provider 6.1.2

A wrapper around InheritedWidget to make them easier to use and more reusable.

example/lib/main.dart

import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:provider/provider.dart';

/// This is a reimplementation of the default Flutter application using provider + [ChangeNotifier].

void main() {
  runApp(
    /// Providers are above [MyApp] instead of inside it, so that tests
    /// can use [MyApp] while mocking the providers
    MultiProvider(
      providers: [
        ChangeNotifierProvider(create: (_) => Counter()),
      ],
      child: const MyApp(),
    ),
  );
}

/// Mix-in [DiagnosticableTreeMixin] to have access to [debugFillProperties] for the devtool
// ignore: prefer_mixin
class Counter with ChangeNotifier, DiagnosticableTreeMixin {
  int _count = 0;

  int get count => _count;

  void increment() {
    _count++;
    notifyListeners();
  }

  /// Makes `Counter` readable inside the devtools by listing all of its properties
  @override
  void debugFillProperties(DiagnosticPropertiesBuilder properties) {
    super.debugFillProperties(properties);
    properties.add(IntProperty('count', count));
  }
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return const MaterialApp(
      home: MyHomePage(),
    );
  }
}

class MyHomePage extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyHomePage({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: const Text('Example'),
      ),
      body: const Center(
        child: Column(
          mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
          mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
          children: <Widget>[
            Text('You have pushed the button this many times:'),

            /// Extracted as a separate widget for performance optimization.
            /// As a separate widget, it will rebuild independently from [MyHomePage].
            ///
            /// This is totally optional (and rarely needed).
            /// Similarly, we could also use [Consumer] or [Selector].
            Count(),
          ],
        ),
      ),
      floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
        key: const Key('increment_floatingActionButton'),

        /// Calls `context.read` instead of `context.watch` so that it does not rebuild
        /// when [Counter] changes.
        onPressed: () => context.read<Counter>().increment(),
        tooltip: 'Increment',
        child: const Icon(Icons.add),
      ),
    );
  }
}

class Count extends StatelessWidget {
  const Count({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Text(
      /// Calls `context.watch` to make [Count] rebuild when [Counter] changes.
      '${context.watch<Counter>().count}',
      key: const Key('counterState'),
      style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.headlineMedium,
    );
  }
}