From a4a8bc61162642691e54de6f48d246f09a6946af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry-Hiles <henry@henryhiles.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:59:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] release 1.0.1

---
 CHANGELOG.md                      |  4 ++++
 README.md                         |  4 ++--
 lib/src/widgets/emoji_picker.dart | 10 ++++------
 pubspec.yaml                      |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1af066f..606ec72 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ Initial release
 ## 1.0.0+1
 
 Fixup readme
+
+## 1.0.1
+
+Use `IList`s for categories. These `IList`s can be used by consumers via dot-shorthands, e.g. `.new([])`
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b555773..d2cc493 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ showModalBottomSheet(
 
 ### Accepted Parameters
 
-- `List<EmojiCategory> prependCategories`: Categories to prepend to the default emoji list
-- `List<EmojiCategory> appendCategories`: Categories to append to the default emoji list
+- `IList<EmojiCategory> prependCategories`: Categories to prepend to the default emoji list
+- `IList<EmojiCategory> appendCategories`: Categories to append to the default emoji list
 - `required FutureOr<void> Function(String value) onSelection`: Function to be called when an emoji is selected
 - `bool allowFreeText = false`: Whether to allow free text to be returned. Defaults to `false`.
diff --git a/lib/src/widgets/emoji_picker.dart b/lib/src/widgets/emoji_picker.dart
index 7d819a3..513dde6 100644
--- a/lib/src/widgets/emoji_picker.dart
+++ b/lib/src/widgets/emoji_picker.dart
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import "package:material_emoji_picker/src/models/emoji_category.dart";
 import "package:super_sliver_list/super_sliver_list.dart";
 
 final class const EmojiPicker({
-  final List<EmojiCategory> prependCategories = const [],
-  final List<EmojiCategory> appendCategories = const [],
+  final IList<EmojiCategory> prependCategories = const IList.empty(),
+  final IList<EmojiCategory> appendCategories = const IList.empty(),
   required final FutureOr<void> Function(String value) onSelection,
   final bool allowFreeText = false,
   super.key,
@@ -60,10 +60,8 @@ final class const EmojiPicker({
         AsyncData(value: final categories) => HookBuilder(
           builder: (context) {
             final combined = useMemoized(
-              () => prependCategories
-                  .toIList()
-                  .addAll(categories)
-                  .addAll(appendCategories),
+              () =>
+                  prependCategories.addAll(categories).addAll(appendCategories),
             );
 
             return Column(
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index cb2226f..11b8ba0 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: material_emoji_picker
 description: A generic but configurable emoji picker for Flutter
-version: 1.0.0+1
+version: 1.0.1
 repository: https://git.federated.nexus/Henry-Hiles/material_emoji_picker
 issue_tracker: https://git.federated.nexus/Henry-Hiles/material_emoji_picker/issues