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2026-10-19 flutterdartandroid
How to Restore UI State After Android Process Death in Flutter with RestorationMixin
Android kills backgrounded Flutter apps to reclaim memory, and when the user comes back every StatefulWidget starts from scratch. Here is how to opt in with restorationScopeId, RestorationMixin and Restorable properties, restore text fields, scroll offsets and pushed routes, write a custom RestorableValue, and test it all with restartAndRestore and adb, verified on Flutter 3.44.8 and an Android 16 emulator.