feat: markdown rendering in assistant message bubbles

Matthias Nott

2026-03-24 5b875009924f990baece93fa5e25134906f86c6d

feat: markdown rendering in assistant message bubbles

 lib/widgets/message_bubble.dart
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 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
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 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
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+import 'package:flutter_markdown/flutter_markdown.dart';
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 import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
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 import '../models/message.dart';
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   Widget _buildContent(BuildContext context) {
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     switch (message.type) {
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       case MessageType.text:
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-        return SelectableText(
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-          message.content,
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-          style: TextStyle(
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-            fontSize: 15,
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-            color: _isUser ? Colors.white : null,
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-            height: 1.4,
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-          ),
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-        );
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+        if (_isUser) {
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+          return SelectableText(
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+            message.content,
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+            style: const TextStyle(
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+              fontSize: 15,
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+              color: Colors.white,
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+              height: 1.4,
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+            ),
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+          );
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+        }
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+        return _buildMarkdown(context);
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       case MessageType.voice:
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         return _buildVoiceContent(context);
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       case MessageType.image:
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         return _buildImageContent(context);
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     }
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+  }
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+  Widget _buildMarkdown(BuildContext context) {
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+    final isDark = Theme.of(context).brightness == Brightness.dark;
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+    final textColor = isDark ? Colors.white : Colors.black87;
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+    final codeBackground = isDark
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+        ? Colors.white.withAlpha(20)
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+        : Colors.black.withAlpha(15);
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+    return MarkdownBody(
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+      data: message.content,
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+      selectable: true,
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+      softLineBreak: true,
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+      styleSheet: MarkdownStyleSheet(
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+        p: TextStyle(fontSize: 15, height: 1.4, color: textColor),
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+        h1: TextStyle(fontSize: 20, fontWeight: FontWeight.bold, color: textColor),
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+        h2: TextStyle(fontSize: 18, fontWeight: FontWeight.bold, color: textColor),
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+        h3: TextStyle(fontSize: 16, fontWeight: FontWeight.bold, color: textColor),
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+        strong: TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.bold, color: textColor),
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+        em: TextStyle(fontStyle: FontStyle.italic, color: textColor),
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+        code: TextStyle(
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+          fontSize: 13,
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+          fontFamily: 'monospace',
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+          color: textColor,
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+          backgroundColor: codeBackground,
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+        ),
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+        codeblockDecoration: BoxDecoration(
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+          color: codeBackground,
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+          borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(8),
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+        ),
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+        codeblockPadding: const EdgeInsets.all(10),
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+        listBullet: TextStyle(fontSize: 15, color: textColor),
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+        blockquoteDecoration: BoxDecoration(
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+          border: Border(
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+            left: BorderSide(color: AppColors.accent, width: 3),
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+          ),
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+        ),
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+        blockquotePadding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 12, top: 4, bottom: 4),
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+      ),
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+      onTapLink: (text, href, title) {
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+        if (href != null) {
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+          Clipboard.setData(ClipboardData(text: href));
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+          ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(
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+            SnackBar(
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+              content: Text('Link copied: $href'),
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+              duration: const Duration(seconds: 2),
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+            ),
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+          );
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+        }
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+      },
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+    );
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   }
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   Widget _buildVoiceContent(BuildContext context) {
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         // Transcript
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         if (message.content.isNotEmpty) ...[
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           const SizedBox(height: 8),
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-          SelectableText(
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-            message.content,
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-            style: TextStyle(
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-              fontSize: 14,
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-              color: _isUser ? Colors.white.withAlpha(220) : null,
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-              height: 1.3,
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+          if (_isUser)
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+            SelectableText(
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+              message.content,
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+              style: TextStyle(
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+                fontSize: 14,
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+                color: Colors.white.withAlpha(220),
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+                height: 1.3,
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+              ),
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+            )
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+          else
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+            _buildMarkdown(context),
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         ],
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       ],
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     );
 pubspec.lock
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       url: "https://pub.dev"
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     source: hosted
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     version: "6.0.0"
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+  flutter_markdown:
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+    dependency: "direct main"
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+    description:
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+      name: flutter_markdown
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+      sha256: "08fb8315236099ff8e90cb87bb2b935e0a724a3af1623000a9cec930468e0f27"
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+      url: "https://pub.dev"
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+    source: hosted
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+    version: "0.7.7+1"
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   flutter_plugin_android_lifecycle:
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     dependency: transitive
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     description:
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       url: "https://pub.dev"
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     source: hosted
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     version: "1.3.0"
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+  markdown:
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+    dependency: transitive
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+    description:
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+      name: markdown
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+      sha256: ee85086ad7698b42522c6ad42fe195f1b9898e4d974a1af4576c1a3a176cada9
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+      url: "https://pub.dev"
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+    source: hosted
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+    version: "7.3.1"
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   matcher:
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     dependency: transitive
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     description:
 pubspec.yaml
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   uuid: ^4.5.1
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   collection: ^1.19.1
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   file_picker: ^10.3.10
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+  flutter_markdown: ^0.7.7+1
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 dev_dependencies:
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   flutter_test: