Flutter: `notifyListeners` not updating the list - list

Question

I am trying to list categories of products in my app, and i am using provider package for state management. During the build time its shows the list is empty even though it is not, then I add a click event to update the list that time it works.
I call the getAllCategories() function during the splash screen and the vallCategoryList has values.
This is my category class
class Category with ChangeNotifier{
int catId;
String catName;
String catThumbnail;
List<SetCategory> allCategoryList = [];
void getAllCategories() async {
String categoryUrl = 'https://app.ecwid.com/api/ccccccc';
Response allCategory = await get(categoryUrl);
print('getAllCategories');
if (allCategory.statusCode == 200) {
var categoryData = allCategory.body;
int totalcount = jsonDecode(categoryData)['count'];
if (allCategoryList.length != totalcount) {
allCategoryList.clear();
for (int i = 0; i < totalcount; i++) {
allCategoryList.add(SetCategory(
catId: jsonDecode(categoryData)['items'][i]['id'],
catName: jsonDecode(categoryData)['items'][i]['name'],
catThumbnail: jsonDecode(categoryData)['items'][i]['thumbnailUrl'],
));
}
}
}
print('allcategorylist length ${allCategoryList.length}');
notifyListeners();
}
}
class SetCategory {
int catId;
String catName;
String catThumbnail;
SetCategory(
{ this.catId, this.catName, this.catThumbnail});
}
My code for screen
class HomeScreen extends StatefulWidget {
static const String id = 'homeScreen';
// static int reload = 0;
#override
_HomeScreenState createState() => _HomeScreenState();
}
class _HomeScreenState extends State<HomeScreen> {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
final category = Provider.of<Category>(context);
print('category length ${category.allCategoryList.length}'); // here it shows length as 0 even though it has a value of 16.
return Row(
children: <Widget>[
Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
child: Text(
'Category ${category.allCategoryList.length}',
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.black,
fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
fontSize: 15.0,
),
textAlign: TextAlign.start,
),
),
InkWell(
onTap: () {
category.getAllCategories(); // when i tap here this updates the list
}),
],
),

Answer 1

Did you use ChangeNotifierProvider in your Widget as shown here
If you just used Provider it is not updating but just makes the object accessible from the descendants

Answer 2

Solved by adding a Consumer, changed code like this
child: Consumer<Category>(
builder: (_,category,__){
return ListView.builder();
}