Isolating and reducing excessive widget rebuilds
WHAT IT TESTS: narrowing rebuild scope. OUTLINE: push state down, use const subtrees, rebuild only listeners with ValueListenableBuilder, isolate repaints with RepaintBoundary.
WHAT IT TESTS: whether you can localize where state changes cause work. ANSWER OUTLINE: identify the trigger with DevTools rebuild stats, then shrink scope: move setState to the smallest widget owning the state, mark stable subtrees const, use ValueListenableBuilder or Selector so only dependent widgets rebuild, and split off costly painting with RepaintBoundary so its layer is not invalidated by neighbors. RED FLAG: confusing rebuild with repaint, sprinkling RepaintBoundary everywhere, or rebuilding a whole screen for one changing value.
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- #performance
- #rebuilds
- #repaintboundary
- #valuelistenablebuilder
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