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+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:mc_common_app/config/routes.dart';
+import 'package:mc_common_app/theme/colors.dart';
+
+/// Self-dismissing toast with a visible countdown, shown on top of whatever view is
+/// currently on screen. Mounts via the root navigator's Overlay, so callers don't need
+/// to pass a BuildContext (avoids the stale-context issues a dialog-based approach has,
+/// e.g. when shown from a VM/repo layer that doesn't hold one).
+class AppToast {
+  static OverlayEntry? _entry;
+
+  // Single place to retune how long an action-performing toast waits before firing its
+  // onComplete (either naturally, or immediately if the user taps it early -- see _dismiss).
+  static const int actionSeconds = 4;
+
+  // Duration for the plain toast with no onComplete callback -- change this single value
+  // to retune it everywhere that uses it.
+  static const int plainSeconds = 3;
+
+  static const Color errorBgColor = Color(0xFFF1CECE);
+  static const Color errorTextColor = MyColors.redColor;
+  static const Color successBgColor = Color(0xFFECFDF5);
+  static const Color successTextColor = MyColors.greenColor;
+
+  static void show(String message, {int seconds = 5, VoidCallback? onComplete, bool showIcon = true, bool showCountdownText = true, Color? bgColor, Color? textColor}) {
+    OverlayState? overlay = navigatorKey.currentState?.overlay;
+    if (overlay == null) return;
+
+    // Only one toast on screen at a time -- a new call replaces whatever is currently
+    // showing. Its onComplete (if any) never fires in that case -- _dismiss only acts on
+    // the entry that's still current.
+    _entry?.remove();
+    _entry = null;
+
+    late OverlayEntry entry;
+    entry = OverlayEntry(
+      builder: (BuildContext context) => _CountdownToast(
+        message: message,
+        seconds: seconds,
+        showIcon: showIcon,
+        showCountdownText: showCountdownText,
+        bgColor: bgColor,
+        textColor: textColor,
+        onDismiss: () => _dismiss(entry, onComplete),
+      ),
+    );
+    _entry = entry;
+    overlay.insert(entry);
+  }
+
+  // Fires on both the timer completing and an early tap -- a tap just means "don't make
+  // me wait", not "cancel this". Guarded so a toast that's already been replaced never
+  // fires its (now stale) action.
+  static void _dismiss(OverlayEntry entry, VoidCallback? onComplete) {
+    if (_entry == entry) {
+      entry.remove();
+      _entry = null;
+      onComplete?.call();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class _CountdownToast extends StatefulWidget {
+  final String message;
+  final int seconds;
+  final VoidCallback onDismiss;
+  final bool showIcon;
+  final bool showCountdownText;
+  final Color? bgColor;
+  final Color? textColor;
+
+  const _CountdownToast({required this.message, required this.seconds, required this.onDismiss, this.showIcon = true, this.showCountdownText = true, this.bgColor, this.textColor});
+
+  @override
+  State<_CountdownToast> createState() => _CountdownToastState();
+}
+
+class _CountdownToastState extends State<_CountdownToast> {
+  late int _remaining = widget.seconds;
+  Timer? _timer;
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    _timer = Timer.periodic(const Duration(seconds: 1), (Timer t) {
+      setState(() => _remaining--);
+      if (_remaining <= 0) {
+        t.cancel();
+        widget.onDismiss();
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    _timer?.cancel();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    Color bgColor = widget.bgColor ?? MyColors.darkTextColor;
+    Color textColor = widget.textColor ?? Colors.white;
+
+    return Positioned(
+      left: 16,
+      right: 16,
+      top: 24,
+      child: SafeArea(
+        bottom: false,
+        child: Material(
+          color: Colors.transparent,
+          child: GestureDetector(
+            onTap: widget.onDismiss,
+            child: Container(
+              padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 16, vertical: 12),
+              decoration: BoxDecoration(
+                color: bgColor,
+                borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(10),
+                boxShadow: const <BoxShadow>[BoxShadow(color: Color(0x33000000), blurRadius: 12, offset: Offset(0, 4))],
+              ),
+              child: Row(
+                crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+                children: <Widget>[
+                  if (widget.showIcon) ...<Widget>[Icon(Icons.error_outline, color: textColor, size: 20), const SizedBox(width: 10)],
+                  Expanded(
+                    child: Column(
+                      crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+                      mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
+                      children: <Widget>[
+                        Text(widget.message, style: TextStyle(color: textColor, fontSize: 14, height: 1.3, fontWeight: FontWeight.w600)),
+                        if (widget.showCountdownText) ...<Widget>[
+                          const SizedBox(height: 4),
+                          Text("Dismissing in ${_remaining}s", style: TextStyle(color: textColor.withOpacity(0.7), fontSize: 12, fontWeight: FontWeight.w500)),
+                        ],
+                      ],
+                    ),
+                  ),
+                ],
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}