How to do error handling with bloc pattern in flutter?

This is how we handle it in my team:

First we build our main page (The navigation root) like this:

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return BlocBuilder<SuspectEvent, SuspectState>(
        bloc: _bloc,
        builder: (context, state) {
          if (state.cameras.isEmpty) _bloc.dispatch(GetCamerasEvent());

          if (!_isExceptionHandled) {
            _shouldHandleException(
                hasException: state.hasException,
                handleException: state.handleException);
          }
        return Scaffold(
   ...

We declare the _shouldHandleException like this (still on the main page):

  _shouldHandleException(
      {@required bool hasException, @required Exception handleException}) {
    if (hasException) {
      if (handleException is AuthenticationException) {
        _isExceptionHandled = true;
        SchedulerBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) async {
          InfoDialog.showMessage(
                  context: context,
                  infoDialogType: DialogType.error,
                  text: 'Please, do your login again.',
                  title: 'Session expired')
              .then((val) {
            Navigator.popUntil(context, ModalRoute.withName("https://stackoverflow.com/"));
            this._showLogin();
          });
        });
      } else if (handleException is BusinessException) {
        _isExceptionHandled = true;
        SchedulerBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) async {
          InfoDialog.showMessage(
                  context: context,
                  infoDialogType: DialogType.alert,
                  text: handleException.toString(),
                  title: 'Verify your fields')
              .then((val) {
            _bloc.dispatch(CleanExceptionEvent());
            _isExceptionHandled = false;
          });
        });
      } else {
        _isExceptionHandled = true;
        SchedulerBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) async {
          InfoDialog.showMessage(
                  context: context,
                  infoDialogType: DialogType.error,
                  text: handleException.toString(),
                  title: 'Error on request')
              .then((val) {
            _bloc.dispatch(CleanExceptionEvent());
            _isExceptionHandled = false;
          });
        });
      }
    }
  }

On our block we have:


  @override
  Stream<SuspectState> mapEventToState(SuspectEvent event) async* {
    try {
      if (event is GetCamerasEvent) {

        ... //(our logic)
        yield (SuspectState.newValue(state: currentState)
          ..cameras = _cameras
          ..suspects = _suspects);
      }
      ... //(other events)
    } catch (error) {
      yield (SuspectState.newValue(state: currentState)
        ..hasException = true
        ..handleException = error);
    }
  }

In our error handling (on main page) the InfoDialog is just a showDialog (from Flutter) and it gets on top of any route. So the alert just needed to be called on the root route.

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