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Why is withOpacity deprecated in Flutter 3.27.0, and what is its recommended replacement?

I’m upgrading my Flutter project to version 3.27.0, and I noticed that the withOpacity method is marked as deprecated. I’m using it in my code as follows:

  SizedBox(
  height: 55,
  width: 50,
  child: VerticalDivider(
    color: const Color(0xff171433).withOpacity(0.1),
    thickness: 1.5,
  ),
)

This code works fine in earlier versions of Flutter, but after the upgrade, I receive a warning that withOpacity is deprecated.

I reviewed the Flutter changelog for 3.27.0 but couldn’t find detailed information about why this change was made.

Questions:
Why was withOpacity deprecated in Flutter 3.27.0?
What is the recommended alternative or best practice to achieve the same functionality?

I’d appreciate any insights into the reasoning behind this deprecation and how I can adapt my code for the new version.

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  1. 0

    The reason withOpactiy has been deprecated in flutter 3.27.0 is because according to the flutter docs: "Previously, Color had the concept of "opacity" which showed up in the methods opacity and withOpacity(). Opacity was introduced as a way to communicate with Color about its alpha channel with floating point values. Now that alpha is a floating-point value, opacity is redundant and opacity and withOpacity are deprecated and slated to be removed". The recommended replacement is using .withValues(), this would also help to avoid precision loss because of how its values still remain in their floating point representation.

    How to use .withvalues() correctly while migrating from withOpacity():

    // Before
final x = color.withOpacity(0.0);
// After
final x = color.withValues(alpha: 0.0);
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    Previously, Color had the concept of opacity which showed up in the methods opacity and withOpacity(). Opacity was introduced as a way to communicate with Color about its alpha channel with floating point values. Now that alpha is a floating-point value, opacity is redundant and opacity and withOpacity are deprecated and slated to be removed.

    withOpacity migration

    // Before
final x = color.withOpacity(0.0);
// After
final x = color.withValues(alpha: 0.0);

    you can read more about migration here

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