didChangeDependencies functionality

[urusai88]

Hello!
Do riverpod ignore didChangeDependencies functionality?
I am trying to implement some logic in didChangeDependencies, but... its only called once after initState, instead of every time after provider notifies their listeners for changes. Strange things, but calling ref.watch in didChangeDependencies method successfully subscribe for provider updates, so build method called every time as expected

class AppState extends ChangeNotifier {
  final ticks = <DateTime>[];
  Timer? timer;

  void runTimer() {
    timer = Timer.periodic(const Duration(seconds: 1), tick);
  }

  void tick(Timer _) {
    ticks.add(DateTime.now());
    notifyListeners();
  }

  @override
  void dispose() {
    timer?.cancel();
    timer = null;
    super.dispose();
  }
}

final appStateProvider = ChangeNotifierProvider<AppState>((_) => AppState());

class HomeRiverpod extends ConsumerStatefulWidget {
  const HomeRiverpod({super.key});

  @override
  ConsumerState<HomeRiverpod> createState() => HomeRiverpodState();
}

class HomeRiverpodState extends ConsumerState<HomeRiverpod> {
  var events = <String>[];
  var ticks = <DateTime>[];

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    events.add('initState');
    ref.read(appStateProvider).runTimer();
    ticks = ref.read(appStateProvider).ticks;
  }

  @override
  void didChangeDependencies() {
    super.didChangeDependencies();
    events.add('didChangeDependencies');
    ticks = ref.watch(appStateProvider).ticks;
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        body: Row(
          children: [
            Expanded(
              child: Column(
                children: [
                  for (final event in events) Text(event),
                ],
              ),
            ),
            Expanded(
              child: Column(
                children: [
                  for (final tick in ticks) Text('$tick'),
                ],
              ),
            ),
          ],
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

I am created a example project with riverpod and provider based implementations of a same logic:
https://github.com/urusai88/provider_state
main.dart contains code for changing mode between provider and riverpod

Can somebody explain me please whats i am doing wrong?

[rrousselGit]

State.didChangeDependencies is not supported

[Mohdx]

@rrousselGit It looks messy when we watch the state variables inside the build method, especially using select.