Hero

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What is Hero?

Hero is a widget in Flutter that allows you to create smooth animations between screens or within a single screen, for widgets that are used in multiple places. It animates the transition of a widget from one screen to another or from one position to another within a screen. The widget that is being animated should have a unique tag property so that Flutter can match the source and destination widgets. Hero widgets are used for visual continuity between screens, so when the user navigates from one screen to another, the hero widget smoothly transitions to its new position instead of abruptly appearing or disappearing. This can make the navigation between screens feel more seamless and enjoyable for the user.

Free resources to learn Hero

More in stage 14: Animations

Hero: common questions

Can I learn Hero in Hindi?

This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Hero in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.

Is this Hero tutorial for beginners?

It is lesson 78 of 108 in the free Flutter roadmap, in stage 14, Animations. If you are new to Flutter, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.

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