Search Results List
Component Detail
Description
Displays filtered search results as a scrollable list of ContactCard and PeerMentorCard widgets. The list is wrapped in a Semantics widget so screen readers can announce it as a results region. Handles empty, loading, and offline states.
search-results-list
Summaries
The Search Results List is the visible face of the contact discovery experience, directly determining whether users can quickly find peers, mentors, and colleagues within the platform. A well-executed results list reduces friction in networking workflows, increasing engagement and retention metrics. By gracefully handling offline states and loading transitions, the component preserves usability in low-connectivity environments — a competitive differentiator for field-based or traveling users. Accessibility compliance via screen reader support broadens the addressable user base and helps meet enterprise procurement requirements that mandate WCAG conformance.
This component is a direct driver of the product's perceived quality and daily active usage.
The Search Results List is a low-complexity UI component with a well-scoped responsibility: rendering ContactCard and PeerMentorCard widgets returned from upstream services. Development effort is minimal, but delivery depends on both ContactCard and PeerMentorCard widgets being finalized first, making scheduling coordination with those workstreams important. QA must cover four distinct states — loaded results, empty results, loading placeholder, and offline cache indicator — requiring dedicated test cases for each. Accessibility testing with a screen reader should be included in the definition of done.
No backend dependencies exist; mocking the data layer is straightforward for parallel development.
Search Results List is a stateless Flutter widget receiving its data through the `updateResults(List contacts)`, `setLoading(bool)`, and `setOfflineMode(bool)` interfaces. It delegates item rendering to ContactCard and PeerMentorCard widgets, selecting the appropriate card type based on the contact model's role field. The entire list is wrapped in a `Semantics` widget with a labeled region role, enabling VoiceOver and TalkBack to announce the results boundary. State transitions (loading shimmer, empty state illustration, offline banner) are handled internally via conditional widget trees.
The `onItemTap(String contactId)` callback bubbles selection events upward to the parent route for navigation. No direct service or repository dependencies exist — data flows in from the parent via rebuild.
Responsibilities
- Render list of ContactCard and PeerMentorCard widgets
- Wrap results region with Semantics for screen reader navigation
- Display offline indicator when results are from local cache
- Handle empty results and loading placeholder
Interfaces
build(BuildContext)
updateResults(List contacts)
setLoading(bool loading)
setOfflineMode(bool offline)
onItemTap(String contactId)
Relationships
Dependencies (2)
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