Why expanded view is not being shown - dart

Question

I am trying out flutter, here I am having a simple card view, where there is an add AddButton , when the button is pressed new card is being added.
Now, i wanted to have it scrollable so added ListView and an expanded Widget in the Column. Here is the code...
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import './products.dart';
import './product_control.dart';
class ProductManger extends StatefulWidget {
final String startingProduct;
ProductManger({this.startingProduct = "Sweet Tester"});
#override
State<StatefulWidget> createState() {
return _ProductManagerState();
}
}
class _ProductManagerState extends State<ProductManger> {
List<String> _products = ['Food Tester'];
#override
void initState() {
_products.add(widget.startingProduct);
super.initState();
}
void _addProducts(String product) {
setState(() {
_products.add(product);
});
}
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Column(children: [
Container(margin: EdgeInsets.all(10.0), child: ProductControl(_addProducts)),
Expanded(child: Products(_products))
]);
}
}
If I change that Expanded to Container with height, it works as expected, but now, nothing is being displayed except a button.
I am currently following a tutorial, exact same code is written, however, version of flutter is 0.3.2 and i am using 1.5
Or there could be some issue with the emulator?
Hope this helps.
Here is the listView code
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
class Products extends StatelessWidget {
final List<String> products;
Products([this.products = const []]);
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return ListView(
children: products
.map((element) => Card(
child: Column(
children: <Widget>[
Image.asset('assets/food.jpg'),
Text(element)
],
),
))
.toList());
}
}
This is what is visible when i use Container with height 300.0 insted to expand
And when i use expand, this is what being shown

Answer 1

Please try to change
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Column(children: [
Container(margin: EdgeInsets.all(10.0), child: ProductControl(_addProducts)),
Expanded(child: Products(_products))
]);
}
To
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return SingleChildScrollView(
child: Column: children: [
Container(
margin: EdgeInsets.all(10.0),
child: ProductControl(_addProducts)),
Expanded(child: Products(_products))
]);
}
If it does not work , Please give a look to SingleChildeScrollView

Answer 2

Ok, so after hours of time I found out finally, the error was in my main.dart file.
Initially, the code was
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import './product_manager.dart';
import 'package:flutter/rendering.dart';
void main(){
debugPaintSizeEnabled=true;
runApp(MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
theme: ThemeData(
primarySwatch: Colors.deepOrange,
accentColor: Colors.deepPurple
),
home: Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text("Alpit anand"),
),
body: Column(
children: [ProductManger()],
)),
);
}
}
But when i changed to
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import './product_manager.dart';
import 'package:flutter/rendering.dart';
void main(){
debugPaintSizeEnabled=true;
runApp(MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
theme: ThemeData(
primarySwatch: Colors.deepOrange,
accentColor: Colors.deepPurple
),
home: Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text("Alpit anand"),
),
body:
ProductManger(),
),
);
}
}
Thanks to pskink, you really helped me out. Thanks for your time. Although I still have to find out, why it wasn't working that way.