Stack on working as expected | z-index (CSS) equivalent

Question

I am trying to achieve this(Todo image) but the image is getting hidden. How to bring it on top? I thought using Stack will automatically bring it on top. Is there any z-index equivalent? I have also shared the code below

Todo

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Code

Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new Scaffold(
        body: new CustomScrollView(
      slivers: <Widget>[
        new SliverAppBar(
          expandedHeight: 150.0,
          flexibleSpace: new FlexibleSpaceBar(
            background: new Stack(
              alignment: new Alignment(0.0, 2.5),
              children: [
                new Container(
                  margin: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 40.0),
                  decoration: new BoxDecoration(
                      image: new DecorationImage(
                          image: new AssetImage("images/Theme-pattern.png"))),
                  child: new Column(children: <Widget>[
                    new Text("Title", style: new TextStyle(fontSize: 32.0)),
                  ]),
                ),
                new Container(
                  decoration: new BoxDecoration(
                      borderRadius:
                          new BorderRadius.all(const Radius.circular(120.0)),
                      color: Colors.white),
                  width: 100.0,
                  child: new Image.asset("images/photo.png"),
                )
              ],
            ),
          ),
        ),
      ],
    ));
  }

Answer 1

You can definitely use Stack. Check this below code:

class MyHomePage extends StatelessWidget {

  final double topWidgetHeight = 200.0;
  final double avatarRadius = 50.0;

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new Scaffold(
      body: new Stack(
        children: <Widget>[
          new Column(
            children: <Widget>[
              new Container(
                height: topWidgetHeight,
                color: Colors.yellow,
              ),
              new Container(
                color: Colors.red,
              )
            ],
          ),
          new Positioned(
            child: new CircleAvatar(
              radius: avatarRadius,
              backgroundColor: Colors.green,
            ),
            left: (MediaQuery.of(context).size.width/2) - avatarRadius,
            top: topWidgetHeight - avatarRadius,
          )
        ],
      ),
    );
  }
}

Answer 2

Just add clipBehavior: Clip.none to Stack widget.

Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new Scaffold(
        body: new CustomScrollView(
      slivers: <Widget>[
        new SliverAppBar(
          expandedHeight: 150.0,
          flexibleSpace: new FlexibleSpaceBar(
            background: new Stack(
              clipBehavior: Clip.none ,
              alignment: new Alignment(0.0, 2.5),
              children: [
                new Container(
                  margin: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 40.0),
                  decoration: new BoxDecoration(
                      image: new DecorationImage(
                          image: new AssetImage("images/Theme-pattern.png"))),
                  child: new Column(children: <Widget>[
                    new Text("Title", style: new TextStyle(fontSize: 32.0)),
                  ]),
                ),
                new Container(
                  decoration: new BoxDecoration(
                      borderRadius:
                          new BorderRadius.all(const Radius.circular(120.0)),
                      color: Colors.white),
                  width: 100.0,
                  child: new Image.asset("images/photo.png"),
                )
              ],
            ),
          ),
        ),
      ],
    ));
  }

Answer 3

Try this package https://pub.dev/packages/indexed

example image

This package allows you to order items inside stack using index like z-index in CSS.

easily you can change the order of items by change the index property this is example how it works

Indexer(
    children: [
        Indexed(
          index: 100,
          child: Positioned(
            //...
          )
        ),
        Indexed(
          index: 1000,
          child: Positioned(
            //...
          )
        ),
        Indexed(
          index: 3,
          child: Positioned(
            //...
          )
        ),
    ],
);

if you are using bloc of some complex widget you can extands or implement the IndexedInterface class and override index getter:

class IndexedDemo extends IndexedInterface {
    int index = 5;
}

or implements

class IndexedDemo extends AnimatedWidget implements IndexedInterface {
    int index = 1000;
    //...

    //...
}

then use it just like Indexed class widget:

Indexer(
    children: [
        IndexedDemo(
          index: 100,
          child: Positioned(
            //...
          )
        ),
        IndexedFoo(
          index: 1000,
          child: Positioned(
            //...
          )
        ),
    ],
);

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