How to add shadow to the text in flutter?

Question

I searched for the shadow option in TextStyle, but I didn\'t find it. So I ask: how can I add shadow to the text in flutter? Is it possible? Example:

new Text(
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Answer 1

Flutter now provides a way to do this without any work-arounds, as documented in issue 3402 and Gary Qian's answer below.

While this makes its way into the more stable channels, it's possible to fake a shadow using BackdropFilter.

import 'dart:ui' as ui;
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(new MaterialApp(
    home: new MyApp(),
  ));
}

class ShadowText extends StatelessWidget {
  ShadowText(this.data, { this.style }) : assert(data != null);

  final String data;
  final TextStyle style;

  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new ClipRect(
      child: new Stack(
        children: [
          new Positioned(
            top: 2.0,
            left: 2.0,
            child: new Text(
              data,
              style: style.copyWith(color: Colors.black.withOpacity(0.5)),
            ),
          ),
          new BackdropFilter(
            filter: new ui.ImageFilter.blur(sigmaX: 2.0, sigmaY: 2.0),
            child: new Text(data, style: style),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new Scaffold(
      body: new Container(
        child: new Center(
          child: new ShadowText(
            'Hello world!',
            style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.display3,
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

Or if you don't care about the blur, just make a Stack with a few some semitransparent Text widgets stacked not quite precisely on top of each other.

Like this:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class ShadowText extends StatelessWidget {

  final String data;
  final TextStyle style;
  final TextAlign textAlign;
  final TextDirection textDirection;
  final bool softWrap;
  final TextOverflow overflow;
  final double textScaleFactor;
  final int maxLines;

  const ShadowText(this.data, {
    Key key,
    this.style,
    this.textAlign,
    this.textDirection,
    this.softWrap,
    this.overflow,
    this.textScaleFactor,
    this.maxLines,
  }) : assert(data != null);

  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return new ClipRect(
      child: new Stack(
        children: [
          new Positioned(
            top: 2.0,
            left: 2.0,
            child: new Text(
              data,
              style: style.copyWith(color: Colors.black.withOpacity(0.5)),
              textAlign: textAlign,
              textDirection: textDirection,
              softWrap: softWrap,
              overflow: overflow,
              textScaleFactor: textScaleFactor,
              maxLines: maxLines,
            ),
          ),
          new Text(
            data,
            style: style,
            textAlign: textAlign,
            textDirection: textDirection,
            softWrap: softWrap,
            overflow: overflow,
            textScaleFactor: textScaleFactor,
            maxLines: maxLines,
          ),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }
}