          ),
          TextFormField(
            decoration: _inputDecoration(),
            keyboardType: TextInputType.text,
            controller: nameController,
            validator: textValidator,
          ),
          Text(
            'Number',
            textAlign: TextAlign.left,
          ),
          TextFormField(
            decoration: _inputDecoration(),
            controller: numberController,
            keyboardType: TextInputType.number,
            validator: numberValidator,
          ),
          Text(
            'Date',
            textAlign: TextAlign.left,
          ),
          TextFormField(
            readOnly: true,
            controller: datecontroller,
            validator: dateValidator,
            decoration: InputDecoration(
              border: OutlineInputBorder(),
              errorBorder: OutlineInputBorder(
                  borderSide: BorderSide(color: Colors.amber)),
              errorStyle: TextStyle(color: Colors.amber),
              suffixIcon: GestureDetector(
                child: Icon(
                  Icons.date_range,
                ),
                onTap: () {
                  showDatePicker(
                          context: context,
                          initialDate: DateTime.now(),
                          firstDate: DateTime(2018),
                          lastDate: DateTime(2020))
                      .then((value) {
                    setState(() {
                      datecontroller.text =
                          DateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").format(value);
                    });
                  });
                },
              ),
            ),
          ),
          DropdownButtonFormField<String>(
            hint: Text('Select City'),
            validator: _cityValidator,
            decoration: InputDecoration(border: OutlineInputBorder()),
            items: name.map((value) {
              return DropdownMenuItem<String>(
                  child: Text(value), value: value);
            }).toList(),
            value: _dropdownvalue,
            onChanged: (newValue) {
              setState(() {
                _dropdownvalue = newValue;
              });
            },
          ),
          RaisedButton(
            onPressed: submit,
            child: Text('Add Trip'),
          )
        ],
      )),
);
}

Where i'm wrong?

anmol.majhail · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-09 13:06:27Z

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The hint is Displayed if the value is null.

so in your code - make - String _dropdownvalue = 'kkk'; change to - String _dropdownvalue; only

answered Aug 9, 2019 at 13:06

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hamid reza · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-31 06:38:38Z

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You need to use InputDecoration for that purpose:

 decoration: InputDecoration(labelText:'Select City'),

answered Jul 31, 2021 at 6:38

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Pintu Parikh · Accepted Answer · 2023-08-09 06:50:06Z

Make dropdownValue nullable and set hint Text to show the default initial value.

DropdownButton<String>(
            value: dropdownValue,
            style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.black),
            underline: Container(
              height: 2,
              color: Colors.black,
            ),
            items: list.map<DropdownMenuItem<String>>((String value) {
              return DropdownMenuItem<String>(
                value: value,
                child: Text(value),
              );
            }).toList(),
            hint: const Text(
              "Select Item",
              style: TextStyle(
                  color: Colors.black,
                  fontSize: 16,
                  fontWeight: FontWeight.w600),
            ),
            onChanged: (String? value) {
              // This is called when the user selects an item.
              setState(() {
                dropdownValue = value!;
              });
            },
          )

Where List is

const List<String> list = <String>['One', 'Two', 'Three', 'Four'];

And define the dropdownValue nullable above build()

String? dropdownValue; // This is IMP

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