Background

Inside the state object of my stateful widget, I have the following code.

class _PendingJobsState extends State<PendingJobs> {
  List<String> pendingJobs = [];      <------------------- I am trying to change the state of this variable.

  void updateListWithResponseData(List jobs) {
    BackendApi.call(
        endpoint: APIEndPoints.GET_PENDING_JOBS,
        data: {"email": GlobalData.userEmail},
        onSuccess: (data) {
          setState(() {           <---------------- I call set State here
            jobs = data['job_list'];
            print(pendingJobs);        <------------ State is not changed
            print(jobs);
          });
        },
        onFailed: (error) {
          print('Failed to fetch data!');
        });
  }

  @override
  void initState() {
    updateListWithResponseData(pendingJobs);    <------- This is where the function in which I call the setState is executed.
    super.initState();
  }

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