I am getting a getter called on null error in flutter. while trying to access the length of a list-CodePudding

Getting a getter length called on null error when I call the getCartQuantity() method. Something about the cart being null. I do not know what the problem is.

This is the actual ERROR MESSAGE! NoSuchMethodError: The getter 'length' was called on null. Receiver: null tried calling: length

import 'package:butcherbox/models/productsModel.dart';
import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class StoreLogic extends ChangeNotifier {
  List<ProductsModel> _products;
  List<ProductsModel> _cart;
  ProductsModel _activeProduct = null;

  StoreLogic() {
    _products = [
      ProductsModel(
        id: 001,
        imageText: 'images/biggiecombo.jpg',
        name: 'ButcherBox Mini Combo Pack',
        category: 'Beef and Chicken',
        price: 500,
        quantity: 0,
      ),
      ProductsModel(
        id: 002,
        imageText: 'images/thecombopack.jpg',
        name: 'ButcherBox Biggie Combo',
        category: 'Beef and Chicken',
        price: 950,
        quantity: 0,
      ),
      ProductsModel(
        id: 003,
        imageText: 'images/regular1kg.jpg',
        name: 'ButcherBox Regular 1kg',
        category: 'Beef',
        price: 1800,
        quantity: 0,
      ), 
    ];
    notifyListeners();
  }

  List<ProductsModel> get products => _products;
  List<ProductsModel> get cart => _cart;
  ProductsModel get activeProduct => _activeProduct;

  setActiveProduct(ProductsModel p) {
    _activeProduct = p;
  }

  addOneItemToCart(ProductsModel p) {
    ProductsModel found =
        _cart.firstWhere((a) => a.id == p.id, orElse: () => null);
    if (found != null) {
      found.quantity  = 1;
    } else {
      _cart.add(p);
    }
    notifyListeners();
  }

  getCartQuantity() {
    int totalItems = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < cart.length; i  ) {
      totalItems  = cart[i].quantity;
    }
    return totalItems;
  }
}

The cart.length returns the error

CodePudding user response：

Check if your cart is null before performing an operation on it.

 getCartQuantity() {
    int totalItems = 0;
    if(cart == null) return totalItems; //add this line.
    for (int i = 0; i < cart.length; i  ) {
      totalItems  = cart[i].quantity;
    }
    return totalItems;
  }

But in general, it appears you are not using null-safety, which I strongly advise you to do.