Add Material touch ripples

Widgets that follow the Material Design guidelines display a ripple animation when tapped.

Flutter provides the InkWell widget to perform this effect. Create a ripple effect using the following steps:

Create a widget that supports tap.
Wrap it in an InkWell widget to manage tap callbacks and ripple animations.

dart// The InkWell wraps the custom flat button widget.
InkWell(
  // When the user taps the button, show a snackbar.
  onTap: () {
    ScaffoldMessenger.of(
      context,
    ).showSnackBar(const SnackBar(content: Text('Tap')));
  },
  child: const Padding(
    padding: EdgeInsets.all(12),
    child: Text('Flat Button'),
  ),
)

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() => runApp(const MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    const title = 'InkWell Demo';

    return const MaterialApp(title: title, home: MyHomePage(title: title));
  }
}

class MyHomePage extends StatelessWidget {
  final String title;

  const MyHomePage({super.key, required this.title});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(title: Text(title)),
      body: const Center(child: MyButton()),
    );
  }
}

class MyButton extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyButton({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    // The InkWell wraps the custom flat button widget.
    return InkWell(
      // When the user taps the button, show a snackbar.
      onTap: () {
        ScaffoldMessenger.of(
          context,
        ).showSnackBar(const SnackBar(content: Text('Tap')));
      },
      child: const Padding(
        padding: EdgeInsets.all(12),
        child: Text('Flat Button'),
      ),
    );
  }
}

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