To what situations SafeArea Flutter Widget protects the UI

Use SafeArea Widget in Flutter to protect the UI from being covered by system overlays such as navigation bars, status bars, and other platform-specific features.

SafeArea protects the UI from

• Navigation Bar: When a navigation bar is present at the bottom of the screen, SafeArea ensures that your UI content doesn’t get covered by it.
• Status Bar: When a status bar is present at the top of the screen, SafeArea ensures that your UI content doesn’t get covered by it.
• Notch: On devices with a notch (like the iPhone X or later), SafeArea ensures that your UI content doesn’t get cut off by the notch.
• System overlays: SafeArea also protects against other system overlays like the keyboard, which can cover parts of your UI when a text input field is focused.
• Platform-specific features: SafeArea takes into account platform-specific features like the home indicator on iOS devices, which can cover parts of your UI.

By using SafeArea, you can ensure that your UI content is not hidden and inaccessible to touches.

Example

Here’s an example of how to use SafeArea in Flutter:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        body: SafeArea(
          child: Text('Hello, World!'),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

In this example, the SafeArea widget ensures that the text is always visible and not covered by any system overlays or platform-specific features. For more hints – check out more articles on https://programtom.com/dev/category/software-development/flutter/