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Upgrading flutter_bloc 5 to 6

Breaking5.0.1 → 6.1.3Breaking5Deprecated2New5Changed6Fixed5Other9

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5 breaking changes.

In plain terms
  • If you pass a cubit to BlocBuilder, the argument is now called cubit instead of bloc.
  • If you pass a cubit to BlocListener, the argument is now called cubit instead of bloc.
  • If you pass a cubit to BlocConsumer, the argument is now called cubit instead of bloc.
  • This version needs the newer 6.x core bloc package to work.
Must act Top 5 of 7 that need code or config changes

What you must change

Breaking5
Renames the BlocBuilder bloc parameter to cubit for cubit interop.
BlocBuilder
6.0.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Renames the BlocListener bloc parameter to cubit for cubit interop.
BlocListener
6.0.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Renames the BlocConsumer bloc parameter to cubit for cubit interop.
BlocConsumer
6.0.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Upgrades the required bloc dependency to ^6.0.0.
6.0.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Upgrades the bloc dependency to ^6.0.0-dev.1.
6.0.0-dev.1CHANGELOG.mdSummarizedView source

Deprecations to plan for

Deprecated2
Deprecates context.bloc in favor of context.read and context.watch.
context.bloccontext.readcontext.watch
6.1.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Deprecates context.repository in favor of context.read and context.watch.
context.repositorycontext.readcontext.watch
6.1.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source