Row and Column

In the previous sections, we have learned to create a simple Flutter application and its basic styling to the widgets. Now, we are going to learn how to arrange the widgets in rows and columns on the screen. The rows and columns are not a single widget; they are two different widgets, namely Row and Column. Here, we will integrate these two widgets together because they have similar properties that help us understand them efficiently and quickly.

Row and column are the two essential widgets in Flutter that allows developers to align children horizontally and vertically according to our needs. These widgets are very necessary when we design the application user interface in Flutter.

Key Points

1. Row and Column widgets are the most commonly used layout patterns in the Flutter application.
2. Both may take several child widgets.
3. A child widget can also be a row or column widget.
4. We can stretch or constrain a particular children’s widget.
5. Flutter also allows developers to specify how child widgets can use row and column widgets’ available space.