Text Overflowing in a Row, Flutter

Try using Expanded widget with flex value set as per the expectation of UI filling. Sample Code: Center( child: Container( height: 80, color: Colors.yellow, child: Row( mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.start, children: [ Padding( padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0), child: Icon(Icons.bus_alert), ), Expanded( flex: 1, child: Container( width: 1, color: Colors.green, child: Column( children: [Text(“Text 1”), Text(“Text 1”)], ), )), … Read more

How to show/hide widgets programmatically in Flutter

Definition: Invisible: The widget takes up physical space on the screen but is not visible to user. This can be achieved using Visibility widget. Gone: The widget doesn’t take up any physical space and is completely gone. This can be achieved using Visibility, if or if-else condition. Invisible example: Visibility( child: Text(“Invisible”), maintainSize: true, maintainAnimation: … Read more

How to refresh an AlertDialog in Flutter?

Use StatefulBuilder to use setState inside Dialog and update Widgets only inside of it. showDialog( context: context, builder: (context) { String contentText = “Content of Dialog”; return StatefulBuilder( builder: (context, setState) { return AlertDialog( title: Text(“Title of Dialog”), content: Text(contentText), actions: <Widget>[ TextButton( onPressed: () => Navigator.pop(context), child: Text(“Cancel”), ), TextButton( onPressed: () { setState(() … Read more

Flutter – Wrap text on overflow, like insert ellipsis or fade

You should wrap your Container in a Flexible to let your Row know that it’s ok for the Container to be narrower than its intrinsic width. Expanded will also work. Flexible( child: new Container( padding: new EdgeInsets.only(right: 13.0), child: new Text( ‘Text largeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee’, overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis, style: new TextStyle( fontSize: 13.0, fontFamily: ‘Roboto’, color: new Color(0xFF212121), … Read more

How to change status bar color in Flutter?

Update Flutter 2.0 (Recommended): On latest Flutter version, you should use: AppBar( systemOverlayStyle: SystemUiOverlayStyle( // Status bar color statusBarColor: Colors.red, // Status bar brightness (optional) statusBarIconBrightness: Brightness.dark, // For Android (dark icons) statusBarBrightness: Brightness.light, // For iOS (dark icons) ), ) Only Android (more flexibility): import ‘package:flutter/services.dart’; void main() { SystemChrome.setSystemUIOverlayStyle(SystemUiOverlayStyle( systemNavigationBarColor: Colors.blue, // navigation … Read more

Flutter: Scrolling to a widget in ListView

By far, the easiest solution is to use Scrollable.ensureVisible(context). As it does everything for you and work with any widget size. Fetching the context using GlobalKey. The problem is that ListView won’t render non-visible items. Meaning that your target most likely will not be built at all. Which means your target will have no context … Read more

How to deal with unwanted widget build?

The build method is designed in such a way that it should be pure/without side effects. This is because many external factors can trigger a new widget build, such as: Route pop/push Screen resize, usually due to keyboard appearance or orientation change The parent widget recreated its child An InheritedWidget the widget depends on (Class.of(context) … Read more