When to use Provider.of vs. Consumer in Flutter

Question

I\'m still wrapping my head around state-management techniques in flutter and am a bit confused about when and why to use Provider.of vs. Consume

Answer 1

It doesn't matter. But to explain things rapidly:

Provider.of is the only way to obtain and listen to an object. Consumer, Selector, and all the *ProxyProvider calls Provider.of to work.

Provider.of vs Consumer is a matter of personal preference. But there's a few arguments for both

Provider.of

• can be called in all the widgets lifecycle, including click handlers and didChangeDependencies
• doesn't increase the indentation

Consumer

• allows more granular widgets rebuilds
• solves most BuildContext misuse