How to get image file path from identifier in Asset?

[Miedziaq]

Hello,

I need to store file data to give users posibility to restart upload on failed.
But this library returns some Asset class with 'identifier', and this identifier cannot be reused to get the filebytes again,
how to convert it to filepath??

[hbali]

@Miedziaq
Hi!

You need another library to access the path (flutter_absolute_path package).

I did it like this:

final images = await MultiImagePicker.pickImages(
        maxImages: 4,
        enableCamera: true);

    final files = List<File>();
    await Future.wait(images.map((e) async {
      final path = await FlutterAbsolutePath.getAbsolutePath(e.identifier);
      final file = File(path);
      files.add(file);
    }));
    return files;

[MRSEREY]

@Miedziaq is there any ways to convert File to Asset?

[HabiburRehman38]

@Miedziaq Hi!

You need another library to access the path (flutter_absolute_path package).

I did it like this:

final images = await MultiImagePicker.pickImages(
        maxImages: 4,
        enableCamera: true);

    final files = List<File>();
    await Future.wait(images.map((e) async {
      final path = await FlutterAbsolutePath.getAbsolutePath(e.identifier);
      final file = File(path);
      files.add(file);
    }));
    return files;

But this package don't support null-safety.

[Miedziaq]

@Miedziaq is there any ways to convert File to Asset?

unfortunately i dont find any proper way to done it. only flutter_absolute_path like @hbrhbr mentioned but if you have newer project it not works. and i cannot solve my problem with this. another way is to save selected files to temp folder to have access to it and path then, but everything is to done manually by yourself..

finally i resign completely from this library and i switched to the other one without this problems :)