Flutter: Update Widgets On Resume?

Question

In Flutter, is there a way to update widgets when the user leaves the app and come right back to it? My app is time based, and it would be helpful to update the time as soon

Answer 1

Simple way:

import 'package:flutter/services.dart';

handleAppLifecycleState() {
    AppLifecycleState _lastLifecyleState;
    SystemChannels.lifecycle.setMessageHandler((msg) {

     print('SystemChannels> $msg');

        switch (msg) {
          case "AppLifecycleState.paused":
            _lastLifecyleState = AppLifecycleState.paused;
            break;
          case "AppLifecycleState.inactive":
            _lastLifecyleState = AppLifecycleState.inactive;
            break;
          case "AppLifecycleState.resumed":
            _lastLifecyleState = AppLifecycleState.resumed;
            break;
          case "AppLifecycleState.suspending":
            _lastLifecyleState = AppLifecycleState.suspending;
            break;
          default:
        }
    });
  }

just add handleAppLifecycleState() in your init()

OR

class AppLifecycleReactor extends StatefulWidget {
      const AppLifecycleReactor({ Key key }) : super(key: key);

      @override
      _AppLifecycleReactorState createState() => _AppLifecycleReactorState();
    }

    class _AppLifecycleReactorState extends State with WidgetsBindingObserver {
      @override
      void initState() {
        super.initState();
        WidgetsBinding.instance.addObserver(this);
      }

      @override
      void dispose() {
        WidgetsBinding.instance.removeObserver(this);
        super.dispose();
      }

      AppLifecycleState _notification;

      @override
      void didChangeAppLifecycleState(AppLifecycleState state) {
        setState(() { _notification = state; });
      }

      @override
      Widget build(BuildContext context) {
        return Text('Last notification: $_notification');
      }
    }

For more details you refer documentation