How do I add a border to a flutter button?

Question

I\'ve just recently gotten into flutter and am loving it so far but I\'ve gotten stuck on some UI changes. Any help is appreciated!

My goal is to get a circular butt

Answer 1

Hi Kathleen and welcome!

You can achieve what you want by diving a little deeper into the widgets that make up MaterialButton.

First you need the Ink widget. This offers more flexible styling using a BoxDecoration.

Ink can then contain an InkWell widget which recognises onTap and draws the splash effect. By default, the splash continues to the edges of the containing box, but you can make it circular by giving InkWell a really big borderRadius.

Here's an example of the button you're after:

Material(
  type: MaterialType.transparency, //Makes it usable on any background color, thanks @IanSmith
  child: Ink(
    decoration: BoxDecoration(
      border: Border.all(color: Colors.indigoAccent, width: 4.0),
      color: Colors.indigo[900],
      shape: BoxShape.circle,
    ),
    child: InkWell(
      //This keeps the splash effect within the circle
      borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(1000.0), //Something large to ensure a circle
      onTap: _messages,
      child: Padding(
        padding:EdgeInsets.all(20.0),
        child: Icon(
          Icons.message,
          size: 30.0,
          color: Colors.white,
        ),
      ),
    ),
  )
),

And here's the result: