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How to structure an app to manage the state of the data flowing through it.
If you have written a mobile app using Flutter and wonder why your app's state is lost on a restart, check out Restore state on Android or Restore state on iOS.
If you are already familiar with state management in reactive apps, you can skip this section, though you might want to review the list of different approaches.
As you explore Flutter, there comes a time when you need to share application state between screens, across your app. There are many approaches you can take, and many questions to think about.
In the following pages, you will learn the basics of dealing with state in Flutter apps.
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