context_ref

• FIX: dispose all binding when root widget is removed from the tree. Fixes #27.

2025-06-22

Changes

Packages with breaking changes:

• There are no breaking changes in this release.

Packages with other changes:

• context_plus_core - v1.0.1
• context_ref - v3.2.2
• context_watch - v7.0.2
• context_plus_utils - v1.0.4
• context_watch_base - v8.0.2
• context_plus - v6.0.5
• context_watch_mobx - v5.0.2
• context_watch_getx - v5.0.2
• context_watch_bloc - v5.0.2
• context_watch_signals - v5.0.2

Packages with dependency updates only:

Packages listed below depend on other packages in this workspace that have had changes. Their versions have been incremented to bump the minimum dependency versions of the packages they depend upon in this project.

• context_watch - v7.0.2
• context_plus_utils - v1.0.4
• context_watch_base - v8.0.2
• context_plus - v6.0.5
• context_watch_mobx - v5.0.2
• context_watch_getx - v5.0.2
• context_watch_bloc - v5.0.2
• context_watch_signals - v5.0.2

• FIX: dispose all binding when root widget is removed from the tree. Fixes #27.

• FIX: fixed Ref re-binding assertions for a warmup frame in newer Flutter versions.

2025-06-15

Changes

Packages with breaking changes:

• There are no breaking changes in this release.

Packages with other changes:

• context_watch_base - v8.0.1
• context_watch - v7.0.1
• context_watch_getx - v5.0.1
• context_watch_mobx - v5.0.1
• context_plus - v6.0.4
• context_watch_bloc - v5.0.1
• context_watch_signals - v5.0.1
• context_plus_utils - v1.0.3

Packages with dependency updates only:

Packages listed below depend on other packages in this workspace that have had changes. Their versions have been incremented to bump the minimum dependency versions of the packages they depend upon in this project.

• context_watch - v7.0.1
• context_watch_getx - v5.0.1
• context_watch_mobx - v5.0.1
• context_plus - v6.0.4
• context_watch_bloc - v5.0.1
• context_watch_signals - v5.0.1
• context_plus_utils - v1.0.3

• FIX: fixed Ref re-binding assertions for a warmup frame in newer Flutter versions.

• FIX: context.use()-based Ref binding fix.

2025-05-28

Changes

Packages with breaking changes:

• There are no breaking changes in this release.

Packages with other changes:

• context_ref - v3.2.0
• context_plus - v6.0.2
• context_plus_utils - v1.0.1

Packages with dependency updates only:

Packages listed below depend on other packages in this workspace that have had changes. Their versions have been incremented to bump the minimum dependency versions of the packages they depend upon in this project.

• context_plus - v6.0.2
• context_plus_utils - v1.0.1

• FIX: context.use()-based Ref binding fix.

• FEAT: context.inheritRefBindingsFrom(otherContext).

2025-05-27

Changes

Packages with breaking changes:

• context_plus_utils - v1.0.0

Packages with other changes:

• context_ref - v3.1.0
• context_plus - v6.0.1

Packages graduated to a stable release (see pre-releases prior to the stable version for changelog entries):

• context_plus_utils - v1.0.0

Packages with dependency updates only:

Packages listed below depend on other packages in this workspace that have had changes. Their versions have been incremented to bump the minimum dependency versions of the packages they depend upon in this project.

• context_plus - v6.0.1

• FEAT: context.inheritRefBindingsFrom(otherContext).

• FEAT: added ability to suppress the "no rebinds" policy for a …

• FEAT: added ability to suppress the "no rebinds" policy for a specific Ref.bind or Ref.bindLazy call using allowRebind parameter.

2025-05-23

Changes

Packages with breaking changes:

• There are no breaking changes in this release.

Packages with other changes:

• context_plus_lint - v1.0.1

• FEAT: added ability to suppress the "no rebinds" policy for a specific Ref.bind or Ref.bindLazy call using allowRebind parameter.

• BREAKING FEAT: context.use().

• BREAKING FEAT: context.use().

Note: There are no breaking API changes this release.

This is a major release mostly because of significant internal changes.

Easy to use, universal hooks are here!

• FEAT: context.use()
• FEAT: Added context.vsync to be used together with context.use() for accessing a TickerProvider instance for this context.
• REFACTOR: Significant internal code changes aimed at maximizing the performance and unifying the logic for attaching data to a BuildContext among all context_* packages.

• REFACTOR: applied Dart 3.7 formatting.
• DOCS: Enhance README files for context_plus, context_ref, and context_watch with improved descriptions and examples.
• DOCS: Update README badges to reflect download metrics for context_plus, context_ref, and context_watch.
• BREAKING FEAT: watch*() on Listenable/ValueListenable is even more convenient now!

Note: This release has breaking changes.

• BREAKING: Increased required Dart version to 3.7.0

• FIX: allow .bind*() inside LayoutBuilder.
• FIX: rebuild dependent widgets upon the key change in .bind(key: ).

• FIX: added an assert to enforce that bind*() is not called outside the build() method of a BuildContext.

• FIX: fixed a rare case where re-activated Element could lose its Ref providers.

2024-09-07

Changes

Packages with breaking changes:

• context_watch_base - v6.0.0
• context_watch_bloc - v3.0.0
• context_watch_getx - v3.0.0
• context_watch_mobx - v3.0.0
• context_watch_signals - v3.0.0

Packages with other changes:

• context_plus - v4.1.0
• context_watch - v5.1.0

• FIX: fixed a rare case where re-activated Element could lose its Ref providers.

• DOCS: README.md update.

• FEAT: improve rebuild scheduling for .bindValue().
• FEAT: Ref.bind<AnimationController?>() support.

• FEAT: Per-element equality checks for List, Set and Map keys Ref.bind(key: ...).

2024-03-12

Changes

Packages with breaking changes:

• There are no breaking changes in this release.

Packages with other changes:

• context_plus - v2.2.0
• context_ref - v1.2.0

• FEAT: Per-element equality checks for List, Set and Map keys Ref.bind(key: ...).

• FEAT: Added a simplified way of binding the TickerProvider-dependent controllers.

2024-03-07

Changes

Packages with breaking changes:

• There are no breaking changes in this release.

Packages with other changes:

• context_watch - v3.1.0
• context_watch_base - v3.1.0
• context_plus - v2.1.2
• context_watch_mobx - v1.0.4
• context_watch_getx - v1.0.2
• context_watch_bloc - v1.0.4

Packages with dependency updates only:

Packages listed below depend on other packages in this workspace that have had changes. Their versions have been incremented to bump the minimum dependency versions of the packages they depend upon in this project.

• context_plus - v2.1.2
• context_watch_mobx - v1.0.4
• context_watch_getx - v1.0.2
• context_watch_bloc - v1.0.4

• FEAT: Added a simplified way of binding the TickerProvider-dependent controllers.

• FEAT: Update signals_flutter in context_watch_signals to v5 (#11).

2024-03-12

Changes

Packages with breaking changes:

• There are no breaking changes in this release.

Packages with other changes:

• context_watch - v3.1.1
• context_plus - v2.2.2

Packages with dependency updates only:

Packages listed below depend on other packages in this workspace that have had changes. Their versions have been incremented to bump the minimum dependency versions of the packages they depend upon in this project.

• context_plus - v2.2.2

• FEAT: Element re-parenting support.

• REFACTOR: extension-based API for both Ref and ReadOnlyRef.

2024-02-26

Changes

Packages with breaking changes:

• There are no breaking changes in this release.

Packages with other changes:

• context_plus - v2.0.1

• REFACTOR: extension-based API for both Ref and ReadOnlyRef.

• REFACTOR: context_watch v3 migration.

• REFACTOR: added topics to context_plus, context_ref, context_watch.

• FIX: dispose all binding when root widget is removed from the tree. Fixes #27.

• REFACTOR: pubspec.yaml: Updated homepage/repository with proper branch name.

• REFACTOR: ContextPlusFrameInfo.isWarmupFrame.
• FIX: don't pre-increment ContextPlusFrameInfo.currentFrameId for a warmup frame.

• REFACTOR: updated Flutter SDK constraint.

2024-03-12

Changes

Packages with breaking changes:

• There are no breaking changes in this release.

Packages with other changes:

• context_ref - v1.3.0
• context_plus - v2.2.1

Packages with dependency updates only:

Packages listed below depend on other packages in this workspace that have had changes. Their versions have been incremented to bump the minimum dependency versions of the packages they depend upon in this project.

• context_plus - v2.2.1

• Initial release.