In a nutshell, FutureProvider is used to provide a value that might not be ready by the time the widget tree is ready to use it’s values . Therefor, the main use-case of FutureProvider is to ensure that a null value isn’t passed to any widgets.
Read moreIs Riverpod better than provider?
Provider package is certainly a great tool, however, Riverpod has extended its capacity. In the flutter community, many developers think Riverpod is better than Provider , which is an earlier-released-state-management package.
Read moreWhat is stream provider in Flutter?
Streams Widgets StreamsProvider is a Flutter widget which provides a provider to its children via Provider. of<T>(context) . It is used as a dependency injection (DI) widget so that a single instance of a provider can be provided to multiple widgets within a subtree.
Read moreHow do I declare a provider in Flutter?
Example Using Provider So, first to get the String value created in the main. dart , all we have to do is call Provider. of< String>(context) , the of() method here will obtain the nearest Provider up its widget tree and returns its value.
Read moreWhat does the provider do in Flutter?
One of the main reasons to prefer Provider over Statefulwidget s is that, using Provider , you will rebuild only the widgets that needs that value (the Consumers ) while the other will not be rebuilt . Instead when you call setState the whole build function of the widget will be called.19 May 2021
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