How to add a Badge to an IconButton

#dart
#flutter
#widgets
Andrea Bizzotto

Andrea Bizzotto

1 min read

Did you know?

The easiest way to add a badge to an IconButton is to use the Badge widget.

Use cases:

  • show a notification count 🔔
  • show a custom label 🏷️

Works great with BottomNavigationBarItem and NavigationRailDestination, too. 👍

The easiest way to add a badge to an IconButton is to use the Badge widget.

For more info about Badge, read:

Happy coding!

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