What is better, Riverpod or Provider for Flutter state management solution?
Provider package is certainly a great tool, however, Riverpod has extended its capacity.
However, flutter creators still recommend Provider as the stable state management mechanism at the time of writing this post.
By the way provider has some limitations but Riverpod has overcome those limitations. As well Riverpod is fast, reliable, perfect.
Below are the my facts for why you should choose Riverpod:
- Riverpod is flutter independent as we can achieve the above mentioned features by not using InheritedWidgtes any more. Riverpod implements its own mechanism. Riverpod is completely independent from the widget tree
2. Riverpod can be used to create and enforce unidirectional data flow with model classes that are immutable.
3. Riverpod does not depend directly on the widget tree; its operation is similar to that of a service locator. Providers are declared globally and can be used anywhere in the application
6. ensures code testability and catch programming errors at compile-time rather than at runtime. So it has improved compile safety.
7. Riverpod allows you to easily create, access, and combine providers with minimal boilerplate code
8. comparison of previous and new state
9. implements an undo-redo mechanism
10.debug application state and can inspect your state in the devtool
Watch this video to get idea about Riverpod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVspNESSess
