How to use bloc in flutter step by step guide

🧠 What is BLoC?

BLoC is an architectural pattern that helps separate your app’s business logic (data processing, state changes) from the UI.
It uses Streams and Events to handle data and state reactively.

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🧩 Step 1: Create a New Flutter Project

In your terminal:

flutter create bloc_example
cd bloc_example

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⚙️ Step 2: Add Dependencies

In your pubspec.yaml, add:

dependencies:
  flutter:
    sdk: flutter
  flutter_bloc: ^8.1.3   # check for latest version

Then run:

flutter pub get

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🧱 Step 3: Understand the BLoC Structure

A typical BLoC setup has 3 parts:

1. Event → What happened (e.g., button pressed)
2. State → What should the UI look like
3. Bloc → Converts events into states

Example folder structure:

lib/
 ├── bloc/
 │    ├── counter_bloc.dart
 │    ├── counter_event.dart
 │    └── counter_state.dart
 └── main.dart

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🪄 Step 4: Create the Counter Event

lib/bloc/counter_event.dart

import 'package:equatable/equatable.dart';

abstract class CounterEvent extends Equatable {
  const CounterEvent();

  @override
  List<Object> get props => [];
}

class Increment extends CounterEvent {}
class Decrement extends CounterEvent {}

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🧾 Step 5: Create the Counter State

lib/bloc/counter_state.dart

import 'package:equatable/equatable.dart';

class CounterState extends Equatable {
  final int counterValue;

  const CounterState(this.counterValue);

  @override
  List<Object> get props => [counterValue];
}

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⚙️ Step 6: Create the Counter BLoC

lib/bloc/counter_bloc.dart

import 'package:flutter_bloc/flutter_bloc.dart';
import 'counter_event.dart';
import 'counter_state.dart';

class CounterBloc extends Bloc<CounterEvent, CounterState> {
  CounterBloc() : super(const CounterState(0)) {
    on<Increment>((event, emit) {
      emit(CounterState(state.counterValue + 1));
    });

    on<Decrement>((event, emit) {
      emit(CounterState(state.counterValue - 1));
    });
  }
}

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🧩 Step 7: Use BLoC in the UI

lib/main.dart

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter_bloc/flutter_bloc.dart';
import 'bloc/counter_bloc.dart';
import 'bloc/counter_event.dart';
import 'bloc/counter_state.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(const MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      home: BlocProvider(
        create: (_) => CounterBloc(),
        child: const CounterPage(),
      ),
    );
  }
}

class CounterPage extends StatelessWidget {
  const CounterPage({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    final counterBloc = context.read<CounterBloc>();

    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(title: const Text('BLoC Counter Example')),
      body: Center(
        child: BlocBuilder<CounterBloc, CounterState>(
          builder: (context, state) {
            return Text(
              'Counter Value: ${state.counterValue}',
              style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 24),
            );
          },
        ),
      ),
      floatingActionButton: Row(
        mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.end,
        children: [
          FloatingActionButton(
            heroTag: 'decrement',
            onPressed: () => counterBloc.add(Decrement()),
            child: const Icon(Icons.remove),
          ),
          const SizedBox(width: 10),
          FloatingActionButton(
            heroTag: 'increment',
            onPressed: () => counterBloc.add(Increment()),
            child: const Icon(Icons.add),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }
}

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🧠 Step 8: Run Your App

Run:

flutter run

You’ll see a simple counter app that increments and decrements using BLoC logic!

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🎯 Optional Improvements

• Add BlocListener to show snackbars or dialogs when state changes.
• Use MultiBlocProvider if you have multiple blocs.
• Use HydratedBloc to persist states.