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Flutter & Dart Tips - Week In Review #14

Hello Reader,

In this 14th post of the Flutter & Dart Tips series, I will add six more tips to the 80 tips I shared since June of this year.

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1- Flow is a widget which arranges its child widgets based on FlowDelegate


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    Flow(
      delegate: FlowMenuDelegate(menuAnimation: menuAnimation),
      children:
          menuItems.map<Widget>((IconData icon) => flowMenuItem(icon)).toList(),
    )

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2- You can fix Text Overflow error with Flexible Widget


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      Flexible(
        child: Text(
          'Flutter Text Overflow while adding long text. how to wrap text in flutter ',
          style: TextStyle(fontSize: 20),
        ),
      )

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FractionallySizedBox

3- CheckboxListTile is a widget that combines a checkbox and a list tile. It allows you to create a checkbox along with the title, subtitle, and icon.


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  CheckboxListTile(
    value: _isChecked,
    onChanged: (bool value) {
      setState(() {
        _isChecked = value;
      });
    },
  )

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AnimatedSwitcher

4- LinearProgressIndicator widget is a material design linear progress indicator.


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    LinearProgressIndicator(
      value: controller.value,
      semanticsLabel: 'Linear progress indicator',
    ),

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CupertinoAlertDialog

5- PageView is a scrollable list that works page by page.


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    PageView(
      children: <Widget>[
        Container(
          color: Colors.pink,
          child: Center(
            child: Text('Page 1'),
          ),
        ),
        Container(
          color: Colors.cyan,
          child: Center(
            child: Text('Page 2'),
          ),
        ),
        Container(
          color: Colors.deepPurple,
          child: Center(
            child: Text('Page 3'),
          ),
        ),
      ],
    )

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CupertinoButton

6- PhysicalModel widget allows you to add custom shadow effects and customize its color and shape


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    PhysicalModel(
      elevation: 6.0,
      shape: BoxShape.rectangle,
      shadowColor: Colors.black,
      color: Colors.white,
      child: Container(
        height: 120.0,
        width: 120.0,
        color: Colors.blue[50],
        child: FlutterLogo(
          size: 60,
        ),
      ),
    )

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CupertinoActionSheet

See you next week. 👋🏻

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