dart - Arc gradients in Flutter?

Question

I have a Paint object and I'm trying to use it to paint an Arc Gradient using canvas.drawArc, but the only way to do this (at least according to my research) is to use a Shader, but to get a Shader from a Gradient object, you have to use Gradient.createShader(Rect rect), which takes a rectangle. My question is, is there any way to create a shader for an Arc and not a Rectangle? Here's what I have so far for reference:

Paint paint = new Paint()
  ..color = bgColor
  ..strokeCap = StrokeCap.round
  ..strokeWidth = 3.0
  ..style = PaintingStyle.stroke
  ..shader = new Gradient.radial(size.width / 2.0, size.height / 2.0, size.height / 3.0, Colors.transparent, timerColor, TileMode.mirror).createShader(/* I don't have a rect object */);


canvas.drawArc(..., paint);

Answer 1

The Rectangle that you need is actually a square into which the circle that you are drawing would fit. The arc is just a slice of pie from that circle swept through so many radians. Create this square using Rect.fromCircle, using the centre and radius. You then use this square when creating the gradient and drawing the arc.

Here's an example

import 'dart:math';

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class X1Painter extends CustomPainter {
  @override
  void paint(Canvas canvas, Size size) {
    // create a bounding square, based on the centre and radius of the arc
    Rect rect = new Rect.fromCircle(
      center: new Offset(165.0, 55.0),
      radius: 180.0,
    );

    // a fancy rainbow gradient
    final Gradient gradient = new RadialGradient(
      colors: <Color>[
        Colors.green.withOpacity(1.0),
        Colors.green.withOpacity(0.3),
        Colors.yellow.withOpacity(0.2),
        Colors.red.withOpacity(0.1),
        Colors.red.withOpacity(0.0),
      ],
      stops: [
        0.0,
        0.5,
        0.7,
        0.9,
        1.0,
      ],
    );

    // create the Shader from the gradient and the bounding square
    final Paint paint = new Paint()..shader = gradient.createShader(rect);

    // and draw an arc
    canvas.drawArc(rect, pi / 4, pi * 3 / 4, true, paint);
  }

  @override
  bool shouldRepaint(X1Painter oldDelegate) {
    return true;
  }
}

class X1Demo extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new Scaffold(
      appBar: new AppBar(title: const Text('Arcs etc')),
      body: new CustomPaint(
        painter: new X1Painter(),
      ),
    );
  }
}

void main() {
  runApp(
    new MaterialApp(
      theme: new ThemeData.dark(),
      home: new X1Demo(),
    ),
  );
}