Animated TextField Flutter - How can I create a textfield in Flutter where the hint text animates with suggestions smoothly?

Question

In some apps (e.g., BlinkIt, Swiggy, etc.), the search field shows animated suggestions instead of a static placeholder. For example, the hint text rotates/animates between:

“Search fruits”

“Search vegetables”

“Search restaurants”

I want to achieve this effect in Flutter. Right now, the TextField only supports a single static hintText in InputDecoration.

Is there a clean way to implement this without manually building timers and animation controllers?

I tried to build with animated controller but its not smooth as expected

Deekshith Xetty · Accepted Answer · 2025-09-03 11:20:05Z

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You can achieve this easily with the animated_hint_textfield package.
It allows you to pass a list of hints, and it will animate them smoothly inside the text field.

Example:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:animated_hint_textfield/animated_hint_textfield.dart';

class DemoPage extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      body: Center(
        child: AnimatedTextField(
          animationType: Animationtype.slide,
          hintTexts: [
            "Search fruits",
            "Search vegetables",
            "Search restaurants",
          ],
          textStyle: TextStyle(fontSize: 16, color: Colors.black),
          hintTextStyle: TextStyle(fontSize: 14, color: Colors.grey),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

This creates a text field where the placeholder cycles through multiple hints with animation — exactly like the BlinkIt search field.

You can customise:

The list of hints (hintTexts)
Animation speed (animationDuration)
Text and hint styles

answered Sep 3 at 11:20

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