Selected Values Cannot Be Modified Using the Bloc Framework

[neilmahaseth]

I wanted to set the selected value of MultiSelectDialogField from my bloc code by binding it to the initialValue parameter but on looking at source code I found that the internal reference was only being updated in the initState

 void initState() {
     super.initState();
     if (widget.initialValue != null) {
       _selectedItems.addAll(widget.initialValue!);
     }
  }   

Which makes it imposible to use it to update the selected value on state change triggered on changing the initialValue parameter from my bloc code.

I was able to fix the issue by modifying the build method of MultiSelectDialogField

 Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    if (widget.initialValue != null) {
      _selectedItems=widget.initialValue!;
    }

If there is any other way externally modify (using the bloc architecture) the selected values of MultiSelectDialogField without altering the code please let me know.