From 9da159f2871fa75964af04a0a800b8ebffc9fd2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lizandro Guarnizo <77708265+lizandrogd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:14:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix professionals list never loading when user has no city

updateCity skipped getProfessionals() when both _city and the incoming
city were null (null != null = false). Added _initialized flag so the
first call always triggers the load regardless of city value.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 lib/providers/professionals_provider.dart | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/providers/professionals_provider.dart b/lib/providers/professionals_provider.dart
index da067f0..73e0255 100644
--- a/lib/providers/professionals_provider.dart
+++ b/lib/providers/professionals_provider.dart
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ class ProfessionalsProvider extends ChangeNotifier {
   List<UsuarioProfesional> professionals = [];
   bool isLoading = true;
   String? _city;
+  bool _initialized = false;
   final _api = ApiService.instance;
 
   void updateCity(String? city) {
-    if (_city != city) {
+    // Always load on first auth event; afterwards only reload when city changes.
+    if (!_initialized || _city != city) {
+      _initialized = true;
       _city = city;
       getProfessionals();
     }