Improved text display update behavior

Gold872 · Nov 24, 2023 · c32e8cf · c32e8cf
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commit c32e8cf
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/lib/widgets/nt4_widgets/single_topic/text_display.dart b/lib/widgets/nt4_widgets/single_topic/text_display.dart
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ class TextDisplay extends StatelessWidget with NT4Widget {
       stream: subscription?.periodicStream(),
       initialData: nt4Connection.getLastAnnouncedValue(topic),
       builder: (context, snapshot) {
-        Object data = snapshot.data ?? '';
+        Object data = snapshot.data ?? Object();
 
-        if (data.toString() != _previousValue.toString()) {
+        if (data.toString() != _previousValue.toString() &&
+            !data.isExactType<Object>()) {
           // Needed to prevent errors
           Future(() async {
             _controller.text = data.toString();