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Flutter Dependency problem with advance_pdf_viewer and firebase_storage


Can't able to complie the app when advance_pdf_viewer and firebase_storage package is used. At first it works fine but later its version changed and i dont know the exact version which matches.

Publicspec.yaml file

  cupertino_icons: ^1.0.3
  flutter_svg: ^0.22.0 # help us to use SVG in our app
  provider: ^5.0.0 # for State management
  getwidget: ^2.0.2
  shared_preferences: ^2.0.5
  firebase_auth: ^1.0.1
  firebase_core: ^1.0.2
  cloud_firestore: ^1.0.3
  firebase_storage: ^8.0.1
  advance_pdf_viewer:
  date_time_picker: ^2.0.0
  file_picker:
  intl: ^0.17.0
  path: ^1.8.0
  http:

Error message

Running "flutter pub get" in appT...
Launching lib/main.dart on SDKPhone in debug mode...
Running Gradle task 'assembleDebug'...
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on -Dswing.aatext=true
../../flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/advance_pdf_viewer-2.0.0/lib/src/document.dart:64:14: Error: The class 'File' is abstract and can't be instantiated.
      file = File("${dir.path}/file.pdf");
             ^^^^
../../flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/advance_pdf_viewer-2.0.0/lib/src/document.dart:72:26: Error: Non-nullable variable 'file' must be assigned before it can be used.
    document._filePath = file.path;
                         ^^^^
../../flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/advance_pdf_viewer-2.0.0/lib/src/document.dart:75:58: Error: Non-nullable variable 'file' must be assigned before it can be used.
          .invokeMethod('getNumberOfPages', {'filePath': file.path});
                                                         ^^^^


FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Script '/home/flutter/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/flutter.gradle' line: 1035

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:compileFlutterBuildDebug'.
> Process 'command '/home/flutter/bin/flutter'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 48s
Exception: Gradle task assembleDebug failed with exit code 1

Solution

  • #It's Works

    In detailed manner from the above link answer.

    Edited the /flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/advance_pdf_viewer-2.0.0/lib/src/document.dart

    //edit the import line like this
    //import 'dart:io'; - > import 'dart:io' as io; : line 2
    import 'dart:io' as io;
    ....
    ....
    ....
    
    static Future fromAsset(String asset) async {
        io.File file; // Edited
        try {
            var dir = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();
            file = io.File("${dir.path}/file.pdf"); // Edited
            var data = await rootBundle.load(asset);
            var bytes = data.buffer.asUint8List();
            await file.writeAsBytes(bytes, flush: true);
        } catch (e) {
            throw Exception('Error parsing asset file!');
        }
        PDFDocument document = PDFDocument();
        document._filePath = file.path;
        try {
            var pageCount = await _channel
            .invokeMethod('getNumberOfPages', {'filePath': file.path});
            document.count = document.count = int.parse(pageCount);
        } catch (e) {
            throw Exception('Error reading PDF!');
        }
        return document;
    }
    

    Solution:

    Import the package as "io" and change only in "fromAsset" function call the Class(File) as "io.File" then It works fine.