📦 Widget of the Week: AnimatedContainer – Make Your UI Come Alive! 🚀

Want smooth, eye-catching animations in Flutter without complex code?
AnimatedContainer is your best friend! It lets you animate changes to its properties like color, width, height, border radius, and more automatically!

💡 Example: Smooth color & size transition

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

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

class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  State<MyApp> createState() => _MyAppState();
}

class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
  bool _isBig = false;

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(noscript: Text("AnimatedContainer Demo")),
        body: Center(
          child: GestureDetector(
            onTap: () {
              setState(() {
                _isBig = !_isBig;
              });
            },
            child: AnimatedContainer(
              width: _isBig ? 200 : 100,
              height: _isBig ? 200 : 100,
              decoration: BoxDecoration(
                color: _isBig ? Colors.blue : Colors.red,
                borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(_isBig ? 0 : 30),
              ),
              duration: Duration(seconds: 1),
              curve: Curves.easeInOut,
            ),
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

📸 Output:
Tap the box → It grows, changes color, and shape smoothly.

✨ Pro Tip:
Use AnimatedContainer for quick animations no need for an AnimationController!

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