Differentiate between Hot Restart and Hot Reload?

Hot Reload and Hot Restart are two features in Flutter that allow developers to quickly see the effects of code changes without having to fully restart the app. Here are the key differences between the two:

Hot Reload:

• Injects updated source code files into the running Dart Virtual Machine (VM)[5]
• After the VM updates classes with new versions of fields and functions, the Flutter framework automatically rebuilds the widget tree[5]
• Preserves the current state of the app, so you can continue testing without having to log in again or navigate back to a specific screen[1][2]
• Works by checking the edited code since the last compilation and recompiling only that part[1]
• Is faster than Hot Restart and the default full restart[1][2]
• Doesn't work in certain cases like changing enumerated types to classes or modifying generic types[1][3]

Hot Restart:

• Destroys the preserved state of the app and starts ...