Gradient Text in Flutter

Question

I was wondering if it is possible to create a gradient over text Flutter. There is a gist of text gradient using Dart's ui, but it is kinda long and I was hoping to be simpler.

Answer 1

You can use ShaderMask for that task. In ShaderMask, you need to set the BlendMode to BlendMode.srcIn, "src" means the widget to apply the gradient to (in this case Text), "in" means only show the part of the Text where it overlaps with the background which is the text itself (so the gradient doesn't get applied on the background):

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class GradientText extends StatelessWidget {
  const GradientText(
    this.text, {
    required this.gradient,
    this.style,
  });

  final String text;
  final TextStyle? style;
  final Gradient gradient;

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return ShaderMask(
      blendMode: BlendMode.srcIn,
      shaderCallback: (bounds) => gradient.createShader(
        Rect.fromLTWH(0, 0, bounds.width, bounds.height),
      ),
      child: Text(text, style: style),
    );
  }
}

Usage

GradientText(
  'Hello Flutter',
  style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 40),
  gradient: LinearGradient(colors: [
    Colors.blue.shade400,
    Colors.blue.shade900,
  ]),
),

Live Demo