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How to enable Null-Safety in Flutter?


I tried to use null safety, but it's giving me this error:

This requires the 'non-nullable' language feature to be enabled. Try updating your pubspec.yaml to set the minimum SDK constraint to 2.10.0 or higher, and running 'pub get'.

I changed my Dart SDK constraint from 2.7.0 to 2.10.0, but it's still showing this error.

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Also, I upgraded my Dart and Flutter SDK:

dart-sdk v2.10.2 is the latest version available based on your source(s).

Flutter (Channel stable, 1.22.3, ...


Solution

  • To Enable null safety,

    1. Check Latest Dart Version(It should be Dart 2.12 or later:)

      dart --version
      
    2. Update the dart version, the above point not satisfied using the command.

      dart pub upgrade --null-safety
      
      dart pub get
      
    3. Run the below command to know what are libs in your project needs to be upgraded to the latest null safety.

      dart pub outdated --mode=null-safety
      

    The latest column shows the current version if it's in green that means dependency implemented null safety features if it red then the dependency owner needs to implement that.

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    1. Finally, run dart migration command which performs null safety migration on existing project(Existing project)

      dart migrate
      
    2. If your package is ready to migrate, then the tool produces a line like the following:

      View the migration suggestions by visiting:

      http://127.0.0.1:60278/Users/you/project/mypkg.console-simple?authToken=Xfz0jvpyeMI%3D

    Note: Even after running upgrade --null-safety command, you see the latest column section in red, which means a particular dependency hasn't supported null safety yet, so that means you cannot migrate the project.

    for detail read: https://dart.dev/null-safety/migration-guide