The InheritedWidget Mixin

In your app’s interface, rebuild only those widgets you want to.

Here, copy this gist, inheritedwidget_state_mixin.dart, and you’ll have a mixin that provides you with a powerful capability by implementing an InheritedWidget to any particular State class. When you then call that State object’s setState() method, it won’t rebuild its whole interface — only selected parts of it. Thus making such rebuilds much more efficient. You don’t want a complex interface with dozens of widgets rebuilt over and over again! That’s poor performance. In this article, a simple example app will be used to demonstrate this Mixin. If anything, this article will demonstrate to you the use of Mixin’s and InheritedWidgets.

I Like Screenshots. Tap Caption For Gists.

As always, I prefer using screenshots in my articles over gists to show concepts rather than just show code. I find them easier to work with frankly. However, you can click or tap on their captions to see the code in a gist or in Github. Tap or click on the screenshots themselves to zoom in on them for a closer look. If reading on your phone, use two fingers to expand and collapse the image. Ironically, you may find it best to read this article about mobile development on your computer rather than on your phone.

No Moving Pictures, No Social Media

There will be gif files in this article demonstrating aspects of the topic at hand. However, it’s said viewing such gif files is not…