Cannot trigger refresh programmatically using the global key. The method 'show' was called on null.

[pavelhov]

Describe the bug
Calling _refreshIndicatorKey.currentState.show(); throws an error "The method 'show' was called on null."

To Reproduce

Just run the example app for the library and button that executes _refreshIndicatorKey.currentState.show();
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Flutter:
v1.9.1+hotfix.6

I replaced the LiquidPullToRefresh to Flutter's own RefreshIndicator and the show method worked as expected.

[juancastellano115]

Same happens to me

[AadumKhor]

Hi @pavelhov . The line of code you're referring to _refreshIndicatorKey.currentState.show() works fine in the example app. You can check the _handleRefresh method inside of which we are handling this request.
Do you have a specific example where you are facing an issue? Let me know the exact steps to replicate it. Closing this issue for now.

[pavelhov]

Hi @AadumKhor . I have no idea how you got that line of code to work without getting the null pointer exception. To explain, that line of code refers to the ability to trigger the refresh function and animation programmatically and not strictly through ui. In the example app the way to reproduce the bug would be to first pull down and see the refresh animation, then once the animation is complete you get a bottom snack bar saying "Refresh complete" with a retry button next to it. Tapping the retry button will give you the null pointer exception. Now the fix is quite simple. if you look at the declaration of the _refreshIndicatorKey it is of type GlobalKey. However, your refresh indicator state is actually of type _LiquidPullToRefreshState. Hence your global key is inconsistent with the type of your state object hence, flutter does not have a way to find it in the widget tree. You will need to make _LiquidPullToRefreshState not private so that you can change the global key in your example to the appropriate type.

[AadumKhor]

This was an error at my end. I did not update the actual project and made the changes in the forked project. I'll merge the fix.