riverpod-consumers
Riverpod — Consumers
Instructions
Consumers are widgets that give you a Ref (here, WidgetRef) so you can read and listen to providers. Without a Consumer, widgets cannot access the provider tree.
Consumer (builder)
Use Consumer when you want to keep extending StatelessWidget or StatefulWidget. The builder callback receives (context, ref, child).
class MyWidget extends StatelessWidget {
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Consumer(
builder: (context, ref, _) {
final value = ref.watch(myProvider);
return Text(value.toString());
},
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