How to stop two widgets within stack from overlapping each other? - firebase

Question

I have a chat messenger screen which looks like the given screenshot .
As you can see , bottom message is hidden behind the text input area .
The messages are listview , built using streambuilder .
I want the messages above the text input area .
https://i.stack.imgur.com/A82X2.png
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBarMain(context),
body: Container(
child: Stack(
children: [
chatMessageList(),
Positioned(
bottom: 0,
child: Container(
color: Color(0x54ffffff),
child: Container(
padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 14, vertical: 20),
width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width,
child: Row(
children: [
Expanded(
child: TextField(
controller: messageController,
style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white),
decoration: InputDecoration(
hintText: ' Message!...',
hintStyle: TextStyle(color: Colors.white54),
border: InputBorder.none),
),
),
InkWell(
onTap: () {
sendMessage();
},
child: Container(
padding: EdgeInsets.all(9),
height: 40,
width: 40,
decoration: BoxDecoration(
gradient: LinearGradient(
colors: [
Color(0x36FFFFFF),
Color(0xFFFFFFFF)
],
),
borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(40)),
child: Image.asset('assets/images/send.png')),
)
],
),
),
),
)
],
),
),
);
}
}

Answer 1

Your structure should be something like
Column(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
children: [
Expanded(
child: chatMessageList(),
),
MessageFieldWidget(),
],
)
This will ensure that your chatMessageList will take up all of the space available in the screen and your Message Field will take up only the space that it needs. You don't need to use Positioned or Padding.