How do I add Widgets to a Column through code - flutter

Question

I'm trying to add widgets to a Column dynamically. The following approach does not work as the button does not add the text widgets when clicked. I'd like to understand why this doesn't work and what should I do to make it work. Thanks in advance for the help.
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() {
runApp(MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
List<Widget> c = [];
return MaterialApp(
title: 'Flutter Demo',
home: Column(children: [
Column(children: c),
ElevatedButton(onPressed: (){
print("testing");
c.add(Text("testing"));
}, child: Text("Add Text"))
])
);
}
}
Edit: I edited my code to be in a stateful widget and added a setState function around the function that adds the widgets to the container, but it still won't work
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
class SW extends StatefulWidget {
const SW({ Key? key }) : super(key: key);
#override
_SWState createState() => _SWState();
}
class _SWState extends State<SW> {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
List<Widget> c = [];
return MaterialApp(
title: 'Flutter Demo',
home: Column(children: [
Column(children: c),
ElevatedButton(onPressed: (){
setState((){
print("testing");
c.add(Text("testing"));
});
},
child: Text("Add Text"))
])
);
}
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return SW();
}
}
void main() {
runApp(MyApp());
}

Answer 1

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() => runApp(MaterialApp(home:MyApp()));
class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
#override
_MyState createState() => _MyState();
}
class _MyState extends State<MyApp> {
List<Widget> c = [];
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
body:Column(children: [
Column(children: c),
ElevatedButton(onPressed: (){
setState((){
print("testing");
c.add(Text("testing"));
});
}, child: Text("Add Text"))
]),
);
}
}
Wrap your on pressed code in setstate to rebuild the page. The setState function triggers rebuild of the whole widget tree shown in your screen. And without that the text widget will only be added to the list but won't be shown to the screen.