In this article, we will understand how to create a flutter Instagram news feed UI in flutter, we will customize it to make it a little different. We will be using list view builder, row widgets, column widgets, container widgets, images, icons that we have covered in our previous articles and will try to implement each of them in that news feed UI.
We will try to implement the full Instagram app UI, so we will divide it in articles. We are covering the news feed UI in this article and in the next articles, we will cover the profile UI, chats UI, login, signup UI etc. So, don’t miss them. Let’s get right into our Instagram news feed.
Instagram News Feed UI
This is the design that we will achieve by the end of this article. The source code will also be provided. You can use it for free. Let’s now understand how its implemented.
Implementation
Let’s start by implementing from top. Let’s see the implementations.
App Bar
AppBar( centerTitle: true, backgroundColor: Colors.transparent, elevation: 0, title: Text( 'Zeesta', style: TextStyle( fontSize: 22, fontWeight: FontWeight.bold, fontStyle: FontStyle.italic, color: Colors.white), ), actions: [ Icon(Icons.message_outlined, color: Colors.white, size: 18), SizedBox( width: 8, ), Icon(Icons.settings, color: Colors.white, size: 19), SizedBox( width: 15, ) ], )
Body Of Scaffold
body:Container( height: double.infinity, width: double.infinity)
List View Builder
The list of images with icons, text etc. are build using the listview builder. Let’s see how each item is built.
Item Count
We have specified item count to 4 to get only 4 items in list as for now.
Item Builder
itemBuilder: (context, index) {
return Container(
margin: EdgeInsets.only(bottom: 10),)From the item builder, we are returning a container with a bottom margin of 10. Let’s see what we have used in the child of this container.
Column
We have used a column widget inside that container.
First Child
First child of column will be the small circular image with name and the vertical three dots and so on.
Container(
height: 50,
child: Row(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
children: [
Container(
width: 200,
child: Row(
children: [
Container(
margin:
EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 5),
padding: EdgeInsets.all(2.5),
decoration: BoxDecoration(
borderRadius:
BorderRadius.circular(50),
color: Colors.grey.shade800),
child: Container(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(1),
decoration: BoxDecoration(
borderRadius:
BorderRadius.circular(50),
color: Colors.black),
child: Container(
height: 40,
width: 40,
decoration: BoxDecoration(
borderRadius:
BorderRadius.circular(50),
image: DecorationImage(
fit: BoxFit.cover,
image: AssetImage(
'assets/pic${imgUrl[index + 4]}'))),
),
),
),
SizedBox(
height: 5,
),
Text(imgNames[index],
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.white,
fontSize: 13,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w800))
],
),
),
Container(
width: 50,
child: Icon(Icons.more_vert_outlined,
size: 18, color: Colors.white))
],
),
)Second Child
The second child is the waterfall image that you can see in the mentioned design.
Container(
color: Colors.black,
height: 210,
width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width,
child: Image.asset('assets/pic${imgUrl[index + 4]}',
fit: BoxFit.cover),
)Third Child
Third child is the row widget and inside it we can see two children, first one is heart, chat and send icon and the second one is the bookmark icon. All of them have a color of white.
Container( height: 30, child: Row( mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween, children: [ Container( width: 200, child: Row( children: [ SizedBox(width: 10), Icon( Icons.favorite_border_outlined, size: 22, color: Colors.white, ), SizedBox(width: 6), Icon(Icons.comment_outlined, size: 20, color: Colors.white), SizedBox(width: 6), Icon(Icons.send_outlined, size: 21, color: Colors.white) ], ), ), Container( width: 50, child: Icon(Icons.bookmark_border_outlined, size: 22, color: Colors.white)) ], ), ),
Fourth Child
In the next child of our column widget, we have a number of likes text.
Align(
alignment: Alignment.centerLeft,
child: Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 10),
child: Text('198,459 likes',
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 11,
color: Colors.white,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w600)),
))
Fifth Child
After that we have a row having both children of text.
Align( alignment: Alignment.centerLeft, child: Padding( padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 10), child: Row( children: [ Text(imgNames[index], style: TextStyle( fontSize: 13, color: Colors.white, fontWeight: FontWeight.w800)), SizedBox(width: 8), Text(captions[index], style: TextStyle( fontSize: 11, fontWeight: FontWeight.w400, color: Colors.white)), ], ), ))
Sixth Child
In the last child of column, we have a text of number of comments.
Align(
alignment: Alignment.centerLeft,
child: Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 10),
child: Text('View all 5980 comments',
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 12,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w500,
color: Colors.white)),
))Congrats, we have successfully created our instagram news feed UI. In the next articles, we will cover other pages of instagram. Hope to see you there as well. Complete source code is given below.
Instagram News Feed UI Source Code
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:insta_clone/strings.dart';
import 'homePage.dart';
void main() {
runApp(MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
title: 'Flutter Instagram Clone',
home: homePage());
}
}
class homePage extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_homePageState createState() => _homePageState();
}
class _homePageState extends State<homePage> {
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return newsFeedPage();
}
}
class newsFeedPage extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_newsFeedPageState createState() => _newsFeedPageState();
}
class _newsFeedPageState extends State<newsFeedPage> {
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
backgroundColor: Colors.black,
appBar: AppBar(
centerTitle: true,
backgroundColor: Colors.transparent,
elevation: 0,
title: Text(
'Zeesta',
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 22,
fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
fontStyle: FontStyle.italic,
color: Colors.white),
),
actions: [
Icon(Icons.message_outlined, color: Colors.white, size: 18),
SizedBox(
width: 8,
),
Icon(Icons.settings, color: Colors.white, size: 19),
SizedBox(
width: 15,
)
],
),
body: Container(
height: double.infinity,
width: double.infinity,
child: Column(children: [
Divider(),
Expanded(
child: Container(
child: ListView.builder(
itemCount: 4,
itemBuilder: (context, index) {
return Container(
// height: 380,
margin: EdgeInsets.only(bottom: 10),
child: Column(
children: [
Container(
height: 50,
child: Row(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
children: [
Container(
width: 200,
child: Row(
children: [
Container(
margin:
EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 5),
padding: EdgeInsets.all(2.5),
decoration: BoxDecoration(
borderRadius:
BorderRadius.circular(50),
color: Colors.grey.shade800),
child: Container(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(1),
decoration: BoxDecoration(
borderRadius:
BorderRadius.circular(50),
color: Colors.black),
child: Container(
height: 40,
width: 40,
decoration: BoxDecoration(
borderRadius:
BorderRadius.circular(50),
image: DecorationImage(
fit: BoxFit.cover,
image: AssetImage(
'assets/pic${imgUrl[index + 4]}'))),
),
),
),
SizedBox(
height: 5,
),
Text(imgNames[index],
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.white,
fontSize: 13,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w800))
],
),
),
Container(
width: 50,
child: Icon(Icons.more_vert_outlined,
size: 18, color: Colors.white))
],
),
),
Container(
color: Colors.black,
height: 210,
width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width,
child: Image.asset('assets/pic${imgUrl[index + 4]}',
fit: BoxFit.cover),
),
SizedBox(height: 5),
Container(
height: 30,
child: Row(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
children: [
Container(
width: 200,
child: Row(
children: [
SizedBox(width: 10),
Icon(
Icons.favorite_border_outlined,
size: 22,
color: Colors.white,
),
SizedBox(width: 6),
Icon(Icons.comment_outlined,
size: 20, color: Colors.white),
SizedBox(width: 6),
Icon(Icons.send_outlined,
size: 21, color: Colors.white)
],
),
),
Container(
width: 50,
child: Icon(Icons.bookmark_border_outlined,
size: 22, color: Colors.white))
],
),
),
Align(
alignment: Alignment.centerLeft,
child: Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 10),
child: Text('198,459 likes',
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 11,
color: Colors.white,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w600)),
)),
SizedBox(height: 3),
Align(
alignment: Alignment.centerLeft,
child: Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 10),
child: Row(
children: [
Text(imgNames[index],
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 13,
color: Colors.white,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w800)),
SizedBox(width: 8),
Text(captions[index],
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 11,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w400,
color: Colors.white)),
],
),
)),
SizedBox(height: 5),
Align(
alignment: Alignment.centerLeft,
child: Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 10),
child: Text('View all 5980 comments',
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 12,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w500,
color: Colors.white)),
))
],
),
);
}),
),
)
]),
),
);
}
}Conclusion
That’s all for this article, hope you enjoyed it and have learnt a lot from it. We would be looking forward for your response. Hope to see you in our next articles in which we will dig deep into other amazing widgets. Thank you for reading it.
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