Welcome to Flutter Widget Explorer — your ultimate resource to master Flutter widgets one by one, with hands-on examples, visual outputs, and real use cases.
This repository helps Flutter beginners, students, enthusiasts, and developers understand what each widget does, how it works, and how to use it effectively in real-world applications.
Flutter provides hundreds of widgets — but which one to use, and when?
This repo breaks that learning curve with:
- 🔍 Deep dives into each widget
- 🧪 Practical code examples
- 🧩 Multiple configurations and variations
- 📸 Visual outputs (Screenshots & GIFs)
- 🗂️ Clear documentation and categories
Flutter widgets are organized into categories for easier exploration:
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| 🧱 Basic Widgets | Fundamental building blocks like Text, RichText, Container, Row, Column, Center, Padding, Align, SizedBox, Expanded, Flexible, Spacer, Stack, Wrap. |
| 🎨 Styling and Theming | Widgets to apply styles and themes like Theme, ThemeData, TextStyle, IconTheme, DefaultTextStyle, DecoratedBox, BoxDecoration, ClipRRect, Opacity, Transform, FittedBox. |
| 🖱️ Input and Forms | Input-related widgets like TextField, Form, FormField, TextFormField, Checkbox, Radio, Switch, Slider, DropdownButton, DatePicker, TimePicker, CheckboxListTile, RadioListTile, ListTile, ExpansionTile. |
| 🧭 Navigation and Routing | Navigation and routing components like Navigator, MaterialPageRoute, PageView, Drawer, BottomNavigationBar, TabBar, TabBarView, AppBar, Scaffold, BottomSheet, WillPopScope. |
| 📦 Layout Widgets | For structuring UI: Column, Row, Stack, Wrap, GridView, ListView, Table, CustomScrollView, SingleChildScrollView, LayoutBuilder, ConstrainedBox, AspectRatio, FractionallySizedBox, IntrinsicHeight, IntrinsicWidth. |
| 🧩 Interactive Widgets | Handle gestures and interactions: GestureDetector, InkWell, InkResponse, Dismissible, Draggable, DragTarget, LongPressDraggable, InteractiveViewer. |
| 🖼️ Image and Media | Media widgets like Image, Image.asset, Image.network, FadeInImage, CircleAvatar, Icon, FlutterLogo, VideoPlayer, CachedNetworkImage. |
| 📜 Scrolling Widgets | Scrollable content: ListView, GridView, SingleChildScrollView, PageView, NestedScrollView, Scrollbar, CustomScrollView, ScrollController. |
| 🛠️ Utility Widgets | Helpers and system-aware widgets: FutureBuilder, StreamBuilder, AnimatedBuilder, Builder, LayoutBuilder, MediaQuery, SafeArea, RepaintBoundary. |
| 💬 Dialogs & Overlays | Popup/modals/alerts like AlertDialog, SimpleDialog, BottomSheet, SnackBar, Dialog, showDialog, showModalBottomSheet, showDatePicker, showTimePicker. |
| 🎯 Buttons | Buttons like ElevatedButton, TextButton, OutlinedButton, IconButton, FloatingActionButton, DropdownButton, PopupMenuButton, CloseButton, BackButton. |
| 🧪 Animation and Motion | Animated widgets like AnimatedContainer, AnimatedOpacity, AnimatedCrossFade, Hero, FadeTransition, ScaleTransition, SlideTransition, RotationTransition, AnimatedSwitcher, AnimatedBuilder. |
| 🧑🎨 Material Components | Material Design widgets: Scaffold, AppBar, MaterialApp, MaterialButton, Drawer, FloatingActionButton, Card, Chip, SnackBar, BottomAppBar, ExpansionTile, ListTile. |
| 🍏 Cupertino Widgets | iOS-style widgets like CupertinoApp, CupertinoButton, CupertinoNavigationBar, CupertinoPageScaffold, CupertinoAlertDialog, CupertinoPicker, CupertinoSlider, CupertinoSwitch, CupertinoTabBar. |
| 🧩 Custom Paint & Drawing | Advanced drawing: CustomPaint, CustomPainter, Canvas, Paint. |
| 🧪 State Management Helpers | State widgets: StatefulWidget, StatelessWidget, InheritedWidget, Provider, Consumer, ChangeNotifierProvider. |
| Container | Text | Buttons |
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More widgets are added regularly. Stay tuned! 🚀
Want to explore Flutter widgets in detail with structured guides and practical examples?
Check out my blog where I break down each widget with visuals and real use cases.
👉 Visit My Flutter Widget Blog
To run any widget demo on your local machine:
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/thogaruchesti-hemanth/flutter_widget_explorer.git
# Navigate into the folder
cd flutter_widget_explorer
# Install dependencies
flutter pub get
# Open main.dart or specific widget file and run
flutter run
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/flutter_widget_explorer.git
# Navigate into the project directory
cd flutter_widget_explorer
# Open the desired example and run it
flutter runMake sure you have Flutter installed on your system. Get Flutter here if you haven't already!
Want to contribute? Awesome! Here’s how you can help:
- Fork the repository 🍴
- Explore a widget 🏗️
- Add your example & demo 🔥
- Create a Pull Request 🚀
If this repo helped you:
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- 🤝 Contribute back
- 🔔 Watch for updates
Thogaruchesti Hemanth
GitHub: @thogaruchesti-hemanth
📧 Email: saihemanth225@gmail.com
Happy Exploring Flutter Widgets! 🚀