Flutter - Space Evenly in Column does not work as expected

Question

Screenshot of the problem I am trying to put elements in the red box by having even spaces between each other. (Like giving weight 1 to each of them). To do so, I put "mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceEvenly" in parent Column but it is not working.

Container(
            margin: EdgeInsets.only(bottom: 8.0),
            child: Row(
              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
              children: <Widget>[
                CachedNetworkImage(
                    imageUrl:
                        "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/${movieDetails
                        .posterPath}",
                    height: 120.0,
                    fit: BoxFit.fill),
                Expanded(
                    child: Container(
                        margin: EdgeInsets.only(left: 8.0),
                        child: Column(
                          mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceEvenly, //NOT WORKING!
                          children: <Widget>[
                            generateRow(
                                Strings.released, movieDetails.releaseDate),
                            generateRow(Strings.runtime,
                                movieDetails.runtime.toString()),
                            generateRow(Strings.budget,
                                movieDetails.budget.toString())
                          ],
                        )))
              ],
            )),

This is the code for movie image and the red box. I have created a Row which has 2 elements. First one is that image, second one is for red box.

Row generateRow(String key, String value) {
return Row(
  mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
  children: <Widget>[Text(key), Text(value)],
); }

My generateRow method

How can i solve this problem?

Answer 1

As you have given the height to the image is 120.0, can you do the same for the other Container child. By giving this, I was able to achieve what you want.

Code snippet:

Container(
        margin: EdgeInsets.only(bottom: 8.0),
        child: Row(
          crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
          children: <Widget>[
            CachedNetworkImage(
                imageUrl:
                    "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/${movieDetails
                    .posterPath}",
                height: 120.0,
                fit: BoxFit.fill),
            Expanded(
                child: Container(
                    height: 120.0 //added to fix
                    margin: EdgeInsets.only(left: 8.0),
                    child: Column(
                      mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceEvenly, //NOT WORKING!
                      children: <Widget>[
                        generateRow(
                            Strings.released, movieDetails.releaseDate),
                        generateRow(Strings.runtime,
                            movieDetails.runtime.toString()),
                        generateRow(Strings.budget,
                            movieDetails.budget.toString())
                      ],
                    )))
          ],
        )),

Tips to debug:

• I used Flutter Inspector to find the problem. Refer
• Refer the image below. Even though we gave Expanded, it occupied just half the size of image. Here the size of Expanded is determined by child's size (which is almost half the image size).