--- title: Common mistakes with ListViews in Flutter | daily.dev description: Avoid common mistakes with ListViews in Flutter, such as disabling scrolling with `NeverScrollableScrollPhysics` and `shrinkWrap`, and letting every item... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/common-mistakes-with-listviews-in-flutter-1wonqnxmg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Common mistakes with ListViews in Flutter | daily.dev og:description: Avoid common mistakes with ListViews in Flutter, such as disabling scrolling with `NeverScrollableScrollPhysics` and `shrinkWrap`, and letting every item... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/common-mistakes-with-listviews-in-flutter-1wonqnxmg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1WONqNXmG.png og:image:alt: Common mistakes with ListViews in Flutter og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Common mistakes with ListViews in Flutter **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 3 min read · 18 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Avoid common mistakes with ListViews in Flutter, such as disabling scrolling with `NeverScrollableScrollPhysics` and `shrinkWrap`, and letting every item determine its own height. Use Slivers for more efficient rendering and consider using the properties `prototypeItem` and `itemExtent` for consistent item heights. To add padding, avoid wrapping the ListView in a Padding widget and instead use the padding parameter directly. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@gp4ck** · 0 upvotes > Very cool tips! --- Tags: [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#flutter](https://daily.dev/tags/flutter) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/common-mistakes-with-listviews-in-flutter-1wonqnxmg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Common mistakes with ListViews in Flutter","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/common-mistakes-with-listviews-in-flutter-1wonqnxmg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/common-mistakes-with-listviews-in-flutter-1wonqnxmg"},"datePublished":"2024-05-15T11:56:00.200Z","dateModified":"2024-05-15T11:55:58.481Z","description":"Avoid common mistakes with ListViews in Flutter, such as disabling scrolling with `NeverScrollableScrollPhysics` and `shrinkWrap`, and letting every item...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/519056e2062506cdbea40b4451ecc8fd?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/519056e2062506cdbea40b4451ecc8fd?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/common-mistakes-with-listviews-in-flutter-1wonqnxmg","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":18},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"performance,flutter","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Common mistakes with ListViews in Flutter"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/common-mistakes-with-listviews-in-flutter-1wonqnxmg","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Very cool tips!","datePublished":"2024-08-09T11:21:35.302Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/1WONqNXmG#c-GViqSvp7y","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gautier","url":"https://daily.dev/gp4ck","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2680243?v=4"}}]} ```