Flutter Tabs — Manual Control with TabController
This video continues our Flutter UI Challenge series by showing you how to manually synchronize TabBar and TabBarView using TabController—giving you more control over tab behavior and navigation.
Instead of using DefaultTabController, we’ll set up a custom TabController to manage tab selection and transitions. This approach is perfect for devs who want to handle tab logic programmatically or integrate tabs into more complex layouts.
📱 We’ll also reuse the three tab pages from the previous video:
⚙️ SettingsPage
👤 AccountPage
ℹ️ AboutPage
🔧 What You’ll Learn:
How to initialize and dispose a TabController
How to link TabBar and TabBarView manually
How to structure tab content with a list of widgets
When to use TabController over DefaultTabController
This tutorial is ideal for Flutter devs looking to level up their tab navigation skills with more flexibility and control.
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