Flutter unable to load image asset on physical device (but loading it just fine on the emulator)

Question

I am building a flutter app and an asset image won't load when I run the app on my phone, but it loads fine when I run the app on the emulator.

Here's the error I get:

> I/flutter (26364): ══╡ EXCEPTION CAUGHT BY IMAGE RESOURCE SERVICE
> ╞════════════════════════════════════════════════════ I/flutter
> (26364): The following assertion was thrown resolving an image codec:
> I/flutter (26364): Unable to load asset: images/diamond.png I/flutter
> (26364): I/flutter (26364): When the exception was thrown, this was
> the stack: I/flutter (26364): #0      PlatformAssetBundle.load
> (package:flutter/src/services/asset_bundle.dart:221:7) I/flutter
> (26364): <asynchronous suspension> I/flutter (26364): #1     
> AssetBundleImageProvider._loadAsync
> (package:flutter/src/painting/image_provider.dart:464:44) I/flutter
> (26364): <asynchronous suspension> I/flutter (26364): #2     
> AssetBundleImageProvider.load
> (package:flutter/src/painting/image_provider.dart:449:14) I/flutter
> (26364): #3      ImageProvider.resolve.<anonymous closure>.<anonymous
> closure>.<anonymous closure>
> (package:flutter/src/painting/image_provider.dart:316:48) I/flutter
> (26364): #4      ImageCache.putIfAbsent
> (package:flutter/src/painting/image_cache.dart:160:22) I/flutter
> (26364): #5      ImageProvider.resolve.<anonymous closure>.<anonymous
> closure> (package:flutter/src/painting/image_provider.dart:316:25)
> I/flutter (26364): (elided 13 frames from package dart:async)
> I/flutter (26364): I/flutter (26364): Image provider:
> AssetImage(bundle: null, name: "images/diamond.png") I/flutter
> (26364): Image key: AssetBundleImageKey(bundle:
> PlatformAssetBundle#5b025(), name: "images/diamond.png", I/flutter
> (26364):   scale: 1.0) I/flutter (26364):
> ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

And here's my pubspec.yaml

flutter:
  uses-material-design: true
  assets:
    - images/

Here's main.dart:

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(
    MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          backgroundColor: Colors.blueGrey[900],
          title: Text('Picture Motivation'),
        ),
        body: Center(
          child: Image(
            image: AssetImage('images/diamond.png'),
          ),
        ),
      ),
    ),
  );
}

What's very confusing is why the image is loading correctly on the emulator and not on the physical device. Any clue?

Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

Do this step by step, and this should work just fine. Basically you're doing it in wrong way.

1. Put the images in the assets folder, so the root is assets/diamond.png
2. Or if you have another folder in your assets folder, images, then the root is assets/images/diamond.png

pubspec.yaml

flutter:
   uses-material-design: true
   //you have to give the proper path in order to get the image in your UI
   assets: 
     - assets/images/diamond.png

UI Code:

//this is how your image calling work, you just have to copy the path, same as pubspec.yaml
Center(
   child: Image(
      image: AssetImage('assets/images/diamond.png'),
   )
)

I am sure you will be able to get the image now. Let me know if that helps.