Centring a Column inside another Column in Flutter - flutter

Question

I'm currently writing my first Flutter App and I got a little stuck here. Basically what I'm trying to do is display an image at the top of the screen (with 100px top-margin) and display a Column which contains some Text and a Button on the centre of the screen. I tried moving mainAxisAlignment crossAxisAlignment into the outer Column Widget but that centres everything.
Here's my code:
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
backgroundColor: Colors.white,
body: Center(
child: Column(
children: [
Opacity(
opacity: 0.25,
child: Container(
child: Image.asset('assets/images/logo.png'),
margin: EdgeInsets.only(top: 100),
width: 75,
),
),
Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
children: [
Text('Please enter your first name:'),
TextButton(onPressed: () {}, child: Text('Submit'))
],
)
],
),
),
);

Answer 1

You actually only need to wrap the second column in an Expanded widget, "so that the child fills the available space", that's all:
Column(
children: [
Expanded(
child: Column(
children: [],
),
)],
),

Answer 2

try, wrap your second Column inside a Center widget.
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
backgroundColor: Colors.white,
body: Center(
child: Column(
children: [
Opacity(
opacity: 0.25,
child: Container(
child: Image.asset('assets/images/logo.png'),
margin: EdgeInsets.only(top: 100),
width: 75,
),
),
Center(
Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
children: [
Text('Please enter your first name:'),
TextButton(onPressed: () {}, child: Text('Submit'))
],
)
],
),
),
),
);
If this doesn't work you could also wrap it in an Align widget and add the alignment property to it.
Align(
alignment: Alignment.center,
child: Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
children: [
Text('Please enter your first name:'),
TextButton(onPressed: () {}, child: Text('Submit'))
],
),
),

Answer 3

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
void main() {
runApp(
MaterialApp(
home: Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(),
body: Container(
height: double.infinity,
width: double.infinity,
color: Colors.blue,
child: Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
children: [
Container(
height: 200,
width: 200,
color: Colors.pink,
child: Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
),
),
],
),
),
),
),
);
}

Answer 4

you have to use mainAxisAlignment property to set MainAxisAlignment.center.

Answer 5

In order to center align your second column,
Make sure MainAxisAlignment of your Second Column is MainAxisAlignment.center
Wrap your second column inside a Align Widget
Now, wrap your Align widget with Expanded widget.
This should solve your issue.
Check this refrence.
Column(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
children: [
const SizedBox(
height: 18.0,
),
const Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.only(left: 16.0),
child: Text(
'Recent Search(s)',
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.black,
fontSize: 16.0,
fontWeight: FontWeight.bold),
),
),
Expanded(
child: Align(
alignment: Alignment.center,
child: Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
children: [
Icon(
MdiIcons.magnify,
color: Colors.grey.shade600,
size: 72.0,
),
const SizedBox(
height: 8.0,
),
Text(
'Search for places',
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 14.0,
color: Colors.grey.shade600,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w600),
),
Text(
'You haven\'t serached for any items yet...',
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 12.0,
color: Colors.grey.shade700,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w500),
),
Text(
'Try now - we will help you!',
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 12.0,
color: Colors.grey.shade700,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w500),
)
],
),
),
)
],