Beginning App Development with Flutter: Create Cross-Platform Mobile Apps

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R. PayneBeginning App Development with Flutterhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5181-2_6

6. Laying Out Your Widgets

Rap Payne¹ 

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Now that we’re familiar with some widgets that hold a value and how to make them respond to gestures, we are ready to make them lay out properly. In this chapter, we’re going to deal with the major techniques of getting your widgets to appear on the screen in various relations to one another and to manage the space between them. Notice that I said “major techniques” not “all techniques.” This is because Flutter has dozens of widgets for laying things out, many of which overlap in functionality with others. This is great if you enjoy lots of choices, but the more choices you have, the ...