drifter_app/lib/pages/message_screen/widgets/message_input.dart

import 'package:drifter/theme/app_colors.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

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

  @override
  State<MessageInput> createState() => _MessageInputState();
}

class _MessageInputState extends State<MessageInput> {
  late final TextEditingController messageController;
  late final FocusNode messageFocusNode;

  void submitData() {
    final newMessage = messageController;
  }

  @override
  void initState() {
    messageController = TextEditingController();
    messageFocusNode = FocusNode();

    super.initState();
  }

  @override
  void dispose() {
    messageController.dispose();
    messageFocusNode.dispose();

    super.dispose();
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Align(
      alignment: Alignment.bottomCenter,
      child: Container(
        padding: const EdgeInsets.only(bottom: 16, left: 8, right: 8, top: 8),
        child: Row(
          children: [
            GestureDetector(
              onTap: () {},
              child: Container(
                child: Icon(
                  Icons.add_a_photo,
                  color: AppColors.mainAccent,
                  size: 40,
                ),
              ),
            ),
            const SizedBox(
              width: 8,
            ),
            Expanded(
              child: Padding(
                padding: const EdgeInsets.all(4.0),
                child: ClipRRect(
                  borderRadius: const BorderRadius.all(
                    Radius.circular(
                      0.0,
                    ),
                  ),
                  child: TextField(
                    controller: messageController,
                    focusNode: messageFocusNode,
                    style: const TextStyle(
                      fontSize: 14,
                    ),
                    decoration: InputDecoration(
                      hintText: 'What\'s new?',
                      hintStyle: const TextStyle(fontSize: 14),
                      suffixIcon: IconButton(
                        icon: const Icon(
                          Icons.send,
                          color: AppColors.mainDarkBlue,
                          size: 30,
                        ),
                        onPressed: () {
                          submitData();
                        },
                      ),
                    ),
                  ),
                ),
              ),
            ),
          ],
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}