How to Set Up a Multistep User Onboarding Process in FlutterFlow

Create a new page called Onboarding. Add a Column as the root. Inside, add a LinearPercentIndicator widget at the top with percent bound to a Page State variable currentStep divided by totalSteps (e.g., currentStep / 4). Below it, add a PageView with physics set to NeverScrollableScrollPhysics to prevent free swiping — navigation should only happen via the Continue button. Add 4 child pages inside the PageView. At the bottom of the Column, add a Row with a Back button (goes to previous page) and a Continue button (advances to the next page). Use Conditional Visibility to hide the Back button on step 1.

In PageView child 1, add a Column with a centered CircleImage (150x150) showing a placeholder person icon. Below it, add a FlutterFlowUploadButton that lets the user pick a photo from their gallery. On upload, store the photo URL in Page State avatarUrl and update the CircleImage to show the uploaded photo. Below, add a TextField for display name bound to Page State displayName with validation requiring at least 2 characters. The Continue button on this step should check that displayName is not empty before advancing.

In PageView child 2, add a Text heading 'What are you interested in?' and a ChoiceChips widget with options from an Option Set (e.g., Technology, Design, Business, Health, Education, Entertainment). Set allowMultipleSelection to true. Bind the selected values to Page State selectedInterests (List of Strings). Add a minimum selection validation on the Continue button: check that selectedInterests has at least 1 item before advancing. Display a helper text 'Select at least 1 topic' below the ChoiceChips.

In PageView child 3, add toggle Switches for notification preferences: Push Notifications, Email Updates, and Weekly Digest. Bind each to a Page State boolean. In PageView child 4, create a tutorial screen with an illustration Image, a heading 'You are all set!', a brief description of what the app offers, and a 'Get Started' button instead of Continue. This final step does not need validation since all data has been collected in prior steps.

On each Continue button tap, before advancing the PageView, add an Update Document action that writes the current step's data to the user document. Step 1 saves avatarUrl and displayName. Step 2 saves selectedInterests. Step 3 saves notificationPreferences. Also update an onboardingStep integer field on the user doc to track which step was last completed. On the Onboarding page load, read the user's onboardingStep and animate the PageView to that step so returning users resume where they left off.

Add a persisted App State variable onboardingComplete (Boolean, default false). On the Get Started button tap in Step 4, update the user document with onboardingComplete: true and set the App State onboardingComplete to true, then Navigate to the Home page using Replace Route so the user cannot go back. In your app's initial routing logic (e.g., on the Splash or Auth page), add a Conditional Action: if the user is authenticated AND App State onboardingComplete is true, navigate directly to Home. If authenticated but onboardingComplete is false, navigate to Onboarding.