From 1dc47d1991910d95b4472ed3e415adb0d46a6617 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xengineering <me@xengineering.eu>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:49:22 +0100
Subject: Display MQTT connection status

The user otherwise cannot trust the state of the contacts because the
app could just be disconnected from the broker.
---
 lib/data.dart | 12 +++++++++++-
 lib/ui.dart   | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib')

diff --git a/lib/data.dart b/lib/data.dart
index 08f8881..f5a24e8 100644
--- a/lib/data.dart
+++ b/lib/data.dart
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ const String topicPrefix = 'sia';
 
 class AppState with ChangeNotifier {
   Map<String, bool> contacts = <String, bool>{};
-
   late final MqttServerClient _client;
+  bool _brokerConnected = false;
+  bool get brokerConnected => _brokerConnected;
 
   AppState() {
     _initMqtt();
@@ -31,9 +32,11 @@ class AppState with ChangeNotifier {
 
     _client.port = brokerPort;
     _client.keepAlivePeriod = 2;
+    _client.disconnectOnNoResponsePeriod = 1;
     _client.logging(on: false);
 
     _client.onConnected = _onConnected;
+    _client.onDisconnected = _onDisconnected;
 
     try {
       await _client.connect();
@@ -47,6 +50,13 @@ class AppState with ChangeNotifier {
 
   void _onConnected() {
     _client.subscribe('$topicPrefix/contact/+/state', MqttQos.exactlyOnce);
+    _brokerConnected = true;
+    notifyListeners();
+  }
+
+  void _onDisconnected() {
+    _brokerConnected = false;
+    notifyListeners();
   }
 
   void _onMessage(List<MqttReceivedMessage<MqttMessage>> messages) {
diff --git a/lib/ui.dart b/lib/ui.dart
index ff8c3a8..38ace9a 100644
--- a/lib/ui.dart
+++ b/lib/ui.dart
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ class UI extends StatelessWidget {
     return MaterialApp(
       home: Scaffold(
         appBar: AppBar(title: const Text("Contacts")),
-        body: const ContactList(),
+        body: const Column(
+          children: <Widget>[
+            Expanded(child: ContactList()),
+          ],
+        ),
+        bottomNavigationBar: const ConnectionStatus(),
       ),
     );
   }
@@ -43,3 +48,26 @@ class ContactList extends StatelessWidget {
     );
   }
 }
+
+class ConnectionStatus extends StatelessWidget {
+  const ConnectionStatus({super.key});
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return  Consumer<AppState>(
+      builder: (BuildContext context, AppState state, Widget? child) {
+        Icon icon;
+        Text text;
+        if (state.brokerConnected) {
+          icon = const Icon(Icons.cloud, color: Colors.green);
+          text = const Text('Connected');
+        } else {
+          icon = const Icon(Icons.cloud_off, color: Colors.red);
+          text = const Text('Disconnected');
+        }
+
+        return ListTile(leading: icon, title: text);
+      },
+    );
+  }
+}
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