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http.Response response = await http.get(dataURL);
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setState(() {
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widgets = jsonDecode(response.body);
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});
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}<code_end>
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Once the awaited network call is done, update the UI by calling setState(),
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which triggers a rebuild of the widget subtree and updates the data.The following example loads data asynchronously and displays it in a ListView:
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<code_start>import 'dart:convert';
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import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
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import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
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void main() {
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runApp(const SampleApp());
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}
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class SampleApp extends StatelessWidget {
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const SampleApp({super.key});
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@override
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Widget build(BuildContext context) {
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return MaterialApp(
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title: 'Sample App',
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theme: ThemeData(
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colorScheme: ColorScheme.fromSeed(seedColor: Colors.deepPurple),
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),
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home: const SampleAppPage(),
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);
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}
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}
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class SampleAppPage extends StatefulWidget {
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const SampleAppPage({super.key});
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@override
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State<SampleAppPage> createState() => _SampleAppPageState();
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}
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class _SampleAppPageState extends State<SampleAppPage> {
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List widgets = [];
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@override
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void initState() {
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super.initState();
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loadData();
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}
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@override
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Widget build(BuildContext context) {
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return Scaffold(
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appBar: AppBar(
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title: const Text('Sample App'),
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),
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body: ListView.builder(
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itemCount: widgets.length,
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itemBuilder: (context, position) {
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return getRow(position);
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},
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),
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);
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}
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Widget getRow(int i) {
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return Padding(
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padding: const EdgeInsets.all(10),
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child: Text("Row ${widgets[i]["title"]}"),
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);
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}
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Future<void> loadData() async {
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var dataURL = Uri.parse('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts');
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http.Response response = await http.get(dataURL);
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setState(() {
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widgets = jsonDecode(response.body);
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});
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}
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}<code_end>
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Refer to the next section for more information on doing work in the
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background, and how Flutter differs from Android.<topic_end>
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<topic_start>
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How do you move work to a background thread?
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In Android, when you want to access a network resource you would typically
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move to a background thread and do the work, as to not block the main thread,
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and avoid ANRs. For example, you might be using an AsyncTask, a LiveData,
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an IntentService, a JobScheduler job, or an RxJava pipeline with a
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scheduler that works on background threads.Since Flutter is single threaded and runs an event loop (like Node.js), you
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don’t have to worry about thread management or spawning background threads. If
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you’re doing I/O-bound work, such as disk access or a network call, then
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you can safely use async/await and you’re all set. If, on the other
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hand, you need to do computationally intensive work that keeps the CPU busy,
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you want to move it to an Isolate to avoid blocking the event loop, like
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you would keep any sort of work out of the main thread in Android.For I/O-bound work, declare the function as an async function,
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and await on long-running tasks inside the function:
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<code_start>Future<void> loadData() async {
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var dataURL = Uri.parse('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts');
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http.Response response = await http.get(dataURL);
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setState(() {
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widgets = jsonDecode(response.body);
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});
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}<code_end>
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This is how you would typically do network or database calls, which are both
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I/O operations.On Android, when you extend AsyncTask, you typically override 3 methods,
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onPreExecute(), doInBackground() and onPostExecute(). There is no
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equivalent in Flutter, since you await on a long-running function, and
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Dart’s event loop takes care of the rest.However, there are times when you might be processing a large amount of data and
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your UI hangs. In Flutter, use Isolates to take advantage of
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multiple CPU cores to do long-running or computationally intensive tasks.Isolates are separate execution threads that do not share any memory
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with the main execution memory heap. This means you can’t access variables from
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the main thread, or update your UI by calling setState().
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Unlike Android threads,
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Isolates are true to their name, and cannot share memory
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