Weather App: Next Three Days

Part of the Data and the Network section of Coddy's Flutter journey. Lesson 24 of 27.

The answer for a city also holds a forecast: a JSON list inside the object, one item per day.

"forecast": [
  {"date": "2026-10-20", "condition": "Cloudy", "high": 22, "low": 15},
  ...
]

A list inside an object is read the same way as a list on its own: take it out as List<dynamic>, then map each item through its own fromJson. Look at Weather.fromJson at the bottom of the file: it already does this, so weather.forecast is a List<DayForecast>.

final days = json['forecast'] as List<dynamic>;

forecast: days
    .map((day) => DayForecast.fromJson(day as Map<String, dynamic>))
    .toList(),

Each day has a DateTime. DateFormat('EEEE') turns it into the weekday's full name, Tuesday. A for inside the Column's children makes one row per day.

Challenge

Medium

Under the current weather, show the next three days:

import package:intl/intl.dart
after a SizedBox(height: 32), one Row per day: the weekday with DateFormat('EEEE'), in an Expanded, then the high and low as 22° / 15°
give each row 32 pixels of padding on the left and right

Try it yourself

import 'dart:convert';

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

import 'api.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(const MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return const MaterialApp(
      debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
      home: WeatherScreen(),
    );
  }
}

class WeatherScreen extends StatefulWidget {
  const WeatherScreen({super.key});

  @override
  State<WeatherScreen> createState() => _WeatherScreenState();
}

class _WeatherScreenState extends State<WeatherScreen> {
  late Future<Weather> _weather;

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    _weather = loadWeather();
  }

  Future<Weather> loadWeather() async {
    final body = await fetch('/weather/lisbon');
    return Weather.fromJson(jsonDecode(body));
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(title: const Text('Weather')),
      body: Center(
        child: FutureBuilder<Weather>(
          future: _weather,
          builder: (context, snapshot) {
            if (snapshot.hasError) {
              return Text('Could not load: ${snapshot.error}');
            }
            if (snapshot.hasData) {
              return buildWeather(snapshot.data!);
            }
            return const CircularProgressIndicator();
          },
        ),
      ),
    );
  }

  Widget buildWeather(Weather weather) {
    return Column(
      mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
      children: [
        Text(weather.city, style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 32)),
        Text(
          '${weather.temperature}°',
          style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 72, fontWeight: FontWeight.bold),
        ),
        Text(weather.condition, style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 24)),
      ],
    );
  }
}

class Weather {
  Weather({
    required this.city,
    required this.temperature,
    required this.condition,
    required this.forecast,
  });

  final String city;
  final int temperature;
  final String condition;
  final List<DayForecast> forecast;

  factory Weather.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
    final days = json['forecast'] as List<dynamic>;
    return Weather(
      city: json['city'] as String,
      temperature: json['temperature'] as int,
      condition: json['condition'] as String,
      forecast: days
          .map((day) => DayForecast.fromJson(day as Map<String, dynamic>))
          .toList(),
    );
  }
}

class DayForecast {
  DayForecast({
    required this.date,
    required this.condition,
    required this.high,
    required this.low,
  });

  final DateTime date;
  final String condition;
  final int high;
  final int low;

  factory DayForecast.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
    return DayForecast(
      date: DateTime.parse(json['date'] as String),
      condition: json['condition'] as String,
      high: json['high'] as int,
      low: json['low'] as int,
    );
  }
}

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