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Bloc vs Provider: Managing State in Flutter Apps

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  Developers use various approaches in programming to obtain desired results. But how well and effectively will heavily relies on the competency level and approach planning done by a developer. This is similar to Flutter mobile app development as Flutter has various state management approaches or models like Bloc, provider, MobX, RedUX, etc. as it helps to manage the application state. For a developer it is key to understand these solutions as they have different approaches for different use cases. In this blog post we focus on some key differences between Bloc and Provider state management solutions. What is Bloc? It stands for Business Logic Component, a powerful state management library that follows the unidirectional data flow and reactive programming paradigms. It uses events to trigger state changes and handles asynchronous operations, error handling, and side-effect management. Bloc is used most commonly for managing complex business logic and state in large-scale Flutter applic