riverpod-auto-dispose
Riverpod — Automatic disposal
Instructions
With automatic disposal enabled, Riverpod destroys a provider's state when it has no listeners for one frame. This frees memory and stops work (e.g. network requests) when the provider is no longer used.
Enabling
- Code generation: Enabled by default. Disable with
@Riverpod(keepAlive: true). - Manual: Add
isAutoDispose: truewhen creating the provider (e.g.Provider.autoDispose(...)orFutureProvider.autoDispose(...)).
// Codegen: disable auto-dispose
(keepAlive: true)
String helloWorld(Ref ref) => 'Hello world!';
// Manual: enable
final helloWorldProvider = Provider<String>(
isAutoDispose: true,
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