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Get the current method name from the Stack Trace (Hack)

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By doing some string manipulation on the current stack trace, you can extract the current method name.

This is useful with logging or analytics code, where similar methods may be invoked.

Get the Current Method Name (Hack)

Example code

Note that the code above is a bit fragile and doesn't work well with extension methods or closures, where the stack frames look a bit different.

Here's a more refined and robust example that works better with closures:

/// Helper function to extract the current method name from the stack trace String getCurrentMethodName() { final frames = StackTrace.current.toString().split('\n'); // The second frame in the stack trace contains the current method final frame = frames.elementAtOrNull(1); if (frame != null) { // Extract the method name from the frame. For example, given this input string: // #1 LoggerAnalyticsClient.trackAppOpen (package:flutter_ship_app/src/monitoring/logger_analytics_client.dart:28:9) // The code will return: LoggerAnalyticsClient.trackAppOpen final tokens = frame .replaceAll('<anonymous closure>', '<anonymous_closure>') .split(' '); final methodName = tokens.elementAtOrNull(tokens.length - 2); if (methodName != null) { // if the class name is included, remove it, otherwise return as is final methodTokens = methodName.split('.'); // ignore_for_file:avoid-unsafe-collection-methods return methodTokens.length >= 2 && methodTokens[1] != '<anonymous_closure>' ? (methodTokens.elementAtOrNull(1) ?? '') : methodName; } } return ''; }

In any case, this is just a hack:

  • It's slow, so don't use it in hot code paths (like loops)
  • It won't work if you enable obfuscation

So, if you want to use it, make sure it's enabled on debug builds only.

Happy coding!

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