Creating a Grid List

In some cases, you might want to display your items as a Grid rather than a normal list of items that come one after the next. For this task, we’ll employ the GridView Widget.

The simplest way to get started using grids is by using the GridView.count constructor, because it allow us to specify how many rows or columns we’d like.

In this example, we’ll generate a List of 100 Widgets that display their index in the list. This will help us visualize how GridView works.

GridView.count(
  // Create a grid with 2 columns. If you change the scrollDirection to
  // horizontal, this would produce 2 rows.
  crossAxisCount: 2,
  // Generate 100 Widgets that display their index in the List
  children: List.generate(100, (index) {
    return Center(
      child: Text(
        'Item $index',
        style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.headline,
      ),
    );
  }),
);

Complete example

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    final title = 'Grid List';

    return MaterialApp(
      title: title,
      home: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: Text(title),
        ),
        body: GridView.count(
          // Create a grid with 2 columns. If you change the scrollDirection to
          // horizontal, this would produce 2 rows.
          crossAxisCount: 2,
          // Generate 100 Widgets that display their index in the List
          children: List.generate(100, (index) {
            return Center(
              child: Text(
                'Item $index',
                style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.headline,
              ),
            );
          }),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}