I have a simple screen with a container about 100 in height and with blue color. I want to add a shadow or elevation at the bottom of the container.
This is my code below
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:finsec/utils/strings.dart';
import 'package:finsec/utils/dimens.dart';
import 'package:finsec/utils/colors.dart';
void main() {
runApp(new IncomeFragment());
}
class IncomeFragment extends StatelessWidget {
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return new Stack(
children: <Widget>[
new Container(
height: margin_100dp,
color: colorPrimary,
),
new Container( //container to overlay on top of blue container
alignment: Alignment.topCenter,
child: Column(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
children: <Widget>[
Text(
zero_amount,
style: TextStyle(color: white, fontSize: 40.0, fontWeight: FontWeight.bold)
),
],
),
)
],
);
}
}
can someone help me to add a shadow or elevation at the bottom of my blue container?
see image below. shawdow should be in place in the red circle
thanks in advance
You can reuse the first container that you have in your Stack, the container has a property called decoration and it accept a widget of kind BoxDecoration, as you can see in this link: BoxDecoration
Inside this widget you can use the boxShadow property to give to your container a custom shadow, try the next code:
new Container(
height: margin_100dp,
decoration: BoxDecoration(
boxShadow: <BoxShadow>[
BoxShadow(
color: Colors.black54,
blurRadius: 15.0,
offset: Offset(0.0, 0.75)
)
],
color: colorPrimary
),
),
Or you can wrap your Container widget with a Material widget which contains an elevation property to give the shadowy effects.
Container(
child: Row(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
children: <Widget>[
Material(
elevation: 15.0,
child: Container(
height: 100,
width: 100,
color: Colors.blue,
child: Center(child: Text("Material",style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white),)),
),
),
SizedBox(width: 100,),
Container(
height: 100,
width: 100,
decoration: BoxDecoration(
boxShadow: <BoxShadow>[
BoxShadow(
color: Colors.black54,
blurRadius: 15.0,
offset: Offset(0.0, 0.75)
)
],
color: Colors.blue
),
child: Center(child: Text('Box Shadow',style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white))),
),
],
),
),
Image:
Difference between two widgets is shown above. Hope this helps!!!
Yes, BoxShadow can solve the problem but instead of manually adding the list of BoxShadow, there is a handy map in flutter call kElevationToShadow which map elevation keys to pre-defined list of BoxShadow. It is also defined based on the material design elevation.
Container(
height: 60.0,
decoration: BoxDecoration(
boxShadow: kElevationToShadow[4],
color: Theme.of(context).bottomAppBarColor,
),
child: ...
);
use the Container Shadow as below:
decoration: BoxDecoration(
boxShadow: [
BoxShadow(
color: Colors.black,
offset: Offset(20.0, 10.0),
blurRadius: 20.0,
spreadRadius: 40.0,
),
],
),
Controll the blurRadius and the SpreadRadius depending on your needs