Fix ListView owned ScrollController leak#2200
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Bug and impact
Recent ListView scroll-control changes create a ScrollController in ListViewState whenever callers do not provide one. That controller was never disposed, so every mount/unmount of a ListView leaked a ChangeNotifier/ScrollController. Repeated navigation through list-heavy screens can accumulate leaked controllers and listeners, increasing memory usage and eventually causing user-facing instability.
Root cause
ListViewState moved ScrollController creation out of ListViewCore to support initialScrollOffset and scroll methods, but did not track whether the state owned that controller or dispose it during teardown.
Fix
Track the internally-created controller in ListViewState and dispose only that owned instance. Externally supplied controllers remain caller-owned.
Validation
flutter test modules/ensemble/test/widget/list_view_test.dart, but this runner does not haveflutterinstalled on PATH.Note
Low Risk
Low risk: change is limited to widget lifecycle management and adds tests; main risk is unintended disposal behavior, mitigated by only disposing controllers created internally.
Overview
Fixes a
ListViewmemory leak by tracking whether itsScrollControllerwas created internally and disposing that owned controller inListViewState.dispose().Adds widget tests to verify internally-created controllers are disposed on unmount, while caller-provided controllers are left undisposed.
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