The Provider Library Fundamentals
Explore how to manage state in Flutter apps using the Provider library. Learn to set up ChangeNotifierProvider, use models for state changes, and minimize widget rebuilds in complex widget trees for better app performance.
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What is the Provider package
What is the Provider in Flutter?
The Provider is a Flutter package. It’s a wrapper around the InheritedWidget.
Before we proceed, we must add the dependency on the provider to the pubspec.yaml file.
It looks like this:
Now you are set to use the provider to manage a state in your app.
What is a state? The state is something that exists in memory. When the app is running, in most cases, we will try to manage the state. The Provider helps you to do that.
The state itself ...