Author: Saim Khalid

  • Understanding the Container Widget

    When developing Flutter applications, one of the first widgets you will encounter is the Container widget. Often referred to as the Swiss Army knife of Flutter widgets, Container is extremely versatile. It allows developers to wrap other widgets, apply styling, control layout, add spacing, and more. Despite its simplicity, mastering the Container widget is crucial…

  • Stack with Positioned Widgets

    Introduction Flutter provides a wide variety of layout widgets to build responsive and beautiful user interfaces. Among these, the Stack widget is one of the most powerful tools when it comes to creating overlapping elements. Unlike Column or Row, which arrange their children in a vertical or horizontal order, Stack allows widgets to be placed…

  • What is the Stack Widget?

    Flutter provides many layout widgets that make building user interfaces easy, powerful, and highly flexible. One such widget is the Stack. As the name suggests, Stack allows developers to place widgets on top of each other, just like stacking objects in the real world. While widgets like Row and Column help in creating horizontal and…

  • Row vs Column – Key Differences

    When learning Flutter, two of the first layout widgets that every developer encounters are Row and Column. They are the building blocks of layouts in Flutter applications and are used extensively in almost every screen you build. Although they look simple, understanding their differences, similarities, and best practices is crucial for creating responsive, efficient, and…

  • What is the Column Widget?

    Introduction When building user interfaces in Flutter, layout management is one of the most important concepts to master. Flutter provides several core layout widgets, and among the most commonly used is the Column widget. The Column widget is a fundamental tool that allows developers to arrange child widgets vertically—one on top of the other. Whether…

  • What is the Row Widget?

    When building beautiful and functional UIs in Flutter, arranging widgets is one of the most essential tasks. Sometimes we want widgets arranged vertically (that’s where the Column widget comes in), and sometimes we want them arranged horizontally. For horizontal layouts, Flutter provides a powerful widget: the Row. In this deep dive, we’ll cover everything about…

  • Introduction to Flutter Layout & Positioning

    When you start building apps with Flutter, one of the first and most important concepts you’ll come across is layout. Layout defines how widgets are arranged and positioned on the screen. Since Flutter is a widget-based framework, every element of your app – from a simple Text to complex screens with nested views – is…

  • Deep Dive – initState() in Stateful Widgets

    Flutter’s Stateful Widgets are the backbone of building dynamic, interactive, and reactive applications. While setState() is often the most talked-about method, there’s another equally critical lifecycle method every Flutter developer must master — initState(). If you’ve ever wondered: … then this deep dive is for you. Table of Contents 1. Introduction to Stateful Widgets A…

  • Common Mistakes with Stateful Widgets in Flutter

    Flutter is a powerful framework that allows developers to build modern, cross-platform apps with a clean and flexible architecture. At the heart of Flutter development are widgets, and among them, Stateful Widgets play a critical role in handling dynamic and interactive UI. While Stateful Widgets are incredibly useful, they are also often misused by beginners…

  • How setState() Works in Stateful Widgets

    Flutter’s magic lies in its declarative UI system. Instead of manually changing individual UI elements, developers simply update the data, and Flutter automatically rebuilds the necessary parts of the UI. At the heart of this dynamic behavior in Stateful Widgets is the setState() method. It is one of the most essential functions in Flutter, yet…