rrousselGit/provider

This system is a state management library for Flutter applications, designed to manage and propagate application state across the widget tree. It provides a suite of widgets, such as ChangeNotifierProvider and FutureProvider, to handle synchronous and asynchronous data, alongside utilities like Selector for optimized rebuilds. The system also includes a DevTools extension for inspecting provider states and a comprehensive test suite to ensure reliability.

6 changes.

This period focused on modernizing the codebase by removing legacy provider APIs and associated test files, while updating the provider package to version 6.1.5+1. The project also enforced stricter linting rules and migrated its CI configuration, reflecting a shift towards a newer Flutter plugin registration mechanism and a more granular public API surface.

8 changes.

This period was defined by the release of Provider v2, which introduced a modernized public API, new async provider types, and performance optimizations. The work also focused on comprehensive test coverage and deep integration with Flutter DevTools to enable state inspection and debugging.

The Provider package now includes a DevTools extension, defined by a new \config.yaml\ and \.pubignore\ file in the \packages/provider/extension/devtools\ directory. This adds the necessary metadata and build exclusions to support the DevTools integration for the provider library.

packages/provider/extension · medium confidence

A new DevTools extension has been added to the \packages/provider\_devtools\_extension\ directory, enabling users to inspect the state of \package:provider\ instances directly within the Flutter DevTools. This includes a provider list view, an instance viewer for detailed state inspection, and utilities for evaluating and mutating provider states. The extension integrates with the DevTools framework to provide a split-pane interface for selecting and viewing provider data.

_packages/provider\_devtools\extension · high confidence

The provider package has been refactored into a v2 architecture, introducing new widget types for handling asynchronous data and listenable objects. This includes \StreamProvider\ and \FutureProvider\ for managing \Stream\ and \Future\ values, as well as \ListenableProvider\ for generic \Listenable\ objects. The existing \ChangeNotifierProvider\ has been restructured to extend \ListenableProvider\. Additionally, the \Selector\ widget now supports deep equality checks for filtering updates, and the \MultiProvider\ widget has been optimized to merge consecutive \InheritedProvider\s into a single widget for better performance. A DevTools extension has also been added to visualize the provider tree.

packages/provider/lib/src · high confidence

The legacy \Provider\ class, which previously exposed values using \InheritedWidget\ and provided a static \of\ method for accessing provider values, has been removed from the library. This change eliminates the older API in favor of the current provider model, requiring users to update their code to use the supported provider mechanisms.

lib/src · high confidence

The project now enforces a comprehensive set of Dart linter rules via a new \all\_lint\_rules.yaml\ file, which is included in \analysis\_options.yaml\. This configuration enables strict analysis modes (strict-casts, strict-inference, strict-raw-types) and customizes specific lint rules (e.g., disabling \cascade\_invocations\ or \prefer\_double\_quotes\) to align with the project's coding standards. Additionally, the CI configuration has been migrated from Travis (\travis.yaml\) to a new \build\_devtool.sh\ script, and the \README.md\ has been removed from the root directory.

(repo-wide) · high confidence

The provider package has been updated to version 2, introducing a new public API surface. The main \provider.dart\ file now explicitly exports a comprehensive set of providers (including \InheritedProvider\, \ChangeNotifierProvider\, \ProxyProvider\, and \ValueListenableProvider\ variants), consumers, selectors, and related context types. Additionally, \single\_child\_widget.dart\ has been added to re-export the \nested\ package, indicating a tighter integration or dependency on the \nested\ library for widget composition.

packages/provider/lib · medium confidence

The build system no longer relies on the auto-generated plugin registrant files for Android and iOS. Specifically, the Android file GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java, the iOS files GeneratedPluginRegistrant.h and GeneratedPluginRegistrant.m, and the local.properties configuration file have been deleted. This change removes the legacy manual plugin registration mechanism, indicating a shift to a newer Flutter plugin registration approach.

android, ios · medium confidence

The lib/provider.dart barrel file has been removed. This file previously exported the internal src/provider.dart, and its removal indicates a restructuring of the public API surface, likely to enforce more specific, granular imports for consumers.

lib · high confidence

The example application in packages/provider/example/lib/main.dart was refactored to demonstrate modern provider usage. It now uses MultiProvider to register the Counter ChangeNotifier, and the UI components utilize context.read for non-rebuilding interactions (like the floating action button) and context.watch for state display, replacing older patterns.

packages/provider/example/lib · high confidence

Add widget and unit tests for the example app; Added end-to-end tests and DevTools integration for the provider example app; Added null-safe test suite for the provider package; Removed provider\_test.dart.

The \provider\ package has been updated to version 6.1.5+1. This update introduces new dependencies, specifically \collection\ and \nested\, and updates the SDK constraints to support Dart 2.12.0 and Flutter 1.16.0 or higher. The root \pubspec.yaml\ has been removed, and the package structure has been reorganized into \packages/provider\ and \packages/provider\_devtools\_extension\. The DevTools extension now depends on \devtools\_extensions\ and \flutter\_riverpod\.

(dependencies) · high confidence

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• CAI 52 → 59 (+6.5)
• Rubric changed (rubric-2026.08.19 → rubric-2026.09.15) — scores are not directly comparable.

• Code Health 97 → 96 (-0.7)
• Architecture 100 → 99 (-1.4)
• Maturity 26 → 29 (+2.3)
• Readiness 61 → 74 (+13.7)
• Security 75 → 90 (+14.9)
• Domain Modelling 100 → 100 (+0.0)

• Coverage not included — suite not readable by the collector
• Dependency hygiene not measured — no supported dependency manifest was read
• High: security finding (details withheld)
• High: security finding (details withheld)
• No exposed public API
• Test reliability not included
• complexity unreadable for .dart — churn × complexity hotspots could not be measured

• Duplicated block (9 lines × 2) (packages/provider/lib/src/consumer.dart)
• High: security finding (details withheld)
• High: security finding (details withheld)
• Low cohesion: _InheritedProviderScopeElement (LCOM4 5) (packages/provider/lib/src/inherited_provider.dart)
• Medium: security finding (details withheld)
• No ADRs found
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