From b3542ffb78004a6e34be2b95fae6ccf9805b57b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Salvatore Giordano <salvatoregiordanoo@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 11:34:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ui): open `MessageListView` at a specific message

---
 .../lib/src/message_list_view.dart               | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/stream_chat_flutter/lib/src/message_list_view.dart b/packages/stream_chat_flutter/lib/src/message_list_view.dart
index 75d45707..0feecf83 100644
--- a/packages/stream_chat_flutter/lib/src/message_list_view.dart
+++ b/packages/stream_chat_flutter/lib/src/message_list_view.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import 'package:collection/collection.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/cupertino.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/scheduler.dart';
 import 'package:jiffy/jiffy.dart';
 import 'package:rxdart/rxdart.dart';
 import 'package:scrollable_positioned_list/scrollable_positioned_list.dart';
@@ -454,7 +455,11 @@ class _MessageListViewState extends State<MessageListView> {
                   _inBetweenList = true;
                 },
                 child: ScrollablePositionedList.separated(
-                  key: ValueKey(initialIndex! + initialAlignment!),
+                  key: (_upToDate ||
+                          initialIndex == null ||
+                          initialAlignment == null)
+                      ? null
+                      : ValueKey(initialIndex! + initialAlignment!),
                   itemPositionsListener: _itemPositionListener,
                   initialScrollIndex: initialIndex ?? 0,
                   initialAlignment: initialAlignment ?? 0,
@@ -1194,6 +1199,15 @@ class _MessageListViewState extends State<MessageListView> {
       initialIndex = _initialIndex;
       initialAlignment = _initialAlignment;
 
+      WidgetsBinding.instance!.addPostFrameCallback((timeStamp) {
+        if (initialIndex != null) {
+          _scrollController?.jumpTo(
+            index: initialIndex!,
+            alignment: initialAlignment ?? 0,
+          );
+        }
+      });
+
       _messageNewListener =
           streamChannel!.channel.on(EventType.messageNew).listen((event) {
         if (_upToDate) {