🚀 A Flutter Progress Bar That Shimmers — shimmer_progress_bar is Here!

Progress indicators don’t have to be boring. So I built shimmer_progress_bar — a customizable, animated progress bar widget for Flutter with built-in shimmer effects, smooth transitions, and optional percentage labels.

Whether you’re tracking donation goals, file uploads, onboarding steps, or in-app achievements, this widget makes your UI shine ✨

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✅ Features

• Smooth animated progress fill
• Optional shimmer effect
• Percentage display (centered or tip-aligned)
• Fully customizable (colors, radius, height, fonts)
• Accessibility-ready
• Progress completion callback

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🧪 Quick Example

ShimmerProgressBar(
  value: 0.75,
  height: 18.0,
  valueColor: Colors.green,
  showShimmer: true,
  showPercentage: true,
  onProgressComplete: () => print('Done!'),
)

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🎯 Use Cases

• 🎁 In-app achievements / level tracking
• 📦 Upload/download progress
• 📊 Fundraising or goal meters
• 🧭 Onboarding flows
• 🏃 Fitness / daily goals

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📚 Full Guide
I wrote a detailed Medium article that breaks down how it works, how to customize it, and where it can fit into your Flutter projects.

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🛠️ Contribute or Support

Tests are in progress (pun intended 😄), and I’m always open to pull requests. If you’d like to help add tests, improve performance, or explore new features — check out the GitHub repo!

And if this widget saved you time or you just enjoy polished UI tools:

👉 Buy Me a Coffee
👉 Sponsor on GitHub

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📦 Get Started

dependencies:
  shimmer_progress_bar: ^1.0.0

Thanks for checking it out! I’d love your feedback — and feel free to share how you use it in your apps.