Flutter How do i add Shadow to Container

Last updated Nov 05, 2021

In this flutter example tutorial we will cover how to add Shadow to container widget. To add shadow container widget has a property boxShadow. With this property we can add different types of shadows to the container widget.

In this example we are adding the shadow to the circular image container widget.

Let's get started

Step 1: Create Flutter project in your favorite IDE

Step 2: Add required UI to the dart file, Here we created Circular image with container widget.

Step 3: Now add Box shadow to container by below code

BoxDecoration(
    color: Colors.grey,
    shape: BoxShape.circle,
  boxShadow:  [
    //background color of box
    BoxShadow(
      color: Colors.blueGrey,
      blurRadius: 5.0, // soften the shadow
      spreadRadius: 5.0, //extend the shadow
      offset: Offset(
        1.0, // Move to right 10  horizontally
        1.0, // Move to bottom 10 Vertically
      ),
    )
  ]
)

To apply shadow colors we added the boxShadow properties

BoxShadow(
  color: Colors.blueGrey,
  blurRadius: 5.0, // soften the shadow
  spreadRadius: 5.0, //extend the shadow
  offset: Offset(
    1.0, // Move to right 10  horizontally
    1.0, // Move to bottom 10 Vertically
  ),
)

Step 4: Run application, you can see the shadow to the container

Flutter add Shadow to the container, circular image

Complete code for apply shadow color to the container with BoxDecoration

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class CircleImage extends StatelessWidget{

  final Size size;
  final Widget child;

  CircleImage({ Key? key,required this.child,this.size=const Size.fromWidth(120)}):super(key:key);
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    // TODO: implement build
    return Container(

      decoration:  BoxDecoration(
          color: Colors.grey,
          shape: BoxShape.circle,
        boxShadow:  [
          //background color of box
          BoxShadow(
            color: Colors.blueGrey,
            blurRadius: 5.0, // soften the shadow
            spreadRadius: 5.0, //extend the shadow
            offset: Offset(
              1.0, // Move to right 10  horizontally
              1.0, // Move to bottom 10 Vertically
            ),
          )
        ]
      ),
      height: size.width,
      child: ClipOval(
        child: child,

      ),
    );
  }


}

CircleImage(size:Size(60.w,60.h),child: Image.network("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/White-lion-images-20.jpg"),)

Conclusion: In this example we covered create circular image with container and add shadow to the container with boxShadow properties.

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