Show/hide widgets in Flutter programmatically

Question

In Android, every single View subclass has a setVisibility() method that allows you modify the visibility of a View object

The

Answer 1

Invisible: The widget takes physical space on the screen but not visible to user.

Gone: The widget doesn't take any physical space and is completely gone.

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Invisible example

Visibility(
  child: Text("Invisible"),
  maintainSize: true, 
  maintainAnimation: true,
  maintainState: true,
  visible: false, 
),

Gone example

Visibility(
  child: Text("Gone"),
  visible: false,
),

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Alternatively, you can use if condition for both invisible and gone.

Column(
  children: [
    if (show) Text("This can be visible/not depending on condition"),
    Text("This is always visible"),
  ],
)