Flutter - Asset & Network Image for Android and iOS
In Flutter, you can display images from various sources such as local assets or remote network URLs. In this blog post, we will discuss how to load assets and network images in Flutter.
Loading assets images
- Loading images from assets is a straightforward process in Flutter. To load an image from the assets folder, you need to perform the following steps:
- 1.First, create a directory named assets at the root level of your Flutter project.
- 2. In the asset directory create a directorys pngimage,jpgimage,svgimage
- 3.Copy the image file that you want to load into the pngimage,jpgimage,svgimage directory.
- 4.Open the pubspec.yaml file and add the asset file path to the flutter section as shown below:
In Flutter, you can load images from local assets or network URLs and display them on a Container widget. In this blog post, we will discuss how to load assets and network images on a Container widget in Flutter.
Loading assets images on a `Container`
To load an image from local assets and display it on a Container widget, you can use the decoration property of the Container widget. The decoration property takes a BoxDecoration object that allows you to set the background image of the container.
- 1.To load the image on a Container widget, you can use the following code snippet:
- In this code snippet, we use the DecorationImage class to set the background image of the Container. The fit property is used to specify how to fit the image inside the container.
Loading network images on a `Container`
To load an image from a network URL and display it on a `Container` widget, you can use the `decoration` property of the `Container` widget and the `NetworkImage` class to fetch the image from the URL.
- 1.To load the image on a Container widget, you can use the following code snippet:
- Network Image
- In this code snippet, we use the NetworkImage class to fetch the image from the URL and set it as the background image of the Container. The fit property is used to specify how to fit the image inside the container.
Conclusion
In this blog post, we discussed how to load assets and network images on a Container widget in Flutter. By following the steps described in this post, you can easily set the background image of a Container widget with an image from local assets or a network URL. This approach can be used to add visual appeal to your Flutter app and improve the overall user experience.