Read provider inside a global or static method in Flutter - flutter

Question

I have a question, regarding reading providers from inside static methods or global methods. I am using riverpod and awesome_notification packages, and I need to alter the state the app, from the action of the notification, for this, the package uses static methods inside a controller class.
class NotificationController{
...
static Future<void> onActionReceivedMethod(ReceivedAction receivedAction) async {
...//some way to access a provider, to call methods on it
}
...
}
If there is another way of doing this that I am not seeing, please let me know.
I have not been able to find a way to do this.

Answer 1

You can:
Pass to the ref function as a parameter.
static Future<void> onActionReceivedMethod(ReceivedAction receivedAction, Ref ref) async {
final some = ref.read(someProvider);
}
Create a class that accepts the ref field in the constructor.
final notificationProvider = Provider((ref) => NotificationController(ref));
// or use tear-off
final notificationProvider = Provider(NotificationController.new);
class NotificationController {
NotificationController(Ref ref) {
_ref = ref;
}
static late final Ref _ref;
static Future<void> onActionReceivedMethod(ReceivedAction receivedAction) async {
final some = _ref.read(someProvider);
}
}
An additional example:
import 'package:riverpod/riverpod.dart';
final valueProvider = Provider<int>((_) => 5);
final managerProvider = Provider(ManagerProvider.new);
class ManagerProvider {
ManagerProvider(Ref ref) {
_ref = ref;
}
static late final Ref _ref;
static int getValue() => _ref.read(valueProvider);
}
void main() {
final container = ProviderContainer();
container.read(managerProvider);
final value = ManagerProvider.getValue();
print(value); // 5
}
Either way, you should always have access to `Ref'.
Update:
As #OppositeDragon and #Eran Ravid pointed out, we really can't access _ref in a static method. However, if you define _ref in the constructor, it is possible. I think it's a terrible anti-pattern, though. Use method 1 and you will be fine.