5 Cool New Things in Flutter 3.27

A few days ago, a new Flutter version was published. Read about 5 cool new things in Flutter 3.27 here.

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The Flutter team published version 3.27 on December, 11th of 2024. Here are 5 cool new things from the update that I like the most.

1New CarouselView features
The recently added CarouselView gets some new features to customize it further. You can now create weighted layouts more easily. While I like these a lot, I am still waiting for a built-in indicator to quickly see where in the collection I am currently at.

More layout options for the CarouselView in Flutter 3.27 with weighted layouts. (From the Flutter announce article on Medium)

2Spacing for Row and Column
The best improvement in the entire changelog! No more SizedBoxes inside your children collection of a Row or a Column. You can now define a single value with the spacing property. It will be put between the child widgets, but not before the first one or after the last one. Really good change!

Comparison between old code (before Flutter 3.27) and new code (after Flutter 3.27) to create space between children in a Row or Column widget. (From the Flutter announce article on Medium)