Reload / Restart app in flutter

In this blog, we will see how to reload/restart the flutter app. Actually, I have many ways and pub packages to restart the app and found this way to be the best to reload the app using just a few blocks of codes. In my code, I wrap the whole app into a statefulwidget. And when you want to restart the app, rebuild that stateful widget with a child that possesses a different Key. If you want to use a package then you can use the flutter_phoenix package.
Let’s Start the implementation part.
First, I will create a RestartWidget. This class contain the whole app. The UniqueKey always return a unique value which proves the widget a unique id.

class RestartWidget extends StatefulWidget {
  RestartWidget({this.child});

  final Widget? child;

  static void restartApp(BuildContext context) {
    context.findAncestorStateOfType<_RestartWidgetState>()?.restartApp();
  }

  @override
  State<StatefulWidget> createState() {
    return _RestartWidgetState();
  }
}

class _RestartWidgetState extends State<RestartWidget> {
  Key key = UniqueKey();

  void restartApp() {
    setState(() {
      key = UniqueKey();
    });
  }


  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return KeyedSubtree(
      key: key,
      child: widget.child ?? Container(),
    );
  }
}

class RestartWidget extends StatefulWidget {

RestartWidget({this.child});

final Widget? child;

static void restartApp(BuildContext context) {

context.findAncestorStateOfType<_RestartWidgetState>()?.restartApp();

}

@override

State<StatefulWidget> createState() {

return _RestartWidgetState();

}

class _RestartWidgetState extends State<RestartWidget> {

Key key = UniqueKey();

void restartApp() {

setState(() {

key = UniqueKey();

});

}

@override

Widget build(BuildContext context) {

return KeyedSubtree(

key: key,

child: widget.child ?? Container(),

);

}

Now we will call the RestartWidget from Main method in the code.

void main() async{
  runApp(
      RestartWidget(
        child:  MyApp(selectedLanguage)
      ),
  );
}

void main() async{

runApp(

RestartWidget(

child: MyApp(selectedLanguage)

);

}

Now, call restartApp method from anywhere in the code it will restart the application.

RestartWidget.restartApp(context);

1	RestartWidget.restartApp(context);

Note: The above code makes you lose the whole state of your app.

In conclusion, I hope this code will help you better understand Restart/Reload app in a flutter. If you feel any doubt or queries please comment below.

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flutter restart app

Debabrata Roy 28 February 2022

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4 comments

Tamer Jul 18, 2022 at 10:29 pm

it doesnt work for me , the local database is not refreshing until i force restart the app.

Dominik Jul 20, 2022 at 3:26 pm

This logic is not restarting the app.

Dominik Jul 20, 2022 at 3:27 pm

Doesnt restarting the app

Debabrata Roy (Moderator) Aug 8, 2022 at 7:49 pm
You might get some error you the console, please check.

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