Flutter (Dart): Exceptions caused by rendering / A RenderFlex overflowed

Question

I have a problem with Flutter (Dart) RenderFlex overflowed pixels. An exception of rendering library.

How can I manage or apply scrolling ability to my app page view and avoid Flutter's rendering exceptions with messages like:

A RenderFlex overflowed by 28 pixels on the bottom.

if you by any chance need the full log to help me is here:

on the hot-reload it comes up with the yellow/black stripes at the bottom as per the message.

Is this something I can manage with a scrollable widget? Or I can declare otherwise my widgets in order to control it?

full code if needed (i changed the Text data but assume the texts appearing are longer than the screen size, and thus the error comes up):

   @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new DefaultTabController(
        length: 3,
        child: new Scaffold(
          appBar: new AppBar(
            bottom: new TabBar(
              tabs: [
                new Tab(text: "xxx",),
                new Tab(text: "xxx",),
                new Tab(text: "xxx",),
              ],
            ),
            title: new Text(data["xxx"]),
          ),
          body: new TabBarView(
            children: [
              new Column(
                children: <Widget>[
                  new Text(data["xxx"],
                        style: new TextStyle(
                              fontStyle: FontStyle.italic,
                              color: Colors.blue,
                              fontSize: 16.0
                        ),),
                  new Text(data["xxx"],
                        style: new TextStyle(
                              fontStyle: FontStyle.italic,
                              color: Colors.blue,
                              fontSize: 10.0
                        ),),
                  new Text(data["xxx"],
                        style: new TextStyle(
                              fontStyle: FontStyle.italic,
                              color: Colors.blue,
                              fontSize: 16.0
                        ),),
                  new Text(data["xxx"],
                        style: new TextStyle(
                              fontStyle: FontStyle.italic,
                              color: Colors.blue,
                              fontSize: 8.0
                        ),
                      ),
                  new Text(data["xxx"],
                        style: new TextStyle(
                              fontStyle: FontStyle.italic,
                              color: Colors.blue,
                              fontSize: 8.0
                        ),),

                  new Row(
                    children: <Widget>[
                      new Expanded(
                        child: new Text("xxx"),
                      ),
                      new Expanded(
                        child: new Icon(Icons.file_download, color: Colors.green, size: 30.0,),
                      ),
                    ],
                  ),

                  new Divider(),
                  new Text("xxx", 
                            style: new TextStyle(
                              fontStyle: FontStyle.italic,
                              color: Colors.red,
                              fontSize: 16.0
                      ),
                  ),
                ],
              ),

              new ListView.builder(
                itemBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) => new EntryItem(_lstTiles[index]),
                itemCount: _lstTiles.length,
              ),

              new Column(
                children: <Widget>[
                  new Text(data["xxx"], 
                            style: new TextStyle(
                              fontStyle: FontStyle.italic,
                              color: Colors.green[900],
                              fontSize: 16.0
                      ),
                  ),
                  new Text(data["xxx"], 
                            style: new TextStyle(
                              fontStyle: FontStyle.italic,
                              color: Colors.green[900],
                              fontSize: 16.0
                      ),),
                  new Text(data["xxx"]),
                  new ListTile(title: new Text("xxx")),
                  new Text(data["xxx"]),
                  new ListTile(title: new Text("xxx")),
                  new Divider(),
                  new Text("xxx", 
                            style: new TextStyle(
                              fontStyle: FontStyle.italic,
                              color: Colors.red,
                              fontSize: 16.0
                      ),
                  ),
                ],
              ),
            ],
          ),
        ),
      );
  }

Answer 1

This is a pretty common issue to run into, especially when you start testing your app on multiple devices and orientations. Flutter's Widget gallery has a section covering the various scrolling widgets:

https://flutter.io/widgets/scrolling/

I'd recommend either wrapping your entire content in a SingleChildScrollView, or using a scrolling ListView.

EDIT: This question and answer have gotten some notice, so I'd like to provide a little more help for those who land here.

The Flutter SDK team puts a lot of effort into good documentation within the SDK code itself. One of the best resources for understanding the algorithm that Flex widgets (Row and Column are both subclasses of Flex) use to lay out their children is the DartDoc that accompanies the class itself:

https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/e3005e6962cfefbc12e7aac56576597177cc966f/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/basic.dart#L3724

The Flutter website also contains a tutorial on building layouts and an interactive codelab about how to use Row and Column widgets.

Answer 2

Let's say you have a List of 100 Text widgets like this:

final children = List<Widget>.generate(100, (i) => Text('Item $i')).toList();

Depending on the device screen, these widgets can overflow, there are few solutions to handle it.

1. Use Column wrapped in SingleChildScrollView

   SingleChildScrollView(
     child: Column(children: children),
   )
   

2. Use ListView

   ListView(
     children: children
   )
   

3. Use combination of both Column and ListView(you should use Expanded/Flexible, or give a fixed height to the ListView when doing so).

   Column(
     children: [
       ...children.take(2).toList(), // show first 2 children in Column
       Expanded(
         child: ListView(
           children: children.getRange(3, children.length).toList(),
         ), // And rest of them in ListView
       ),
     ],
   )
   

Answer 3

try to wrap of Container or any of other Widget in Flexible or Expanded and it Will be done.

Do like this

           Flexible(
              child: Container(
                padding: EdgeInsets.all(5),
                height: 400,
                width: double.infinity,
                child: ListView.builder(
                  scrollDirection: Axis.vertical,
                  shrinkWrap: true,
                  itemCount: 4,
                  itemBuilder: (context, index) {
                    return ListTile(
                      title: Text("Tony Stark"),
                      subtitle: Text("A Iron Man"),
                    );
                  },
                ),
              ),
            )

Answer 4

just wrap the body with SingleChildScrollView or ListView

body: SingleChildScrollView(
        child: <Widget> ...,
    )

Answer 5

I was also facing this issue, try this ....

resizeToAvoidBottomPadding: false,

Before the body part

Answer 6

Use SingleChildScrollView .. Hope it will resolve your problem ..

Answer 7

You can wrap the text in PreferredSize widget:

 bottom: PreferredSize(
                    preferredSize: Size.fromHeight(120.0),
                    child: Column(
                      children: <Widget>[
                        Padding(
                          padding: EdgeInsets.only(
                              right: 5.0, left: 5.0, bottom: 2.0, top: 2.0),
                          child: Text(
                            hospitalName,
                            textAlign: TextAlign.left,
                            style: TextStyle(
                                fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
                                color: Colors.white,
                                fontSize: 14.0),
                          ),
                        ),
                        Padding(
                          padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 10.0),
                          child: Container(
                            height: 1.0,
                            width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width,
                            color: Colors.white,
                          ),
                        ),
                        Padding(
                          padding: EdgeInsets.only(
                              top: 2.0, right: 5.0, left: 5.0, bottom: 2.0),
                          child: Text(
                            doctorName,
                            textAlign: TextAlign.left,
                            style: TextStyle(
                                fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
                                color: Colors.white,
                                fontSize: 14.0),
                          ),
                        ),
                        Padding(
                          padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 10.0),
                          child: Container(
                            height: 1.0,
                            width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width,
                            color: Colors.white,
                          ),
                        ),
            
                        TabBar(
                          isScrollable: true,
                          tabs: [
                            Tab(
                              text: "Tab1",
                            ),
                            Tab(text: "Tab2"),
                            Tab(text: "Tab3"),
                          ],
                        ),
                      ],
                    )),

Answer 8

You can use the widget Expanded for each container inside the column. And then use flex to make the correct adjustments.