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flutter_constraints.txt
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|
1 |
+
<topic_start>
|
2 |
+
Introduction to Flutter: Building Beautiful Cross-Platform Apps
|
3 |
+
|
4 |
+
Flutter is an open-source UI software development toolkit created by Google.
|
5 |
+
It is designed to build natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase.
|
6 |
+
Flutter provides a fast, expressive, and flexible way to develop visually stunning
|
7 |
+
applications with high performance.
|
8 |
+
It is a powerful framework for building cross-platform applications with beautiful,
|
9 |
+
highly-customizable UIs. By leveraging Flutter's rich set of widgets, hot reload feature, and platform-specific integrations,
|
10 |
+
developers can create high-quality apps that run smoothly on multiple platforms with minimal effort.
|
11 |
+
<topic_end>
|
12 |
+
<topic_start>
|
13 |
+
Why Choose Flutter?
|
14 |
+
|
15 |
+
One of the primary advantages of Flutter is its ability to create beautiful,
|
16 |
+
highly-customized user interfaces (UI) quickly and efficiently. Here's why Flutter stands out:
|
17 |
+
|
18 |
+
1- Single Codebase: With Flutter, you write one codebase that runs on multiple platforms, including iOS,
|
19 |
+
Android, web, and desktop. This means you can reach a broader audience with less effort.
|
20 |
+
|
21 |
+
2- Expressive UI: Flutter uses a declarative approach to building UI, meaning you describe what you want your UI to look like,
|
22 |
+
and Flutter handles the rendering. This allows for highly expressive and customizable UI designs.
|
23 |
+
|
24 |
+
3- Fast Development: Flutter's hot reload feature allows developers to instantly see changes they make
|
25 |
+
to the code reflected on the app UI, speeding up the development process significantly.
|
26 |
+
|
27 |
+
4- Native Performance: Flutter apps are compiled directly to native machine code,
|
28 |
+
providing near-native performance on each platform.
|
29 |
+
|
30 |
+
5- Rich Set of Widgets: Flutter comes with an extensive collection of pre-designed widgets for
|
31 |
+
building UI elements such as buttons, text inputs, sliders, and more. These widgets are highly
|
32 |
+
customizable and can be combined to create complex UI layouts.
|
33 |
+
<topic_end>
|
34 |
+
<topic_start>
|
35 |
+
Widgets: The Building Blocks of Flutter
|
36 |
+
|
37 |
+
In Flutter, everything is a widget. A widget is a lightweight,
|
38 |
+
reusable component that represents a part of the UI. Flutter provides two types of widgets:
|
39 |
+
|
40 |
+
1- Stateless Widgets: These widgets are immutable and do not have any internal state.
|
41 |
+
Stateless widgets are used for UI elements that do not change over time, such as buttons, icons, or static text.
|
42 |
+
|
43 |
+
2- Stateful Widgets: Stateful widgets maintain internal state that can change over time.
|
44 |
+
They are used for UI elements that need to update dynamically, such as input fields, animations, or lists.
|
45 |
+
<topic_end>
|
46 |
+
<topic_start>
|
47 |
+
How Flutter Works
|
48 |
+
|
49 |
+
At the heart of Flutter's architecture is the Flutter Engine,
|
50 |
+
which is written primarily in C++.
|
51 |
+
The Flutter Engine provides low-level rendering support through Google's Skia graphics library.
|
52 |
+
Here's a simplified overview of how Flutter works:
|
53 |
+
|
54 |
+
1- UI Rendering: Flutter uses a custom rendering engine to draw UI elements directly to the screen,
|
55 |
+
bypassing the platform's native UI components. This allows for consistent UI across different platforms.
|
56 |
+
|
57 |
+
2- Dart Programming Language: Flutter apps are written in the Dart programming language,
|
58 |
+
which was also developed by Google. Dart provides features such as a just-in-time (JIT) compiler for rapid development and a ahead-of-time (AOT) compiler for producing highly optimized native code.
|
59 |
+
|
60 |
+
3- Widgets Layer: Developers use Flutter's extensive widget library to compose the UI of their applications.
|
61 |
+
Widgets are arranged in a tree hierarchy, with each widget responsible for rendering a specific part of the UI.
|
62 |
+
|
63 |
+
4- Hot Reload: Flutter's hot reload feature allows developers to make changes to the code and see the results instantly without restarting the app.
|
64 |
+
This greatly speeds up the development process and enables iterative UI design
|
65 |
+
|
66 |
+
5- Platform Channels: Flutter provides platform channels that allow communication between Flutter code and platform-specific code written in Java (for Android) or Objective-C/Swift (for iOS).
|
67 |
+
This enables developers to access platform-specific features and APIs when needed.
|
68 |
+
<topic_end>
|
69 |
+
<topic_start>
|
70 |
+
Understanding constraints in Flutter
|
71 |
+
info Note
|
72 |
+
If you are experiencing specific layout errors,
|
73 |
+
you might check out Common Flutter errors.
|
74 |
+
When someone learning Flutter asks you why some widget
|
75 |
+
with width: 100 isn’t 100 pixels wide,
|
76 |
+
the default answer is to tell them to put that widget
|
77 |
+
inside of a Center, right?
|
78 |
+
Don’t do that.
|
79 |
+
If you do, they’ll come back again and again,
|
80 |
+
asking why some FittedBox isn’t working,
|
81 |
+
why that Column is overflowing, or what
|
82 |
+
IntrinsicWidth is supposed to be doing.
|
83 |
+
Instead, first tell them that Flutter layout is very different
|
84 |
+
from HTML layout (which is probably where they’re coming from),
|
85 |
+
and then make them memorize the following rule:
|
86 |
+
Flutter layout can’t really be understood without knowing
|
87 |
+
this rule, so Flutter developers should learn it early on.
|
88 |
+
In more detail:
|
89 |
+
For example, if a composed widget contains a column
|
90 |
+
with some padding, and wants to lay out its two children
|
91 |
+
as follows:
|
92 |
+
|
93 |
+
The negotiation goes something like this:
|
94 |
+
Widget: “Hey parent, what are my constraints?”
|
95 |
+
Parent: “You must be from 0 to 300 pixels wide,
|
96 |
+
and 0 to 85 tall.”
|
97 |
+
Widget: “Hmmm, since I want to have 5 pixels of padding,
|
98 |
+
then my children can have at most 290 pixels of width
|
99 |
+
and 75 pixels of height.”
|
100 |
+
Widget: “Hey first child, You must be from 0 to 290
|
101 |
+
pixels wide, and 0 to 75 tall.”
|
102 |
+
First child: “OK, then I wish to be 290 pixels wide,
|
103 |
+
and 20 pixels tall.”
|
104 |
+
Widget: “Hmmm, since I want to put my second child below the
|
105 |
+
first one, this leaves only 55 pixels of height for
|
106 |
+
my second child.”
|
107 |
+
Widget: “Hey second child, You must be from 0 to 290 wide,
|
108 |
+
and 0 to 55 tall.”
|
109 |
+
Second child: “OK, I wish to be 140 pixels wide,
|
110 |
+
and 30 pixels tall.”
|
111 |
+
Widget: “Very well. My first child has position x: 5 and y: 5,
|
112 |
+
and my second child has x: 80 and y: 25.”
|
113 |
+
Widget: “Hey parent, I’ve decided that my size is going to be 300
|
114 |
+
pixels wide, and 60 pixels tall.”
|
115 |
+
<topic_end>
|
116 |
+
<topic_start>
|
117 |
+
Limitations
|
118 |
+
Flutter’s layout engine is designed to be a one-pass process.
|
119 |
+
This means that Flutter lays out its widgets very efficiently,
|
120 |
+
but does result in a few limitations:
|
121 |
+
A widget can decide its own size only within the
|
122 |
+
constraints given to it by its parent.
|
123 |
+
This means a widget usually
|
124 |
+
can’t have any size it wants.
|
125 |
+
A widget can’t know and doesn’t decide its own position
|
126 |
+
in the screen, since it’s the widget’s parent who decides
|
127 |
+
the position of the widget.
|
128 |
+
Since the parent’s size and position, in its turn,
|
129 |
+
also depends on its own parent, it’s impossible to
|
130 |
+
precisely define the size and position of any widget
|
131 |
+
without taking into consideration the tree as a whole.
|
132 |
+
If a child wants a different size from its parent and
|
133 |
+
the parent doesn’t have enough information to align it,
|
134 |
+
then the child’s size might be ignored.
|
135 |
+
Be specific when defining alignment.
|
136 |
+
In Flutter, widgets are rendered by their underlying
|
137 |
+
RenderBox objects. Many boxes in Flutter,
|
138 |
+
especially those that just take a single child,
|
139 |
+
pass their constraint on to their children.
|
140 |
+
Generally, there are three kinds of boxes,
|
141 |
+
in terms of how they handle their constraints:
|
142 |
+
Some widgets, for example Container,
|
143 |
+
vary from type to type based on their constructor arguments.
|
144 |
+
The Container constructor defaults
|
145 |
+
to trying to be as big as possible, but if you give it a width,
|
146 |
+
for instance, it tries to honor that and be that particular size.
|
147 |
+
Others, for example Row and Column (flex boxes)
|
148 |
+
vary based on the constraints they are given,
|
149 |
+
as described in the Flex section.
|
150 |
+
<topic_end>
|
151 |
+
<topic_start>
|
152 |
+
Examples
|
153 |
+
For an interactive experience, use the following DartPad.
|
154 |
+
Use the numbered horizontal scrolling bar to switch between
|
155 |
+
29 different examples.
|
156 |
+
<code_start>
|
157 |
+
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
|
158 |
+
|
159 |
+
void main() => runApp(const HomePage());
|
160 |
+
|
161 |
+
const red = Colors.red;
|
162 |
+
const green = Colors.green;
|
163 |
+
const blue = Colors.blue;
|
164 |
+
const big = TextStyle(fontSize: 30);
|
165 |
+
|
166 |
+
|
167 |
+
class HomePage extends StatelessWidget {
|
168 |
+
const HomePage({super.key});
|
169 |
+
|
170 |
+
@override
|
171 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
172 |
+
return const FlutterLayoutArticle([
|
173 |
+
Example1(),
|
174 |
+
Example2(),
|
175 |
+
Example3(),
|
176 |
+
Example4(),
|
177 |
+
Example5(),
|
178 |
+
Example6(),
|
179 |
+
Example7(),
|
180 |
+
Example8(),
|
181 |
+
Example9(),
|
182 |
+
Example10(),
|
183 |
+
Example11(),
|
184 |
+
Example12(),
|
185 |
+
Example13(),
|
186 |
+
Example14(),
|
187 |
+
Example15(),
|
188 |
+
Example16(),
|
189 |
+
Example17(),
|
190 |
+
Example18(),
|
191 |
+
Example19(),
|
192 |
+
Example20(),
|
193 |
+
Example21(),
|
194 |
+
Example22(),
|
195 |
+
Example23(),
|
196 |
+
Example24(),
|
197 |
+
Example25(),
|
198 |
+
Example26(),
|
199 |
+
Example27(),
|
200 |
+
Example28(),
|
201 |
+
Example29(),
|
202 |
+
]);
|
203 |
+
}
|
204 |
+
}
|
205 |
+
|
206 |
+
|
207 |
+
abstract class Example extends StatelessWidget {
|
208 |
+
const Example({super.key});
|
209 |
+
|
210 |
+
String get code;
|
211 |
+
|
212 |
+
String get explanation;
|
213 |
+
}
|
214 |
+
|
215 |
+
|
216 |
+
class FlutterLayoutArticle extends StatefulWidget {
|
217 |
+
const FlutterLayoutArticle(
|
218 |
+
this.examples, {
|
219 |
+
super.key,
|
220 |
+
});
|
221 |
+
|
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final List<Example> examples;
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@override
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State<FlutterLayoutArticle> createState() => _FlutterLayoutArticleState();
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}
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class _FlutterLayoutArticleState extends State<FlutterLayoutArticle> {
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late int count;
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late Widget example;
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late String code;
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late String explanation;
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@override
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void initState() {
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count = 1;
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code = const Example1().code;
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explanation = const Example1().explanation;
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super.initState();
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}
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@override
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void didUpdateWidget(FlutterLayoutArticle oldWidget) {
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super.didUpdateWidget(oldWidget);
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var example = widget.examples[count - 1];
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code = example.code;
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explanation = example.explanation;
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}
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@override
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Widget build(BuildContext context) {
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return MaterialApp(
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debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
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title: 'Flutter Layout Article',
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home: SafeArea(
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child: Material(
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color: Colors.black,
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child: FittedBox(
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child: Container(
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width: 400,
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height: 670,
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color: const Color(0xFFCCCCCC),
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child: Column(
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crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
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children: [
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Expanded(
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child: ConstrainedBox(
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constraints: const BoxConstraints.tightFor(
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width: double.infinity, height: double.infinity),
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child: widget.examples[count - 1])),
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Container(
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height: 50,
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width: double.infinity,
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color: Colors.black,
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child: SingleChildScrollView(
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scrollDirection: Axis.horizontal,
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child: Row(
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mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
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children: [
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for (int i = 0; i < widget.examples.length; i++)
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Container(
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width: 58,
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padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 4, right: 4),
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child: button(i + 1),
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),
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],
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),
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),
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),
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Container(
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height: 273,
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color: Colors.grey[50],
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child: Scrollbar(
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child: SingleChildScrollView(
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key: ValueKey(count),
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child: Padding(
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padding: const EdgeInsets.all(10),
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child: Column(
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children: [
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Center(child: Text(code)),
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const SizedBox(height: 15),
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Text(
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explanation,
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style: TextStyle(
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color: Colors.blue[900],
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fontStyle: FontStyle.italic),
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),
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],
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),
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),
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),
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),
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),
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],
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),
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),
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),
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),
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),
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);
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}
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Widget button(int exampleNumber) {
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return Button(
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key: ValueKey('button$exampleNumber'),
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isSelected: count == exampleNumber,
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exampleNumber: exampleNumber,
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+
onPressed: () {
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showExample(
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exampleNumber,
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widget.examples[exampleNumber - 1].code,
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widget.examples[exampleNumber - 1].explanation,
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);
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},
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);
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}
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+
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void showExample(int exampleNumber, String code, String explanation) {
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+
setState(() {
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count = exampleNumber;
|
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+
this.code = code;
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+
this.explanation = explanation;
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+
});
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+
}
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+
}
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+
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+
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class Button extends StatelessWidget {
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+
final bool isSelected;
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+
final int exampleNumber;
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+
final VoidCallback onPressed;
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+
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+
const Button({
|
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+
super.key,
|
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+
required this.isSelected,
|
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+
required this.exampleNumber,
|
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+
required this.onPressed,
|
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+
});
|
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+
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+
@override
|
363 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
364 |
+
return TextButton(
|
365 |
+
style: TextButton.styleFrom(
|
366 |
+
foregroundColor: Colors.white,
|
367 |
+
backgroundColor: isSelected ? Colors.grey : Colors.grey[800],
|
368 |
+
),
|
369 |
+
child: Text(exampleNumber.toString()),
|
370 |
+
onPressed: () {
|
371 |
+
Scrollable.ensureVisible(
|
372 |
+
context,
|
373 |
+
duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 350),
|
374 |
+
curve: Curves.easeOut,
|
375 |
+
alignment: 0.5,
|
376 |
+
);
|
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+
onPressed();
|
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+
},
|
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+
);
|
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+
}
|
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+
}
|
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+
|
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+
class Example1 extends Example {
|
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+
const Example1({super.key});
|
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+
|
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+
@override
|
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+
final code = 'Container(color: red)';
|
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+
|
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+
@override
|
390 |
+
final explanation = 'The screen is the parent of the Container, '
|
391 |
+
'and it forces the Container to be exactly the same size as the screen.'
|
392 |
+
'\n\n'
|
393 |
+
'So the Container fills the screen and paints it red.';
|
394 |
+
|
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+
@override
|
396 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
397 |
+
return Container(color: red);
|
398 |
+
}
|
399 |
+
}
|
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+
|
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+
|
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+
class Example2 extends Example {
|
403 |
+
const Example2({super.key});
|
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+
|
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+
@override
|
406 |
+
final code = 'Container(width: 100, height: 100, color: red)';
|
407 |
+
@override
|
408 |
+
final String explanation =
|
409 |
+
'The red Container wants to be 100x100, but it can\'t, '
|
410 |
+
'because the screen forces it to be exactly the same size as the screen.'
|
411 |
+
'\n\n'
|
412 |
+
'So the Container fills the screen.';
|
413 |
+
|
414 |
+
@override
|
415 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
416 |
+
return Container(width: 100, height: 100, color: red);
|
417 |
+
}
|
418 |
+
}
|
419 |
+
|
420 |
+
|
421 |
+
class Example3 extends Example {
|
422 |
+
const Example3({super.key});
|
423 |
+
|
424 |
+
@override
|
425 |
+
final code = 'Center(\n'
|
426 |
+
' child: Container(width: 100, height: 100, color: red))';
|
427 |
+
@override
|
428 |
+
final String explanation =
|
429 |
+
'The screen forces the Center to be exactly the same size as the screen, '
|
430 |
+
'so the Center fills the screen.'
|
431 |
+
'\n\n'
|
432 |
+
'The Center tells the Container that it can be any size it wants, but not bigger than the screen.'
|
433 |
+
'Now the Container can indeed be 100x100.';
|
434 |
+
|
435 |
+
@override
|
436 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
437 |
+
return Center(
|
438 |
+
child: Container(width: 100, height: 100, color: red),
|
439 |
+
);
|
440 |
+
}
|
441 |
+
}
|
442 |
+
|
443 |
+
|
444 |
+
class Example4 extends Example {
|
445 |
+
const Example4({super.key});
|
446 |
+
|
447 |
+
@override
|
448 |
+
final code = 'Align(\n'
|
449 |
+
' alignment: Alignment.bottomRight,\n'
|
450 |
+
' child: Container(width: 100, height: 100, color: red))';
|
451 |
+
@override
|
452 |
+
final String explanation =
|
453 |
+
'This is different from the previous example in that it uses Align instead of Center.'
|
454 |
+
'\n\n'
|
455 |
+
'Align also tells the Container that it can be any size it wants, but if there is empty space it won\'t center the Container. '
|
456 |
+
'Instead, it aligns the Container to the bottom-right of the available space.';
|
457 |
+
|
458 |
+
@override
|
459 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
460 |
+
return Align(
|
461 |
+
alignment: Alignment.bottomRight,
|
462 |
+
child: Container(width: 100, height: 100, color: red),
|
463 |
+
);
|
464 |
+
}
|
465 |
+
}
|
466 |
+
|
467 |
+
|
468 |
+
class Example5 extends Example {
|
469 |
+
const Example5({super.key});
|
470 |
+
|
471 |
+
@override
|
472 |
+
final code = 'Center(\n'
|
473 |
+
' child: Container(\n'
|
474 |
+
' color: red,\n'
|
475 |
+
' width: double.infinity,\n'
|
476 |
+
' height: double.infinity))';
|
477 |
+
@override
|
478 |
+
final String explanation =
|
479 |
+
'The screen forces the Center to be exactly the same size as the screen, '
|
480 |
+
'so the Center fills the screen.'
|
481 |
+
'\n\n'
|
482 |
+
'The Center tells the Container that it can be any size it wants, but not bigger than the screen.'
|
483 |
+
'The Container wants to be of infinite size, but since it can\'t be bigger than the screen, it just fills the screen.';
|
484 |
+
|
485 |
+
@override
|
486 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
487 |
+
return Center(
|
488 |
+
child: Container(
|
489 |
+
width: double.infinity, height: double.infinity, color: red),
|
490 |
+
);
|
491 |
+
}
|
492 |
+
}
|
493 |
+
|
494 |
+
|
495 |
+
class Example6 extends Example {
|
496 |
+
const Example6({super.key});
|
497 |
+
|
498 |
+
@override
|
499 |
+
final code = 'Center(child: Container(color: red))';
|
500 |
+
@override
|
501 |
+
final String explanation =
|
502 |
+
'The screen forces the Center to be exactly the same size as the screen, '
|
503 |
+
'so the Center fills the screen.'
|
504 |
+
'\n\n'
|
505 |
+
'The Center tells the Container that it can be any size it wants, but not bigger than the screen.'
|
506 |
+
'\n\n'
|
507 |
+
'Since the Container has no child and no fixed size, it decides it wants to be as big as possible, so it fills the whole screen.'
|
508 |
+
'\n\n'
|
509 |
+
'But why does the Container decide that? '
|
510 |
+
'Simply because that\'s a design decision by those who created the Container widget. '
|
511 |
+
'It could have been created differently, and you have to read the Container documentation to understand how it behaves, depending on the circumstances. ';
|
512 |
+
|
513 |
+
@override
|
514 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
515 |
+
return Center(
|
516 |
+
child: Container(color: red),
|
517 |
+
);
|
518 |
+
}
|
519 |
+
}
|
520 |
+
|
521 |
+
|
522 |
+
class Example7 extends Example {
|
523 |
+
const Example7({super.key});
|
524 |
+
|
525 |
+
@override
|
526 |
+
final code = 'Center(\n'
|
527 |
+
' child: Container(color: red\n'
|
528 |
+
' child: Container(color: green, width: 30, height: 30)))';
|
529 |
+
@override
|
530 |
+
final String explanation =
|
531 |
+
'The screen forces the Center to be exactly the same size as the screen, '
|
532 |
+
'so the Center fills the screen.'
|
533 |
+
'\n\n'
|
534 |
+
'The Center tells the red Container that it can be any size it wants, but not bigger than the screen.'
|
535 |
+
'Since the red Container has no size but has a child, it decides it wants to be the same size as its child.'
|
536 |
+
'\n\n'
|
537 |
+
'The red Container tells its child that it can be any size it wants, but not bigger than the screen.'
|
538 |
+
'\n\n'
|
539 |
+
'The child is a green Container that wants to be 30x30.'
|
540 |
+
'\n\n'
|
541 |
+
'Since the red `Container` has no size but has a child, it decides it wants to be the same size as its child. '
|
542 |
+
'The red color isn\'t visible, since the green Container entirely covers all of the red Container.';
|
543 |
+
|
544 |
+
@override
|
545 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
546 |
+
return Center(
|
547 |
+
child: Container(
|
548 |
+
color: red,
|
549 |
+
child: Container(color: green, width: 30, height: 30),
|
550 |
+
),
|
551 |
+
);
|
552 |
+
}
|
553 |
+
}
|
554 |
+
|
555 |
+
|
556 |
+
class Example8 extends Example {
|
557 |
+
const Example8({super.key});
|
558 |
+
|
559 |
+
@override
|
560 |
+
final code = 'Center(\n'
|
561 |
+
' child: Container(color: red\n'
|
562 |
+
' padding: const EdgeInsets.all(20),\n'
|
563 |
+
' child: Container(color: green, width: 30, height: 30)))';
|
564 |
+
@override
|
565 |
+
final String explanation =
|
566 |
+
'The red Container sizes itself to its children size, but it takes its own padding into consideration. '
|
567 |
+
'So it is also 30x30 plus padding. '
|
568 |
+
'The red color is visible because of the padding, and the green Container has the same size as in the previous example.';
|
569 |
+
|
570 |
+
@override
|
571 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
572 |
+
return Center(
|
573 |
+
child: Container(
|
574 |
+
padding: const EdgeInsets.all(20),
|
575 |
+
color: red,
|
576 |
+
child: Container(color: green, width: 30, height: 30),
|
577 |
+
),
|
578 |
+
);
|
579 |
+
}
|
580 |
+
}
|
581 |
+
|
582 |
+
|
583 |
+
class Example9 extends Example {
|
584 |
+
const Example9({super.key});
|
585 |
+
|
586 |
+
@override
|
587 |
+
final code = 'ConstrainedBox(\n'
|
588 |
+
' constraints: BoxConstraints(\n'
|
589 |
+
' minWidth: 70, minHeight: 70,\n'
|
590 |
+
' maxWidth: 150, maxHeight: 150),\n'
|
591 |
+
' child: Container(color: red, width: 10, height: 10)))';
|
592 |
+
@override
|
593 |
+
final String explanation =
|
594 |
+
'You might guess that the Container has to be between 70 and 150 pixels, but you would be wrong. '
|
595 |
+
'The ConstrainedBox only imposes ADDITIONAL constraints from those it receives from its parent.'
|
596 |
+
'\n\n'
|
597 |
+
'Here, the screen forces the ConstrainedBox to be exactly the same size as the screen, '
|
598 |
+
'so it tells its child Container to also assume the size of the screen, '
|
599 |
+
'thus ignoring its \'constraints\' parameter.';
|
600 |
+
|
601 |
+
@override
|
602 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
603 |
+
return ConstrainedBox(
|
604 |
+
constraints: const BoxConstraints(
|
605 |
+
minWidth: 70,
|
606 |
+
minHeight: 70,
|
607 |
+
maxWidth: 150,
|
608 |
+
maxHeight: 150,
|
609 |
+
),
|
610 |
+
child: Container(color: red, width: 10, height: 10),
|
611 |
+
);
|
612 |
+
}
|
613 |
+
}
|
614 |
+
|
615 |
+
|
616 |
+
class Example10 extends Example {
|
617 |
+
const Example10({super.key});
|
618 |
+
|
619 |
+
@override
|
620 |
+
final code = 'Center(\n'
|
621 |
+
' child: ConstrainedBox(\n'
|
622 |
+
' constraints: BoxConstraints(\n'
|
623 |
+
' minWidth: 70, minHeight: 70,\n'
|
624 |
+
' maxWidth: 150, maxHeight: 150),\n'
|
625 |
+
' child: Container(color: red, width: 10, height: 10))))';
|
626 |
+
@override
|
627 |
+
final String explanation =
|
628 |
+
'Now, Center allows ConstrainedBox to be any size up to the screen size.'
|
629 |
+
'\n\n'
|
630 |
+
'The ConstrainedBox imposes ADDITIONAL constraints from its \'constraints\' parameter onto its child.'
|
631 |
+
'\n\n'
|
632 |
+
'The Container must be between 70 and 150 pixels. It wants to have 10 pixels, so it will end up having 70 (the MINIMUM).';
|
633 |
+
|
634 |
+
@override
|
635 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
636 |
+
return Center(
|
637 |
+
child: ConstrainedBox(
|
638 |
+
constraints: const BoxConstraints(
|
639 |
+
minWidth: 70,
|
640 |
+
minHeight: 70,
|
641 |
+
maxWidth: 150,
|
642 |
+
maxHeight: 150,
|
643 |
+
),
|
644 |
+
child: Container(color: red, width: 10, height: 10),
|
645 |
+
),
|
646 |
+
);
|
647 |
+
}
|
648 |
+
}
|
649 |
+
|
650 |
+
|
651 |
+
class Example11 extends Example {
|
652 |
+
const Example11({super.key});
|
653 |
+
|
654 |
+
@override
|
655 |
+
final code = 'Center(\n'
|
656 |
+
' child: ConstrainedBox(\n'
|
657 |
+
' constraints: BoxConstraints(\n'
|
658 |
+
' minWidth: 70, minHeight: 70,\n'
|
659 |
+
' maxWidth: 150, maxHeight: 150),\n'
|
660 |
+
' child: Container(color: red, width: 1000, height: 1000))))';
|
661 |
+
@override
|
662 |
+
final String explanation =
|
663 |
+
'Center allows ConstrainedBox to be any size up to the screen size.'
|
664 |
+
'The ConstrainedBox imposes ADDITIONAL constraints from its \'constraints\' parameter onto its child'
|
665 |
+
'\n\n'
|
666 |
+
'The Container must be between 70 and 150 pixels. It wants to have 1000 pixels, so it ends up having 150 (the MAXIMUM).';
|
667 |
+
|
668 |
+
@override
|
669 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
670 |
+
return Center(
|
671 |
+
child: ConstrainedBox(
|
672 |
+
constraints: const BoxConstraints(
|
673 |
+
minWidth: 70,
|
674 |
+
minHeight: 70,
|
675 |
+
maxWidth: 150,
|
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+
maxHeight: 150,
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+
),
|
678 |
+
child: Container(color: red, width: 1000, height: 1000),
|
679 |
+
),
|
680 |
+
);
|
681 |
+
}
|
682 |
+
}
|
683 |
+
|
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+
|
685 |
+
class Example12 extends Example {
|
686 |
+
const Example12({super.key});
|
687 |
+
|
688 |
+
@override
|
689 |
+
final code = 'Center(\n'
|
690 |
+
' child: ConstrainedBox(\n'
|
691 |
+
' constraints: BoxConstraints(\n'
|
692 |
+
' minWidth: 70, minHeight: 70,\n'
|
693 |
+
' maxWidth: 150, maxHeight: 150),\n'
|
694 |
+
' child: Container(color: red, width: 100, height: 100))))';
|
695 |
+
@override
|
696 |
+
final String explanation =
|
697 |
+
'Center allows ConstrainedBox to be any size up to the screen size.'
|
698 |
+
'ConstrainedBox imposes ADDITIONAL constraints from its \'constraints\' parameter onto its child.'
|
699 |
+
'\n\n'
|
700 |
+
'The Container must be between 70 and 150 pixels. It wants to have 100 pixels, and that\'s the size it has, since that\'s between 70 and 150.';
|
701 |
+
|
702 |
+
@override
|
703 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
704 |
+
return Center(
|
705 |
+
child: ConstrainedBox(
|
706 |
+
constraints: const BoxConstraints(
|
707 |
+
minWidth: 70,
|
708 |
+
minHeight: 70,
|
709 |
+
maxWidth: 150,
|
710 |
+
maxHeight: 150,
|
711 |
+
),
|
712 |
+
child: Container(color: red, width: 100, height: 100),
|
713 |
+
),
|
714 |
+
);
|
715 |
+
}
|
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+
}
|
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+
|
718 |
+
|
719 |
+
class Example13 extends Example {
|
720 |
+
const Example13({super.key});
|
721 |
+
|
722 |
+
@override
|
723 |
+
final code = 'UnconstrainedBox(\n'
|
724 |
+
' child: Container(color: red, width: 20, height: 50));';
|
725 |
+
@override
|
726 |
+
final String explanation =
|
727 |
+
'The screen forces the UnconstrainedBox to be exactly the same size as the screen.'
|
728 |
+
'However, the UnconstrainedBox lets its child Container be any size it wants.';
|
729 |
+
|
730 |
+
@override
|
731 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
732 |
+
return UnconstrainedBox(
|
733 |
+
child: Container(color: red, width: 20, height: 50),
|
734 |
+
);
|
735 |
+
}
|
736 |
+
}
|
737 |
+
|
738 |
+
|
739 |
+
class Example14 extends Example {
|
740 |
+
const Example14({super.key});
|
741 |
+
|
742 |
+
@override
|
743 |
+
final code = 'UnconstrainedBox(\n'
|
744 |
+
' child: Container(color: red, width: 4000, height: 50));';
|
745 |
+
@override
|
746 |
+
final String explanation =
|
747 |
+
'The screen forces the UnconstrainedBox to be exactly the same size as the screen, '
|
748 |
+
'and UnconstrainedBox lets its child Container be any size it wants.'
|
749 |
+
'\n\n'
|
750 |
+
'Unfortunately, in this case the Container has 4000 pixels of width and is too big to fit in the UnconstrainedBox, '
|
751 |
+
'so the UnconstrainedBox displays the much dreaded "overflow warning".';
|
752 |
+
|
753 |
+
@override
|
754 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
755 |
+
return UnconstrainedBox(
|
756 |
+
child: Container(color: red, width: 4000, height: 50),
|
757 |
+
);
|
758 |
+
}
|
759 |
+
}
|
760 |
+
|
761 |
+
|
762 |
+
class Example15 extends Example {
|
763 |
+
const Example15({super.key});
|
764 |
+
|
765 |
+
@override
|
766 |
+
final code = 'OverflowBox(\n'
|
767 |
+
' minWidth: 0,'
|
768 |
+
' minHeight: 0,'
|
769 |
+
' maxWidth: double.infinity,'
|
770 |
+
' maxHeight: double.infinity,'
|
771 |
+
' child: Container(color: red, width: 4000, height: 50));';
|
772 |
+
@override
|
773 |
+
final String explanation =
|
774 |
+
'The screen forces the OverflowBox to be exactly the same size as the screen, '
|
775 |
+
'and OverflowBox lets its child Container be any size it wants.'
|
776 |
+
'\n\n'
|
777 |
+
'OverflowBox is similar to UnconstrainedBox, and the difference is that it won\'t display any warnings if the child doesn\'t fit the space.'
|
778 |
+
'\n\n'
|
779 |
+
'In this case the Container is 4000 pixels wide, and is too big to fit in the OverflowBox, '
|
780 |
+
'but the OverflowBox simply shows as much as it can, with no warnings given.';
|
781 |
+
|
782 |
+
@override
|
783 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
784 |
+
return OverflowBox(
|
785 |
+
minWidth: 0,
|
786 |
+
minHeight: 0,
|
787 |
+
maxWidth: double.infinity,
|
788 |
+
maxHeight: double.infinity,
|
789 |
+
child: Container(color: red, width: 4000, height: 50),
|
790 |
+
);
|
791 |
+
}
|
792 |
+
}
|
793 |
+
|
794 |
+
|
795 |
+
class Example16 extends Example {
|
796 |
+
const Example16({super.key});
|
797 |
+
|
798 |
+
@override
|
799 |
+
final code = 'UnconstrainedBox(\n'
|
800 |
+
' child: Container(color: Colors.red, width: double.infinity, height: 100));';
|
801 |
+
@override
|
802 |
+
final String explanation =
|
803 |
+
'This won\'t render anything, and you\'ll see an error in the console.'
|
804 |
+
'\n\n'
|
805 |
+
'The UnconstrainedBox lets its child be any size it wants, '
|
806 |
+
'however its child is a Container with infinite size.'
|
807 |
+
'\n\n'
|
808 |
+
'Flutter can\'t render infinite sizes, so it throws an error with the following message: '
|
809 |
+
'"BoxConstraints forces an infinite width."';
|
810 |
+
|
811 |
+
@override
|
812 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
813 |
+
return UnconstrainedBox(
|
814 |
+
child: Container(color: Colors.red, width: double.infinity, height: 100),
|
815 |
+
);
|
816 |
+
}
|
817 |
+
}
|
818 |
+
|
819 |
+
|
820 |
+
class Example17 extends Example {
|
821 |
+
const Example17({super.key});
|
822 |
+
|
823 |
+
@override
|
824 |
+
final code = 'UnconstrainedBox(\n'
|
825 |
+
' child: LimitedBox(maxWidth: 100,\n'
|
826 |
+
' child: Container(color: Colors.red,\n'
|
827 |
+
' width: double.infinity, height: 100));';
|
828 |
+
@override
|
829 |
+
final String explanation = 'Here you won\'t get an error anymore, '
|
830 |
+
'because when the LimitedBox is given an infinite size by the UnconstrainedBox, '
|
831 |
+
'it passes a maximum width of 100 down to its child.'
|
832 |
+
'\n\n'
|
833 |
+
'If you swap the UnconstrainedBox for a Center widget, '
|
834 |
+
'the LimitedBox won\'t apply its limit anymore (since its limit is only applied when it gets infinite constraints), '
|
835 |
+
'and the width of the Container is allowed to grow past 100.'
|
836 |
+
'\n\n'
|
837 |
+
'This explains the difference between a LimitedBox and a ConstrainedBox.';
|
838 |
+
|
839 |
+
@override
|
840 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
841 |
+
return UnconstrainedBox(
|
842 |
+
child: LimitedBox(
|
843 |
+
maxWidth: 100,
|
844 |
+
child: Container(
|
845 |
+
color: Colors.red,
|
846 |
+
width: double.infinity,
|
847 |
+
height: 100,
|
848 |
+
),
|
849 |
+
),
|
850 |
+
);
|
851 |
+
}
|
852 |
+
}
|
853 |
+
|
854 |
+
|
855 |
+
class Example18 extends Example {
|
856 |
+
const Example18({super.key});
|
857 |
+
|
858 |
+
@override
|
859 |
+
final code = 'FittedBox(\n'
|
860 |
+
' child: Text(\'Some Example Text.\'));';
|
861 |
+
@override
|
862 |
+
final String explanation =
|
863 |
+
'The screen forces the FittedBox to be exactly the same size as the screen.'
|
864 |
+
'The Text has some natural width (also called its intrinsic width) that depends on the amount of text, its font size, and so on.'
|
865 |
+
'\n\n'
|
866 |
+
'The FittedBox lets the Text be any size it wants, '
|
867 |
+
'but after the Text tells its size to the FittedBox, '
|
868 |
+
'the FittedBox scales the Text until it fills all of the available width.';
|
869 |
+
|
870 |
+
@override
|
871 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
872 |
+
return const FittedBox(
|
873 |
+
child: Text('Some Example Text.'),
|
874 |
+
);
|
875 |
+
}
|
876 |
+
}
|
877 |
+
|
878 |
+
|
879 |
+
class Example19 extends Example {
|
880 |
+
const Example19({super.key});
|
881 |
+
|
882 |
+
@override
|
883 |
+
final code = 'Center(\n'
|
884 |
+
' child: FittedBox(\n'
|
885 |
+
' child: Text(\'Some Example Text.\')));';
|
886 |
+
@override
|
887 |
+
final String explanation =
|
888 |
+
'But what happens if you put the FittedBox inside of a Center widget? '
|
889 |
+
'The Center lets the FittedBox be any size it wants, up to the screen size.'
|
890 |
+
'\n\n'
|
891 |
+
'The FittedBox then sizes itself to the Text, and lets the Text be any size it wants.'
|
892 |
+
'\n\n'
|
893 |
+
'Since both FittedBox and the Text have the same size, no scaling happens.';
|
894 |
+
|
895 |
+
@override
|
896 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
897 |
+
return const Center(
|
898 |
+
child: FittedBox(
|
899 |
+
child: Text('Some Example Text.'),
|
900 |
+
),
|
901 |
+
);
|
902 |
+
}
|
903 |
+
}
|
904 |
+
|
905 |
+
class Example20 extends Example {
|
906 |
+
const Example20({super.key});
|
907 |
+
|
908 |
+
@override
|
909 |
+
final code = 'Center(\n'
|
910 |
+
' child: FittedBox(\n'
|
911 |
+
' child: Text(\'…\')));';
|
912 |
+
@override
|
913 |
+
final String explanation =
|
914 |
+
'However, what happens if FittedBox is inside of a Center widget, but the Text is too large to fit the screen?'
|
915 |
+
'\n\n'
|
916 |
+
'FittedBox tries to size itself to the Text, but it can\'t be bigger than the screen. '
|
917 |
+
'It then assumes the screen size, and resizes Text so that it fits the screen, too.';
|
918 |
+
|
919 |
+
@override
|
920 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
921 |
+
return const Center(
|
922 |
+
child: FittedBox(
|
923 |
+
child: Text(
|
924 |
+
'This is some very very very large text that is too big to fit a regular screen in a single line.'),
|
925 |
+
),
|
926 |
+
);
|
927 |
+
}
|
928 |
+
}
|
929 |
+
|
930 |
+
|
931 |
+
class Example21 extends Example {
|
932 |
+
const Example21({super.key});
|
933 |
+
|
934 |
+
@override
|
935 |
+
final code = 'Center(\n'
|
936 |
+
' child: Text(\'…\'));';
|
937 |
+
@override
|
938 |
+
final String explanation = 'If, however, you remove the FittedBox, '
|
939 |
+
'the Text gets its maximum width from the screen, '
|
940 |
+
'and breaks the line so that it fits the screen.';
|
941 |
+
|
942 |
+
@override
|
943 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
944 |
+
return const Center(
|
945 |
+
child: Text(
|
946 |
+
'This is some very very very large text that is too big to fit a regular screen in a single line.'),
|
947 |
+
);
|
948 |
+
}
|
949 |
+
}
|
950 |
+
|
951 |
+
|
952 |
+
class Example22 extends Example {
|
953 |
+
const Example22({super.key});
|
954 |
+
|
955 |
+
@override
|
956 |
+
final code = 'FittedBox(\n'
|
957 |
+
' child: Container(\n'
|
958 |
+
' height: 20, width: double.infinity));';
|
959 |
+
@override
|
960 |
+
final String explanation =
|
961 |
+
'FittedBox can only scale a widget that is BOUNDED (has non-infinite width and height).'
|
962 |
+
'Otherwise, it won\'t render anything, and you\'ll see an error in the console.';
|
963 |
+
|
964 |
+
@override
|
965 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
966 |
+
return FittedBox(
|
967 |
+
child: Container(
|
968 |
+
height: 20,
|
969 |
+
width: double.infinity,
|
970 |
+
color: Colors.red,
|
971 |
+
),
|
972 |
+
);
|
973 |
+
}
|
974 |
+
}
|
975 |
+
|
976 |
+
|
977 |
+
class Example23 extends Example {
|
978 |
+
const Example23({super.key});
|
979 |
+
|
980 |
+
@override
|
981 |
+
final code = 'Row(children:[\n'
|
982 |
+
' Container(color: red, child: Text(\'Hello!\'))\n'
|
983 |
+
' Container(color: green, child: Text(\'Goodbye!\'))]';
|
984 |
+
@override
|
985 |
+
final String explanation =
|
986 |
+
'The screen forces the Row to be exactly the same size as the screen.'
|
987 |
+
'\n\n'
|
988 |
+
'Just like an UnconstrainedBox, the Row won\'t impose any constraints onto its children, '
|
989 |
+
'and instead lets them be any size they want.'
|
990 |
+
'\n\n'
|
991 |
+
'The Row then puts them side-by-side, and any extra space remains empty.';
|
992 |
+
|
993 |
+
@override
|
994 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
995 |
+
return Row(
|
996 |
+
children: [
|
997 |
+
Container(color: red, child: const Text('Hello!', style: big)),
|
998 |
+
Container(color: green, child: const Text('Goodbye!', style: big)),
|
999 |
+
],
|
1000 |
+
);
|
1001 |
+
}
|
1002 |
+
}
|
1003 |
+
|
1004 |
+
|
1005 |
+
class Example24 extends Example {
|
1006 |
+
const Example24({super.key});
|
1007 |
+
|
1008 |
+
@override
|
1009 |
+
final code = 'Row(children:[\n'
|
1010 |
+
' Container(color: red, child: Text(\'…\'))\n'
|
1011 |
+
' Container(color: green, child: Text(\'Goodbye!\'))]';
|
1012 |
+
@override
|
1013 |
+
final String explanation =
|
1014 |
+
'Since the Row won\'t impose any constraints onto its children, '
|
1015 |
+
'it\'s quite possible that the children might be too big to fit the available width of the Row.'
|
1016 |
+
'In this case, just like an UnconstrainedBox, the Row displays the "overflow warning".';
|
1017 |
+
|
1018 |
+
@override
|
1019 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
1020 |
+
return Row(
|
1021 |
+
children: [
|
1022 |
+
Container(
|
1023 |
+
color: red,
|
1024 |
+
child: const Text(
|
1025 |
+
'This is a very long text that '
|
1026 |
+
'won\'t fit the line.',
|
1027 |
+
style: big,
|
1028 |
+
),
|
1029 |
+
),
|
1030 |
+
Container(color: green, child: const Text('Goodbye!', style: big)),
|
1031 |
+
],
|
1032 |
+
);
|
1033 |
+
}
|
1034 |
+
}
|
1035 |
+
|
1036 |
+
|
1037 |
+
class Example25 extends Example {
|
1038 |
+
const Example25({super.key});
|
1039 |
+
|
1040 |
+
@override
|
1041 |
+
final code = 'Row(children:[\n'
|
1042 |
+
' Expanded(\n'
|
1043 |
+
' child: Container(color: red, child: Text(\'…\')))\n'
|
1044 |
+
' Container(color: green, child: Text(\'Goodbye!\'))]';
|
1045 |
+
@override
|
1046 |
+
final String explanation =
|
1047 |
+
'When a Row\'s child is wrapped in an Expanded widget, the Row won\'t let this child define its own width anymore.'
|
1048 |
+
'\n\n'
|
1049 |
+
'Instead, it defines the Expanded width according to the other children, and only then the Expanded widget forces the original child to have the Expanded\'s width.'
|
1050 |
+
'\n\n'
|
1051 |
+
'In other words, once you use Expanded, the original child\'s width becomes irrelevant, and is ignored.';
|
1052 |
+
|
1053 |
+
@override
|
1054 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
1055 |
+
return Row(
|
1056 |
+
children: [
|
1057 |
+
Expanded(
|
1058 |
+
child: Center(
|
1059 |
+
child: Container(
|
1060 |
+
color: red,
|
1061 |
+
child: const Text(
|
1062 |
+
'This is a very long text that won\'t fit the line.',
|
1063 |
+
style: big,
|
1064 |
+
),
|
1065 |
+
),
|
1066 |
+
),
|
1067 |
+
),
|
1068 |
+
Container(color: green, child: const Text('Goodbye!', style: big)),
|
1069 |
+
],
|
1070 |
+
);
|
1071 |
+
}
|
1072 |
+
}
|
1073 |
+
|
1074 |
+
|
1075 |
+
class Example26 extends Example {
|
1076 |
+
const Example26({super.key});
|
1077 |
+
|
1078 |
+
@override
|
1079 |
+
final code = 'Row(children:[\n'
|
1080 |
+
' Expanded(\n'
|
1081 |
+
' child: Container(color: red, child: Text(\'…\')))\n'
|
1082 |
+
' Expanded(\n'
|
1083 |
+
' child: Container(color: green, child: Text(\'Goodbye!\'))]';
|
1084 |
+
@override
|
1085 |
+
final String explanation =
|
1086 |
+
'If all of Row\'s children are wrapped in Expanded widgets, each Expanded has a size proportional to its flex parameter, '
|
1087 |
+
'and only then each Expanded widget forces its child to have the Expanded\'s width.'
|
1088 |
+
'\n\n'
|
1089 |
+
'In other words, Expanded ignores the preferred width of its children.';
|
1090 |
+
|
1091 |
+
@override
|
1092 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
1093 |
+
return Row(
|
1094 |
+
children: [
|
1095 |
+
Expanded(
|
1096 |
+
child: Container(
|
1097 |
+
color: red,
|
1098 |
+
child: const Text(
|
1099 |
+
'This is a very long text that won\'t fit the line.',
|
1100 |
+
style: big,
|
1101 |
+
),
|
1102 |
+
),
|
1103 |
+
),
|
1104 |
+
Expanded(
|
1105 |
+
child: Container(
|
1106 |
+
color: green,
|
1107 |
+
child: const Text(
|
1108 |
+
'Goodbye!',
|
1109 |
+
style: big,
|
1110 |
+
),
|
1111 |
+
),
|
1112 |
+
),
|
1113 |
+
],
|
1114 |
+
);
|
1115 |
+
}
|
1116 |
+
}
|
1117 |
+
|
1118 |
+
|
1119 |
+
class Example27 extends Example {
|
1120 |
+
const Example27({super.key});
|
1121 |
+
|
1122 |
+
@override
|
1123 |
+
final code = 'Row(children:[\n'
|
1124 |
+
' Flexible(\n'
|
1125 |
+
' child: Container(color: red, child: Text(\'…\')))\n'
|
1126 |
+
' Flexible(\n'
|
1127 |
+
' child: Container(color: green, child: Text(\'Goodbye!\'))]';
|
1128 |
+
@override
|
1129 |
+
final String explanation =
|
1130 |
+
'The only difference if you use Flexible instead of Expanded, '
|
1131 |
+
'is that Flexible lets its child be SMALLER than the Flexible width, '
|
1132 |
+
'while Expanded forces its child to have the same width of the Expanded.'
|
1133 |
+
'\n\n'
|
1134 |
+
'But both Expanded and Flexible ignore their children\'s width when sizing themselves.'
|
1135 |
+
'\n\n'
|
1136 |
+
'This means that it\'s IMPOSSIBLE to expand Row children proportionally to their sizes. '
|
1137 |
+
'The Row either uses the exact child\'s width, or ignores it completely when you use Expanded or Flexible.';
|
1138 |
+
|
1139 |
+
@override
|
1140 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
1141 |
+
return Row(
|
1142 |
+
children: [
|
1143 |
+
Flexible(
|
1144 |
+
child: Container(
|
1145 |
+
color: red,
|
1146 |
+
child: const Text(
|
1147 |
+
'This is a very long text that won\'t fit the line.',
|
1148 |
+
style: big,
|
1149 |
+
),
|
1150 |
+
),
|
1151 |
+
),
|
1152 |
+
Flexible(
|
1153 |
+
child: Container(
|
1154 |
+
color: green,
|
1155 |
+
child: const Text(
|
1156 |
+
'Goodbye!',
|
1157 |
+
style: big,
|
1158 |
+
),
|
1159 |
+
),
|
1160 |
+
),
|
1161 |
+
],
|
1162 |
+
);
|
1163 |
+
}
|
1164 |
+
}
|
1165 |
+
|
1166 |
+
|
1167 |
+
class Example28 extends Example {
|
1168 |
+
const Example28({super.key});
|
1169 |
+
|
1170 |
+
@override
|
1171 |
+
final code = 'Scaffold(\n'
|
1172 |
+
' body: Container(color: blue,\n'
|
1173 |
+
' child: Column(\n'
|
1174 |
+
' children: [\n'
|
1175 |
+
' Text(\'Hello!\'),\n'
|
1176 |
+
' Text(\'Goodbye!\')])))';
|
1177 |
+
|
1178 |
+
@override
|
1179 |
+
final String explanation =
|
1180 |
+
'The screen forces the Scaffold to be exactly the same size as the screen, '
|
1181 |
+
'so the Scaffold fills the screen.'
|
1182 |
+
'\n\n'
|
1183 |
+
'The Scaffold tells the Container that it can be any size it wants, but not bigger than the screen.'
|
1184 |
+
'\n\n'
|
1185 |
+
'When a widget tells its child that it can be smaller than a certain size, '
|
1186 |
+
'we say the widget supplies "loose" constraints to its child. More on that later.';
|
1187 |
+
|
1188 |
+
@override
|
1189 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
1190 |
+
return Scaffold(
|
1191 |
+
body: Container(
|
1192 |
+
color: blue,
|
1193 |
+
child: const Column(
|
1194 |
+
children: [
|
1195 |
+
Text('Hello!'),
|
1196 |
+
Text('Goodbye!'),
|
1197 |
+
],
|
1198 |
+
),
|
1199 |
+
),
|
1200 |
+
);
|
1201 |
+
}
|
1202 |
+
}
|
1203 |
+
|
1204 |
+
|
1205 |
+
class Example29 extends Example {
|
1206 |
+
const Example29({super.key});
|
1207 |
+
|
1208 |
+
@override
|
1209 |
+
final code = 'Scaffold(\n'
|
1210 |
+
' body: Container(color: blue,\n'
|
1211 |
+
' child: SizedBox.expand(\n'
|
1212 |
+
' child: Column(\n'
|
1213 |
+
' children: [\n'
|
1214 |
+
' Text(\'Hello!\'),\n'
|
1215 |
+
' Text(\'Goodbye!\')]))))';
|
1216 |
+
|
1217 |
+
@override
|
1218 |
+
final String explanation =
|
1219 |
+
'If you want the Scaffold\'s child to be exactly the same size as the Scaffold itself, '
|
1220 |
+
'you can wrap its child with SizedBox.expand.'
|
1221 |
+
'\n\n'
|
1222 |
+
'When a widget tells its child that it must be of a certain size, '
|
1223 |
+
'we say the widget supplies "tight" constraints to its child. More on that later.';
|
1224 |
+
|
1225 |
+
@override
|
1226 |
+
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
|
1227 |
+
return Scaffold(
|
1228 |
+
body: SizedBox.expand(
|
1229 |
+
child: Container(
|
1230 |
+
color: blue,
|
1231 |
+
child: const Column(
|
1232 |
+
children: [
|
1233 |
+
Text('Hello!'),
|
1234 |
+
Text('Goodbye!'),
|
1235 |
+
],
|
1236 |
+
),
|
1237 |
+
),
|
1238 |
+
),
|
1239 |
+
);
|
1240 |
+
}
|
1241 |
+
}
|
1242 |
+
|
1243 |
+
<code_end>
|
1244 |
+
|
1245 |
+
If you prefer, you can grab the code from
|
1246 |
+
this GitHub repo.
|
1247 |
+
The examples are explained in the following sections.
|
1248 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1249 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1250 |
+
Example 1
|
1251 |
+
|
1252 |
+
<code_start>
|
1253 |
+
Container(color: red)
|
1254 |
+
<code_end>
|
1255 |
+
|
1256 |
+
The screen is the parent of the Container, and it
|
1257 |
+
forces the Container to be exactly the same size as the screen.
|
1258 |
+
So the Container fills the screen and paints it red.
|
1259 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1260 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1261 |
+
Example 2
|
1262 |
+
|
1263 |
+
<code_start>
|
1264 |
+
Container(width: 100, height: 100, color: red)
|
1265 |
+
<code_end>
|
1266 |
+
|
1267 |
+
The red Container wants to be 100 × 100,
|
1268 |
+
but it can’t, because the screen forces it to be
|
1269 |
+
exactly the same size as the screen.
|
1270 |
+
So the Container fills the screen.
|
1271 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1272 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1273 |
+
Example 3
|
1274 |
+
|
1275 |
+
<code_start>
|
1276 |
+
Center(
|
1277 |
+
child: Container(width: 100, height: 100, color: red),
|
1278 |
+
)
|
1279 |
+
<code_end>
|
1280 |
+
|
1281 |
+
The screen forces the Center to be exactly the same size
|
1282 |
+
as the screen, so the Center fills the screen.
|
1283 |
+
The Center tells the Container that it can be any size it
|
1284 |
+
wants, but not bigger than the screen. Now the Container
|
1285 |
+
can indeed be 100 × 100.
|
1286 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1287 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1288 |
+
Example 4
|
1289 |
+
|
1290 |
+
<code_start>
|
1291 |
+
Align(
|
1292 |
+
alignment: Alignment.bottomRight,
|
1293 |
+
child: Container(width: 100, height: 100, color: red),
|
1294 |
+
)
|
1295 |
+
<code_end>
|
1296 |
+
|
1297 |
+
This is different from the previous example in that it uses
|
1298 |
+
Align instead of Center.
|
1299 |
+
Align also tells the Container that it can be any size it
|
1300 |
+
wants, but if there is empty space it won’t center the Container.
|
1301 |
+
Instead, it aligns the container to the bottom-right of the
|
1302 |
+
available space.
|
1303 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1304 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1305 |
+
Example 5
|
1306 |
+
|
1307 |
+
<code_start>
|
1308 |
+
Center(
|
1309 |
+
child: Container(
|
1310 |
+
width: double.infinity, height: double.infinity, color: red),
|
1311 |
+
)
|
1312 |
+
<code_end>
|
1313 |
+
|
1314 |
+
The screen forces the Center to be exactly the
|
1315 |
+
same size as the screen, so the Center fills the screen.
|
1316 |
+
The Center tells the Container that it can be any size it wants,
|
1317 |
+
but not bigger than the screen. The Container wants to be
|
1318 |
+
of infinite size, but since it can’t be bigger than the screen,
|
1319 |
+
it just fills the screen.
|
1320 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1321 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1322 |
+
Example 6
|
1323 |
+
|
1324 |
+
<code_start>
|
1325 |
+
Center(
|
1326 |
+
child: Container(color: red),
|
1327 |
+
)
|
1328 |
+
<code_end>
|
1329 |
+
|
1330 |
+
The screen forces the Center to be exactly the
|
1331 |
+
same size as the screen, so the Center fills the screen.
|
1332 |
+
The Center tells the Container that it can be any
|
1333 |
+
size it wants, but not bigger than the screen.
|
1334 |
+
Since the Container has no child and no fixed size,
|
1335 |
+
it decides it wants to be as big as possible,
|
1336 |
+
so it fills the whole screen.
|
1337 |
+
But why does the Container decide that?
|
1338 |
+
Simply because that’s a design decision by those who
|
1339 |
+
created the Container widget. It could have been
|
1340 |
+
created differently, and you have to read the
|
1341 |
+
Container API documentation to understand
|
1342 |
+
how it behaves, depending on the circumstances.
|
1343 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1344 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1345 |
+
Example 7
|
1346 |
+
|
1347 |
+
<code_start>
|
1348 |
+
Center(
|
1349 |
+
child: Container(
|
1350 |
+
color: red,
|
1351 |
+
child: Container(color: green, width: 30, height: 30),
|
1352 |
+
),
|
1353 |
+
)
|
1354 |
+
<code_end>
|
1355 |
+
|
1356 |
+
The screen forces the Center to be exactly the same
|
1357 |
+
size as the screen, so the Center fills the screen.
|
1358 |
+
The Center tells the red Container that it can be any size
|
1359 |
+
it wants, but not bigger than the screen. Since the red
|
1360 |
+
Container has no size but has a child,
|
1361 |
+
it decides it wants to be the same size as its child.
|
1362 |
+
The red Container tells its child that it can be any size
|
1363 |
+
it wants, but not bigger than the screen.
|
1364 |
+
The child is a green Container that wants to
|
1365 |
+
be 30 × 30. Given that the red Container sizes itself to
|
1366 |
+
the size of its child, it is also 30 × 30.
|
1367 |
+
The red color isn’t visible because the green Container
|
1368 |
+
entirely covers the red Container.
|
1369 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1370 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1371 |
+
Example 8
|
1372 |
+
|
1373 |
+
<code_start>
|
1374 |
+
Center(
|
1375 |
+
child: Container(
|
1376 |
+
padding: const EdgeInsets.all(20),
|
1377 |
+
color: red,
|
1378 |
+
child: Container(color: green, width: 30, height: 30),
|
1379 |
+
),
|
1380 |
+
)
|
1381 |
+
<code_end>
|
1382 |
+
|
1383 |
+
The red Container sizes itself to its children’s size,
|
1384 |
+
but it takes its own padding into consideration.
|
1385 |
+
So it is also 30 × 30 plus padding.
|
1386 |
+
The red color is visible because of the padding,
|
1387 |
+
and the green Container has the same size as
|
1388 |
+
in the previous example.
|
1389 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1390 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1391 |
+
Example 9
|
1392 |
+
|
1393 |
+
<code_start>
|
1394 |
+
ConstrainedBox(
|
1395 |
+
constraints: const BoxConstraints(
|
1396 |
+
minWidth: 70,
|
1397 |
+
minHeight: 70,
|
1398 |
+
maxWidth: 150,
|
1399 |
+
maxHeight: 150,
|
1400 |
+
),
|
1401 |
+
child: Container(color: red, width: 10, height: 10),
|
1402 |
+
)
|
1403 |
+
<code_end>
|
1404 |
+
|
1405 |
+
You might guess that the Container has to be
|
1406 |
+
between 70 and 150 pixels, but you would be wrong.
|
1407 |
+
The ConstrainedBox only imposes additional constraints
|
1408 |
+
from those it receives from its parent.
|
1409 |
+
Here, the screen forces the ConstrainedBox to be exactly
|
1410 |
+
the same size as the screen, so it tells its child Container
|
1411 |
+
to also assume the size of the screen, thus ignoring its
|
1412 |
+
constraints parameter.
|
1413 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1414 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1415 |
+
Example 10
|
1416 |
+
|
1417 |
+
<code_start>
|
1418 |
+
Center(
|
1419 |
+
child: ConstrainedBox(
|
1420 |
+
constraints: const BoxConstraints(
|
1421 |
+
minWidth: 70,
|
1422 |
+
minHeight: 70,
|
1423 |
+
maxWidth: 150,
|
1424 |
+
maxHeight: 150,
|
1425 |
+
),
|
1426 |
+
child: Container(color: red, width: 10, height: 10),
|
1427 |
+
),
|
1428 |
+
)
|
1429 |
+
<code_end>
|
1430 |
+
|
1431 |
+
Now, Center allows ConstrainedBox to be any size up to
|
1432 |
+
the screen size. The ConstrainedBox imposes additional
|
1433 |
+
constraints from its constraints parameter onto its child.
|
1434 |
+
The Container must be between 70 and 150 pixels.
|
1435 |
+
It wants to have 10 pixels,
|
1436 |
+
so it ends up having 70 (the minimum).
|
1437 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1438 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1439 |
+
Example 11
|
1440 |
+
|
1441 |
+
<code_start>
|
1442 |
+
Center(
|
1443 |
+
child: ConstrainedBox(
|
1444 |
+
constraints: const BoxConstraints(
|
1445 |
+
minWidth: 70,
|
1446 |
+
minHeight: 70,
|
1447 |
+
maxWidth: 150,
|
1448 |
+
maxHeight: 150,
|
1449 |
+
),
|
1450 |
+
child: Container(color: red, width: 1000, height: 1000),
|
1451 |
+
),
|
1452 |
+
)
|
1453 |
+
<code_end>
|
1454 |
+
|
1455 |
+
Center allows ConstrainedBox to be any size up to the
|
1456 |
+
screen size. The ConstrainedBox imposes additional
|
1457 |
+
constraints from its constraints parameter onto its child.
|
1458 |
+
The Container must be between 70 and 150 pixels.
|
1459 |
+
It wants to have 1000 pixels,
|
1460 |
+
so it ends up having 150 (the maximum).
|
1461 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1462 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1463 |
+
Example 12
|
1464 |
+
|
1465 |
+
<code_start>
|
1466 |
+
Center(
|
1467 |
+
child: ConstrainedBox(
|
1468 |
+
constraints: const BoxConstraints(
|
1469 |
+
minWidth: 70,
|
1470 |
+
minHeight: 70,
|
1471 |
+
maxWidth: 150,
|
1472 |
+
maxHeight: 150,
|
1473 |
+
),
|
1474 |
+
child: Container(color: red, width: 100, height: 100),
|
1475 |
+
),
|
1476 |
+
)
|
1477 |
+
<code_end>
|
1478 |
+
|
1479 |
+
Center allows ConstrainedBox to be any size up to the
|
1480 |
+
screen size. The ConstrainedBox imposes additional
|
1481 |
+
constraints from its constraints parameter onto its child.
|
1482 |
+
The Container must be between 70 and 150 pixels.
|
1483 |
+
It wants to have 100 pixels, and that’s the size it has,
|
1484 |
+
since that’s between 70 and 150.
|
1485 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1486 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1487 |
+
Example 13
|
1488 |
+
|
1489 |
+
<code_start>
|
1490 |
+
UnconstrainedBox(
|
1491 |
+
child: Container(color: red, width: 20, height: 50),
|
1492 |
+
)
|
1493 |
+
<code_end>
|
1494 |
+
|
1495 |
+
The screen forces the UnconstrainedBox to be exactly
|
1496 |
+
the same size as the screen. However, the UnconstrainedBox
|
1497 |
+
lets its child Container be any size it wants.
|
1498 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1499 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1500 |
+
Example 14
|
1501 |
+
|
1502 |
+
<code_start>
|
1503 |
+
UnconstrainedBox(
|
1504 |
+
child: Container(color: red, width: 4000, height: 50),
|
1505 |
+
)
|
1506 |
+
<code_end>
|
1507 |
+
|
1508 |
+
The screen forces the UnconstrainedBox to be exactly
|
1509 |
+
the same size as the screen, and UnconstrainedBox
|
1510 |
+
lets its child Container be any size it wants.
|
1511 |
+
Unfortunately, in this case the Container is
|
1512 |
+
4000 pixels wide and is too big to fit in
|
1513 |
+
the UnconstrainedBox, so the UnconstrainedBox displays
|
1514 |
+
the much dreaded “overflow warning”.
|
1515 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1516 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1517 |
+
Example 15
|
1518 |
+
|
1519 |
+
<code_start>
|
1520 |
+
OverflowBox(
|
1521 |
+
minWidth: 0,
|
1522 |
+
minHeight: 0,
|
1523 |
+
maxWidth: double.infinity,
|
1524 |
+
maxHeight: double.infinity,
|
1525 |
+
child: Container(color: red, width: 4000, height: 50),
|
1526 |
+
)
|
1527 |
+
<code_end>
|
1528 |
+
|
1529 |
+
The screen forces the OverflowBox to be exactly the same
|
1530 |
+
size as the screen, and OverflowBox lets its child Container
|
1531 |
+
be any size it wants.
|
1532 |
+
OverflowBox is similar to UnconstrainedBox;
|
1533 |
+
the difference is that it won’t display any warnings
|
1534 |
+
if the child doesn’t fit the space.
|
1535 |
+
In this case, the Container has 4000 pixels of width,
|
1536 |
+
and is too big to fit in the OverflowBox,
|
1537 |
+
but the OverflowBox simply shows as much as it can,
|
1538 |
+
with no warnings given.
|
1539 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1540 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1541 |
+
Example 16
|
1542 |
+
|
1543 |
+
<code_start>
|
1544 |
+
UnconstrainedBox(
|
1545 |
+
child: Container(color: Colors.red, width: double.infinity, height: 100),
|
1546 |
+
)
|
1547 |
+
<code_end>
|
1548 |
+
|
1549 |
+
This won’t render anything, and you’ll see an error in the console.
|
1550 |
+
The UnconstrainedBox lets its child be any size it wants,
|
1551 |
+
however its child is a Container with infinite size.
|
1552 |
+
Flutter can’t render infinite sizes, so it throws an error with
|
1553 |
+
the following message: BoxConstraints forces an infinite width.
|
1554 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1555 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1556 |
+
Example 17
|
1557 |
+
|
1558 |
+
<code_start>
|
1559 |
+
UnconstrainedBox(
|
1560 |
+
child: LimitedBox(
|
1561 |
+
maxWidth: 100,
|
1562 |
+
child: Container(
|
1563 |
+
color: Colors.red,
|
1564 |
+
width: double.infinity,
|
1565 |
+
height: 100,
|
1566 |
+
),
|
1567 |
+
),
|
1568 |
+
)
|
1569 |
+
<code_end>
|
1570 |
+
|
1571 |
+
Here you won’t get an error anymore,
|
1572 |
+
because when the LimitedBox is given an
|
1573 |
+
infinite size by the UnconstrainedBox;
|
1574 |
+
it passes a maximum width of 100 down to its child.
|
1575 |
+
If you swap the UnconstrainedBox for a Center widget,
|
1576 |
+
the LimitedBox won’t apply its limit anymore
|
1577 |
+
(since its limit is only applied when it gets infinite
|
1578 |
+
constraints), and the width of the Container
|
1579 |
+
is allowed to grow past 100.
|
1580 |
+
This explains the difference between a LimitedBox
|
1581 |
+
and a ConstrainedBox.
|
1582 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1583 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1584 |
+
Example 18
|
1585 |
+
|
1586 |
+
<code_start>
|
1587 |
+
const FittedBox(
|
1588 |
+
child: Text('Some Example Text.'),
|
1589 |
+
)
|
1590 |
+
<code_end>
|
1591 |
+
|
1592 |
+
The screen forces the FittedBox to be exactly the same
|
1593 |
+
size as the screen. The Text has some natural width
|
1594 |
+
(also called its intrinsic width) that depends on the
|
1595 |
+
amount of text, its font size, and so on.
|
1596 |
+
The FittedBox lets the Text be any size it wants,
|
1597 |
+
but after the Text tells its size to the FittedBox,
|
1598 |
+
the FittedBox scales the Text until it fills all of
|
1599 |
+
the available width.
|
1600 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1601 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1602 |
+
Example 19
|
1603 |
+
|
1604 |
+
<code_start>
|
1605 |
+
const Center(
|
1606 |
+
child: FittedBox(
|
1607 |
+
child: Text('Some Example Text.'),
|
1608 |
+
),
|
1609 |
+
)
|
1610 |
+
<code_end>
|
1611 |
+
|
1612 |
+
But what happens if you put the FittedBox inside of a
|
1613 |
+
Center widget? The Center lets the FittedBox
|
1614 |
+
be any size it wants, up to the screen size.
|
1615 |
+
The FittedBox then sizes itself to the Text,
|
1616 |
+
and lets the Text be any size it wants.
|
1617 |
+
Since both FittedBox and the Text have the same size,
|
1618 |
+
no scaling happens.
|
1619 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1620 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1621 |
+
Example 20
|
1622 |
+
|
1623 |
+
<code_start>
|
1624 |
+
const Center(
|
1625 |
+
child: FittedBox(
|
1626 |
+
child: Text(
|
1627 |
+
'This is some very very very large text that is too big to fit a regular screen in a single line.'),
|
1628 |
+
),
|
1629 |
+
)
|
1630 |
+
<code_end>
|
1631 |
+
|
1632 |
+
However, what happens if FittedBox is inside of a Center
|
1633 |
+
widget, but the Text is too large to fit the screen?
|
1634 |
+
FittedBox tries to size itself to the Text,
|
1635 |
+
but it can’t be bigger than the screen.
|
1636 |
+
It then assumes the screen size,
|
1637 |
+
and resizes Text so that it fits the screen, too.
|
1638 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1639 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1640 |
+
Example 21
|
1641 |
+
|
1642 |
+
<code_start>
|
1643 |
+
const Center(
|
1644 |
+
child: Text(
|
1645 |
+
'This is some very very very large text that is too big to fit a regular screen in a single line.'),
|
1646 |
+
)
|
1647 |
+
<code_end>
|
1648 |
+
|
1649 |
+
If, however, you remove the FittedBox, the Text
|
1650 |
+
gets its maximum width from the screen,
|
1651 |
+
and breaks the line so that it fits the screen.
|
1652 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1653 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1654 |
+
Example 22
|
1655 |
+
|
1656 |
+
<code_start>
|
1657 |
+
FittedBox(
|
1658 |
+
child: Container(
|
1659 |
+
height: 20,
|
1660 |
+
width: double.infinity,
|
1661 |
+
color: Colors.red,
|
1662 |
+
),
|
1663 |
+
)
|
1664 |
+
<code_end>
|
1665 |
+
|
1666 |
+
FittedBox can only scale a widget that is bounded
|
1667 |
+
(has non-infinite width and height). Otherwise,
|
1668 |
+
it won’t render anything,
|
1669 |
+
and you’ll see an error in the console.
|
1670 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1671 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1672 |
+
Example 23
|
1673 |
+
|
1674 |
+
<code_start>
|
1675 |
+
Row(
|
1676 |
+
children: [
|
1677 |
+
Container(color: red, child: const Text('Hello!', style: big)),
|
1678 |
+
Container(color: green, child: const Text('Goodbye!', style: big)),
|
1679 |
+
],
|
1680 |
+
)
|
1681 |
+
<code_end>
|
1682 |
+
|
1683 |
+
The screen forces the Row to be exactly the same size
|
1684 |
+
as the screen.
|
1685 |
+
Just like an UnconstrainedBox, the Row won’t
|
1686 |
+
impose any constraints onto its children,
|
1687 |
+
and instead lets them be any size they want.
|
1688 |
+
The Row then puts them side-by-side,
|
1689 |
+
and any extra space remains empty.
|
1690 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1691 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1692 |
+
Example 24
|
1693 |
+
|
1694 |
+
<code_start>
|
1695 |
+
Row(
|
1696 |
+
children: [
|
1697 |
+
Container(
|
1698 |
+
color: red,
|
1699 |
+
child: const Text(
|
1700 |
+
'This is a very long text that '
|
1701 |
+
'won\'t fit the line.',
|
1702 |
+
style: big,
|
1703 |
+
),
|
1704 |
+
),
|
1705 |
+
Container(color: green, child: const Text('Goodbye!', style: big)),
|
1706 |
+
],
|
1707 |
+
)
|
1708 |
+
<code_end>
|
1709 |
+
|
1710 |
+
Since Row won’t impose any constraints onto its children,
|
1711 |
+
it’s quite possible that the children might be too big to fit
|
1712 |
+
the available width of the Row. In this case, just like an
|
1713 |
+
UnconstrainedBox, the Row displays the “overflow warning”.
|
1714 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1715 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1716 |
+
Example 25
|
1717 |
+
|
1718 |
+
<code_start>
|
1719 |
+
Row(
|
1720 |
+
children: [
|
1721 |
+
Expanded(
|
1722 |
+
child: Center(
|
1723 |
+
child: Container(
|
1724 |
+
color: red,
|
1725 |
+
child: const Text(
|
1726 |
+
'This is a very long text that won\'t fit the line.',
|
1727 |
+
style: big,
|
1728 |
+
),
|
1729 |
+
),
|
1730 |
+
),
|
1731 |
+
),
|
1732 |
+
Container(color: green, child: const Text('Goodbye!', style: big)),
|
1733 |
+
],
|
1734 |
+
)
|
1735 |
+
<code_end>
|
1736 |
+
|
1737 |
+
When a Row’s child is wrapped in an Expanded widget,
|
1738 |
+
the Row won’t let this child define its own width anymore.
|
1739 |
+
Instead, it defines the Expanded width according to the
|
1740 |
+
other children, and only then the Expanded widget forces
|
1741 |
+
the original child to have the Expanded’s width.
|
1742 |
+
In other words, once you use Expanded,
|
1743 |
+
the original child’s width becomes irrelevant, and is ignored.
|
1744 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1745 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1746 |
+
Example 26
|
1747 |
+
|
1748 |
+
<code_start>
|
1749 |
+
Row(
|
1750 |
+
children: [
|
1751 |
+
Expanded(
|
1752 |
+
child: Container(
|
1753 |
+
color: red,
|
1754 |
+
child: const Text(
|
1755 |
+
'This is a very long text that won\'t fit the line.',
|
1756 |
+
style: big,
|
1757 |
+
),
|
1758 |
+
),
|
1759 |
+
),
|
1760 |
+
Expanded(
|
1761 |
+
child: Container(
|
1762 |
+
color: green,
|
1763 |
+
child: const Text(
|
1764 |
+
'Goodbye!',
|
1765 |
+
style: big,
|
1766 |
+
),
|
1767 |
+
),
|
1768 |
+
),
|
1769 |
+
],
|
1770 |
+
)
|
1771 |
+
<code_end>
|
1772 |
+
|
1773 |
+
If all of Row’s children are wrapped in Expanded widgets,
|
1774 |
+
each Expanded has a size proportional to its flex parameter,
|
1775 |
+
and only then each Expanded widget forces its child to have
|
1776 |
+
the Expanded’s width.
|
1777 |
+
In other words, Expanded ignores the preferred width of
|
1778 |
+
its children.
|
1779 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1780 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1781 |
+
Example 27
|
1782 |
+
|
1783 |
+
<code_start>
|
1784 |
+
Row(
|
1785 |
+
children: [
|
1786 |
+
Flexible(
|
1787 |
+
child: Container(
|
1788 |
+
color: red,
|
1789 |
+
child: const Text(
|
1790 |
+
'This is a very long text that won\'t fit the line.',
|
1791 |
+
style: big,
|
1792 |
+
),
|
1793 |
+
),
|
1794 |
+
),
|
1795 |
+
Flexible(
|
1796 |
+
child: Container(
|
1797 |
+
color: green,
|
1798 |
+
child: const Text(
|
1799 |
+
'Goodbye!',
|
1800 |
+
style: big,
|
1801 |
+
),
|
1802 |
+
),
|
1803 |
+
),
|
1804 |
+
],
|
1805 |
+
)
|
1806 |
+
<code_end>
|
1807 |
+
|
1808 |
+
The only difference if you use Flexible instead of Expanded,
|
1809 |
+
is that Flexible lets its child have the same or smaller
|
1810 |
+
width than the Flexible itself, while Expanded forces
|
1811 |
+
its child to have the exact same width of the Expanded.
|
1812 |
+
But both Expanded and Flexible ignore their children’s width
|
1813 |
+
when sizing themselves.
|
1814 |
+
info Note
|
1815 |
+
This means that it’s impossible to expand Row children
|
1816 |
+
proportionally to their sizes. The Row either uses
|
1817 |
+
the exact child’s width, or ignores it completely
|
1818 |
+
when you use Expanded or Flexible.
|
1819 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1820 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1821 |
+
Example 28
|
1822 |
+
|
1823 |
+
<code_start>
|
1824 |
+
Scaffold(
|
1825 |
+
body: Container(
|
1826 |
+
color: blue,
|
1827 |
+
child: const Column(
|
1828 |
+
children: [
|
1829 |
+
Text('Hello!'),
|
1830 |
+
Text('Goodbye!'),
|
1831 |
+
],
|
1832 |
+
),
|
1833 |
+
),
|
1834 |
+
)
|
1835 |
+
<code_end>
|
1836 |
+
|
1837 |
+
The screen forces the Scaffold to be exactly the same size
|
1838 |
+
as the screen, so the Scaffold fills the screen.
|
1839 |
+
The Scaffold tells the Container that it can be any size it wants,
|
1840 |
+
but not bigger than the screen.
|
1841 |
+
info Note
|
1842 |
+
When a widget tells its child that it can be smaller than a
|
1843 |
+
certain size, we say the widget supplies loose constraints
|
1844 |
+
to its child. More on that later.
|
1845 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1846 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1847 |
+
Example 29
|
1848 |
+
|
1849 |
+
<code_start>
|
1850 |
+
Scaffold(
|
1851 |
+
body: SizedBox.expand(
|
1852 |
+
child: Container(
|
1853 |
+
color: blue,
|
1854 |
+
child: const Column(
|
1855 |
+
children: [
|
1856 |
+
Text('Hello!'),
|
1857 |
+
Text('Goodbye!'),
|
1858 |
+
],
|
1859 |
+
),
|
1860 |
+
),
|
1861 |
+
),
|
1862 |
+
)
|
1863 |
+
<code_end>
|
1864 |
+
|
1865 |
+
If you want the Scaffold’s child to be exactly the same size
|
1866 |
+
as the Scaffold itself, you can wrap its child with
|
1867 |
+
SizedBox.expand.
|
1868 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1869 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1870 |
+
Tight vs loose constraints
|
1871 |
+
It’s very common to hear that some constraint is
|
1872 |
+
“tight” or “loose”, so what does that mean?
|
1873 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1874 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1875 |
+
Tight constraints
|
1876 |
+
A tight constraint offers a single possibility,
|
1877 |
+
an exact size. In other words, a tight constraint
|
1878 |
+
has its maximum width equal to its minimum width;
|
1879 |
+
and has its maximum height equal to its minimum height.
|
1880 |
+
An example of this is the App widget,
|
1881 |
+
which is contained by the RenderView class:
|
1882 |
+
the box used by the child returned by the
|
1883 |
+
application’s build function is given a constraint
|
1884 |
+
that forces it to exactly fill the application’s content area
|
1885 |
+
(typically, the entire screen).
|
1886 |
+
Another example: if you nest a bunch of boxes inside
|
1887 |
+
each other at the root of your application’s render tree,
|
1888 |
+
they’ll all exactly fit in each other,
|
1889 |
+
forced by the box’s tight constraints.
|
1890 |
+
If you go to Flutter’s box.dart file and search for
|
1891 |
+
the BoxConstraints constructors,
|
1892 |
+
you’ll find the following:
|
1893 |
+
If you revisit Example 2,
|
1894 |
+
the screen forces the red Container to be
|
1895 |
+
exactly the same size as the screen.
|
1896 |
+
The screen achieves that, of course, by passing tight
|
1897 |
+
constraints to the Container.
|
1898 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1899 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1900 |
+
Loose constraints
|
1901 |
+
A loose constraint is one that has a minimum
|
1902 |
+
of zero and a maximum non-zero.
|
1903 |
+
Some boxes loosen the incoming constraints,
|
1904 |
+
meaning the maximum is maintained but the
|
1905 |
+
minimum is removed, so the widget can have
|
1906 |
+
a minimum width and height both equal to zero.
|
1907 |
+
Ultimately, Center’s purpose is to transform
|
1908 |
+
the tight constraints it received from its parent
|
1909 |
+
(the screen) to loose constraints for its child
|
1910 |
+
(the Container).
|
1911 |
+
If you revisit Example 3,
|
1912 |
+
the Center allows the red Container to be smaller,
|
1913 |
+
but not bigger than the screen.
|
1914 |
+
|
1915 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1916 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1917 |
+
Unbounded constraints
|
1918 |
+
info Note
|
1919 |
+
You might be directed here if the framework
|
1920 |
+
detects a problem involving box constraints.
|
1921 |
+
The Flex section below might also apply.
|
1922 |
+
In certain situations,
|
1923 |
+
a box’s constraint is unbounded, or infinite.
|
1924 |
+
This means that either the maximum width or
|
1925 |
+
the maximum height is set to double.infinity.
|
1926 |
+
A box that tries to be as big as possible won’t
|
1927 |
+
function usefully when given an unbounded constraint and,
|
1928 |
+
in debug mode, throws an exception.
|
1929 |
+
The most common case where a render box ends up
|
1930 |
+
with an unbounded constraint is within a flex box
|
1931 |
+
(Row or Column),
|
1932 |
+
and within a scrollable region
|
1933 |
+
(such as ListView and other ScrollView subclasses).
|
1934 |
+
ListView, for example,
|
1935 |
+
tries to expand to fit the space available
|
1936 |
+
in its cross-direction
|
1937 |
+
(perhaps it’s a vertically-scrolling block and
|
1938 |
+
tries to be as wide as its parent).
|
1939 |
+
If you nest a vertically scrolling ListView
|
1940 |
+
inside a horizontally scrolling ListView,
|
1941 |
+
the inner list tries to be as wide as possible,
|
1942 |
+
which is infinitely wide,
|
1943 |
+
since the outer one is scrollable in that direction.
|
1944 |
+
The next section describes the error you might
|
1945 |
+
encounter with unbounded constraints in a Flex widget.
|
1946 |
+
<topic_end>
|
1947 |
+
<topic_start>
|
1948 |
+
Flex
|
1949 |
+
A flex box (Row and Column) behaves
|
1950 |
+
differently depending on whether its
|
1951 |
+
constraint is bounded or unbounded in
|
1952 |
+
its primary direction.
|
1953 |
+
A flex box with a bounded constraint in its
|
1954 |
+
primary direction tries to be as big as possible.
|
1955 |
+
A flex box with an unbounded constraint
|
1956 |
+
in its primary direction tries to fit its children
|
1957 |
+
in that space. Each child’s flex value must be
|
1958 |
+
set to zero, meaning that you can’t use
|
1959 |
+
Expanded when the flex box is inside
|
1960 |
+
another flex box or a scrollable;
|
1961 |
+
otherwise it throws an exception.
|
1962 |
+
The cross direction
|
1963 |
+
(width for Column or height for Row),
|
1964 |
+
must never be unbounded,
|
1965 |
+
or it can’t reasonably align its children.
|
1966 |
+
<topic_end>
|