Flutter Hooks Latest Version Best Practices Guide (v0.21.x)

Goal

flutter_hooks is a package developed by Remi Rousselet (author of Riverpod and Freezed). Its core philosophy stems from React Hooks. The current latest version is 0.21.3+1.

Hooks primarily exist to solve the verbose boilerplate code brought about by StatefulWidget, and the extreme difficulty of reusing UI Logic across Widgets.

Instructions

1. Core Concept: What are Hooks?

Hooks are tools used to manage "local and ephemeral UI state or side effects".

• Not Suitable For: Global business logic management (this should be handed over to Riverpod or Bloc).
• Suitable For: Any Widget attaching a Controller, animation management, focus tracking, or countdown timers.