Flutter – Does Bloc Rebuild (BlocBuilder) The Whole Widget Tree When New State emitted?

I encountered an issue when I wrapped my MaterialApp widget in a BlocBuilder. I expected the entire widget tree to rebuild whenever a new state was emitted. However, I noticed that some widgets didn’t rebuild as expected.

Here’s a simplified example:

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return BlocBuilder<MyCubit, MyState>(
      builder: (context, state) {
        return MaterialApp(
          theme: state.isDarkMode ? ThemeData.dark() : ThemeData.light(),
          home: const MyHomePage(),
        );
      },
    );
  }
}

class MyHomePage extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyHomePage({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(title: const Text('Home')),
      body: const Center(child: Text('Hello, world!')),
    );
  }
}

In this setup:

• When the isDarkMode state changes, the MaterialApp rebuilds with the new theme.
• However, MyHomePage and its child widgets (e.g., Text('Hello, world!')) don’t rebuild, even though I expected the whole tree to respond to the state change.

What I Tried

To solve the problem, I wrapped the specific widgets that didn’t rebuild (e.g., MyHomePage) in another BlocBuilder, like this:

class MyHomePage extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return BlocBuilder<MyCubit, MyState>(
      builder: (context, state) {
        return Scaffold(
          appBar: AppBar(title: Text(state.isDarkMode ? 'Dark Mode' : 'Light Mode')),
          body: Center(child: Text(state.isDarkMode ? 'Dark Mode On' : 'Light Mode On')),
        );
      },
    );
  }
}

This approach worked, but now I’m wondering:

1. Is the reason some widgets didn’t rebuild initially because they were marked as const?
2. Or is it because BlocBuilder only rebuilds its immediate children, and deeper widgets are unaffected?
3. Is wrapping widgets in multiple BlocBuilders the best practice, or is there a better way to handle this?

I’d appreciate insights or recommendations!