Firebase Failed assertion: line 380 pos 10: 'data != null'

Issue

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter_myapp/AllWidgets/Divider.dart';
import 'package:flutter_myapp/AllWidgets/progressDialog.dart';
import 'package:flutter_myapp/Assistants/requestAssistant.dart';
import 'package:flutter_myapp/DataHandler/appData.dart';
import 'package:flutter_myapp/Models/address.dart';
import 'package:flutter_myapp/Models/placePredictions.dart';
import 'package:flutter_myapp/configMaps.dart';
import 'package:provider/provider.dart';

class SearchScreen extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _SearchScreenState createState() => _SearchScreenState();
}

class _SearchScreenState extends State<SearchScreen>
{
  TextEditingController pickUpTextEditingController = TextEditingController();
  TextEditingController dropOffTextEditingController = TextEditingController();
  List<PlacePredictions> placePredictionList = [];


  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context)
  {
    String placeAddress = Provider.of<AppData>(context).pickUpLocation.placeName ?? "";
    pickUpTextEditingController.text = placeAddress;

    return Scaffold(
      body: Column(
        children: [
          Container(
            height: 215.0,
            decoration: BoxDecoration(
              color: Colors.white,
              boxShadow: [
                BoxShadow(
                  color: Colors.black,
                  blurRadius: 6.0,
                  spreadRadius: 0.5,
                  offset: Offset(0.7, 0.7),
                ),
              ],
            ),

            child: Padding(
              padding: EdgeInsets.only(left: 25.0, top: 25.0, bottom: 20.0),
              child: Column(
                children: [

                  SizedBox(height: 5.0),
                  Stack(
                    children: [
                      GestureDetector(
                        onTap:()
                        {
                          Navigator.pop(context);

                        },
                        child: Icon(
                            Icons.arrow_back
                        ),
                      ),
                      Center(
                        child: Text("Set Drop Off", style: TextStyle(fontSize: 18.0, fontFamily: "Brand Bold"),),
                      )
                    ],

                  ),

                  SizedBox(height: 16.0),

                  Row(
                    children: [
                      Image.asset("images/pickicon.png", height: 16.0, width: 16.0,),

                      SizedBox(width: 18.0,),

                      Expanded(
                        child: Container(
                          decoration: BoxDecoration(
                            color:  Colors.grey[400],
                            borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(5.0),
                          ),
                          child: Padding(
                            padding: EdgeInsets.all(3.0),
                            child: TextField(
                              controller: pickUpTextEditingController,
                              decoration: InputDecoration(
                                hintText: "PickUp Location",
                                fillColor: Colors.grey[400],
                                filled: true,
                                border: InputBorder.none,
                                isDense: true,
                                contentPadding: EdgeInsets.only(left: 11.0, top: 8.0, bottom: 8.0),
                              ),
                            ),
                          ),
                        ),

                      ),
                    ],
                  ),
                  SizedBox(height: 10.0),

                  Row(
                    children: [
                      Image.asset("images/desticon.png", height: 16.0, width: 16.0,),

                      SizedBox(width: 18.0,),

                      Expanded(
                        child: Container(
                          decoration: BoxDecoration(
                            color:  Colors.grey[400],
                            borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(5.0),
                          ),
                          child: Padding(
                            padding: EdgeInsets.all(3.0),
                            child: TextField(
                              onChanged: (val)
                              {
                                findPlace(val);
                              },
                              controller: dropOffTextEditingController,
                              decoration: InputDecoration(
                                hintText: "Where to? ",
                                fillColor: Colors.grey[400],
                                filled: true,
                                border: InputBorder.none,
                                isDense: true,
                                contentPadding: EdgeInsets.only(left: 11.0, top: 8.0, bottom: 8.0),
                              ),
                            ),
                          ),
                        ),

                      ),
                    ],
                  ),
                ],
              ),
            ),
          ),

          //tile for predictions
          SizedBox(height: 10.0,),
          (placePredictionList.length > 0)
              ?Padding(
                 padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 8.0, horizontal: 16.0),
                 child: ListView.separated(
                   padding: EdgeInsets.all(0.0),
                   itemBuilder: (context, index)
                   {
                     return PredictionTile(placePredictions: placePredictionList[index],);
                   },
                   separatorBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) => DividerWidget(),
                   itemCount: placePredictionList.length,
                   shrinkWrap: true,
                   physics: ClampingScrollPhysics(),
                 ),
                )
              :Container(),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }

  void findPlace(String placeName) async
  {
    if(placeName.length > 1)
    {
      String autoCompleteUrl = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json?input=$placeName&key=$mapKey&sessiontoken=1234567890&components=country:us";

      var res = await RequestAssistant.getRequest(autoCompleteUrl);

      if(res == "failed")
      {
        return;
      }
      //print("Places Predictions Response :: ");
      //print(res);
      if(res["status"] == "OK")
      {
        var predictions = res["predictions"];

        var placeList = (predictions as List).map((e) => PlacePredictions.fromJson(e)).toList();

        setState(() {
          placePredictionList = placeList;
        });
      }
    }
  }
}



class PredictionTile extends StatelessWidget
{
  final PlacePredictions placePredictions;

  PredictionTile({Key key,this.placePredictions}) : super(key: key);


  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context)
  {
    return FlatButton(
      padding: EdgeInsets.all(0.0),
      onPressed: ()
      {
        getPlaceAddressDetails(placePredictions.place_id, context);
      },
      child: Container(
        child: Column(
          children: [
            SizedBox(width: 10.0,),
            Row(
              children: [
                Icon(Icons.add_location),
                SizedBox(width: 14.0,),
                Expanded(
                  child: Column(
                    crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
                    children: [
                      SizedBox(height: 8.0,),
                      Text(placePredictions.main_text, overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis, style: TextStyle(fontSize: 16.0),),
                      SizedBox(height: 2.0,),
                      Text(placePredictions.secondary_text, overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis, style: TextStyle(fontSize: 12.0, color: Colors.grey),),
                      SizedBox(height: 8.0,),
                    ],
                  ),
                ),

              ],
            ),
            SizedBox(width: 10.0,),
          ],
        ),
      ),
    );
  }

  void getPlaceAddressDetails(String placeId, context) async
  {
    showDialog(
        context: context,
        builder: (BuildContext context) => ProgressDialog(message: "Setting Drop off, Please wait....",),
    );
    String placeDetailsUrl = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?place_id=$placeId&key=$mapKey";

    var res = await RequestAssistant.getRequest(placeDetailsUrl);
    Navigator.pop(context);
    if(res == "failed")
    {
      return;
    }
    if(res["status"] == "OK")
    {
      Address address = Address();
      address.placeName = res["result"]["name"];
      address.placeId = placeId;
      address.latitude = res["result"]["geometry"]["location"]["lat"];
      address.longitude = res["result"]["geometry"]["location"]["lng"];
      Provider.of<AppData>(context, listen: false).updateDropOffLocationAddress(address);
      print("This is Drop Off Location :: ");
      print(address.placeName);
      Navigator.pop(context, "obtainDirection");
    }
  }
}

Please help me, I can't understand what's wrong.
I keep getting this error.

Exception caught by widgets library:

The following assertion was thrown building PredictionTile(dirty): A non-null String must be provided to a Text widget. 'package:flutter/src/widgets/text.dart': Failed assertion: line 380 pos 10: 'data != null'

Solution

The Text Widget cannot contain null data, the error relies in the following lines:

 Text(placePredictions.main_text, overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis, style: TextStyle(fontSize: 16.0),),
 Text(placePredictions.secondary_text, overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis, style: TextStyle(fontSize: 12.0, color: Colors.grey),),

To fix it, we could change them to:

 Text(placePredictions.main_text ?? 'n/a', overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis, style: TextStyle(fontSize: 16.0),),
 Text(placePredictions.secondary_text ?? 'n/a', overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis, style: TextStyle(fontSize: 12.0, color: Colors.grey),),

That replaces the null data with 'n/a'.

Answered By - Stefano Amorelli