Getting 'Horizontal viewport was given unbounded height.' with TabBarView in flutter - flutter

Question

I'm trying to make a profile page, where the users info is at the top. And then have a tab view below that for different views.
This is the code I'm using at the moment, when I take the TabBarView out it doesn't through an error, and if I wrap the TabBarView in an Expanded the error RenderFlex children have non-zero flex but incoming height constraints are unbounded. comes up.
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text(''),
),
body: Column(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
children: <Widget>[
Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(10.0),
child: Row(
children: <Widget>[
CircleAvatar(
minRadius: 45.0,
backgroundImage: NetworkImage(
'https://www.ienglishstatus.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Anonymous-Whatsapp-profile-picture.jpg'),
),
Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.only(left: 10.0),
child: Column(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
children: <Widget>[
Text(
'Testing Name',
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 22.0,
color: Colors.grey.shade800,
),
),
Text(
'#testing_username',
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 13.0,
color: Colors.grey.shade800,
),
),
],
),
),
],
),
),
DefaultTabController(
length: 3,
child: Column(
children: <Widget>[
TabBar(
tabs: <Widget>[
Tab(
icon: Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(6.0),
child: Image.asset(
"assets/images/icons/butterlike.png",
color: Colors.grey.shade800,
),
),
),
Tab(
icon: Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(6.0),
child: Image.asset(
"assets/images/icons/butterlike.png",
color: Colors.grey.shade800,
),
),
),
Tab(
icon: Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(6.0),
child: Image.asset(
"assets/images/icons/butterlike.png",
color: Colors.grey.shade800,
),
),
),
],
),
TabBarView(
children: <Widget>[
Container(
color: Colors.grey,
),
Container(
color: Colors.green,
),
Container(
color: Colors.purple,
),
],
),
],
),
)
],
),
);
}
I did try a variation of this but couldn't get it to work.

Answer 1

The error description is clear, the TabBarView doesn't have a bounded height. the parent widget also doesn't have a bounded height. So, the Expanded widget will not solve this issue.
EDIT: below solutions are for above question(with columns).In general cases, use a ListView with shrinkWrap: true.(Or any other widgets with shrinkWrap) As #Konstantin Kozirev mentioned correctly, the shrinkWrap causes some performance issues. look for a better updated solution.
There are some options:
1st Solution:
Wrap the parent widget(Column) with a limited height widget like SizedBox or AspectRatio. Then use the Expanded widget like this:
Expanded(
child: TabBarView(...),
)
2nd Solution:
Use a bounded widget like SizedBox or AspectRatio on the TabBarView itself:
SizedBox(
height: 300.0,
child: TabBarView(...),
)
Note Your can also calcuate the height dynamicly if the height is not static.

Answer 2

I solved it by adding TabBar inside Container and TabBarView inside Expanded:
DefaultTabController(
length: 3,
child: Column(
children: <Widget>[
Container(child: TabBar(..)),
Expanded(child: TabBarView(..)),
],
),
);

Answer 3

try to use IndexedStack instead of TabBarView
i tried Expanded, shrinkWrap = true , ...
but no one work's fine
just try example.
Example:
class Product extends StatefulWidget {
#override
_ProductState createState() => _ProductState();
}
class _ProductState extends State<Product> with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin {
TabController tabController;
int selectedIndex = 0;
#override
void initState() {
super.initState();
tabController = TabController(length: 5, vsync: this, initialIndex: 0);
}
#override
void dispose() {
tabController.dispose();
super.dispose();
}
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return DefaultTabController(
length: 3,
initialIndex: 0,
child: Scaffold(
body: ListView(
shrinkWrap: true,
children: [
TabBar(
tabs: <Widget>[
Tab(
text: 'one',
),
Tab(
text: 'two',
),
Tab(
text: 'three',
),
],
controller: tabController,
onTap: (index) {
setState(() {
selectedIndex = index;
tabController.animateTo(index);
});
},
),
IndexedStack(
children: <Widget>[
Visibility(
child: Text('test1'),
maintainState: true,
visible: selectedIndex == 0,
),
Visibility(
child: Text('test2'),
maintainState: true,
visible: selectedIndex == 1,
),
Visibility(
child: Text('test3'),
maintainState: true,
visible: selectedIndex == 2,
),
],
index: selectedIndex,
),
],
),
),
);
}
}
special thank's to #arbalest

Answer 4

based on #Yamin answer I used SizeBox Like below to get full page
SizedBox.expand(
child: TabBarView(),
)
or any other size :
SizedBox(
height: height:MediaQuery.of(context).size.height // or every other size ,
child: TabBarView(),
)

Answer 5

The error message in console mentions this: "Viewports expand in the cross axis to fill their container and constrain their children to match their extent in the cross axis. In this case, a horizontal viewport was given an unlimited amount of vertical space in which to expand".
Clearly, the horizontal viewport here is referring to the TabBarView widget which is not given a height constraint.
So wrap both the TabBar and TabBarView widgets in Expanded widgets and give appropriate flex values to them to let them share their parent's height.
Concretely,
DefaultTabController(
length: 3,
child: Column(
children: <Widget>[
Expanded(
flex: 1,
child: TabBar(
tabs: <Widget>[
Tab(
icon: Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(6.0),
child: Image.asset(
"assets/images/icons/butterlike.png",
color: Colors.grey.shade800,
),
),
),
Tab(
icon: Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(6.0),
child: Image.asset(
"assets/images/icons/butterlike.png",
color: Colors.grey.shade800,
),
),
),
Tab(
icon: Padding(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(6.0),
child: Image.asset(
"assets/images/icons/butterlike.png",
color: Colors.grey.shade800,
),
),
),
],
),
),
Expanded(
flex: 9,
child: TabBarView(
children: <Widget>[
Container(
color: Colors.grey,
),
Container(
color: Colors.green,
),
Container(
color: Colors.purple,
),
],
),
)
],
),
)