No implementation found for method getApplicationDocumentsDirectory on channel plugins.flutter.io/path_provider

My Flutter application is freezing on the splash screen and I'm getting the following error log:

Built build\app\outputs\apk\debug\app-debug.apk.
I/Choreographer(18870): Skipped 75 frames! The application may be doing too much work on its main thread.
D/EGL_emulation(18870): eglMakeCurrent: 0xe8885480: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0xe88835a0)
I/OpenGLRenderer(18870): Davey! duration=2142ms; Flags=1, IntendedVsync=65263803118670, Vsync=65265053118620, OldestInputEvent=9223372036854775807, NewestInputEvent=0, HandleInputStart=65265065657900, AnimationStart=65265065738100, PerformTraversalsStart=65265065780200, DrawStart=65265126086300, SyncQueued=65265197367200, SyncStart=65265199471900, IssueDrawCommandsStart=65265199680700, SwapBuffers=65265651453000, FrameCompleted=65265947767800, DequeueBufferDuration=12659000, QueueBufferDuration=920000,
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E/flutter (18870): [ERROR:flutter/lib/ui/ui_dart_state.cc(148)] Unhandled Exception: MissingPluginException(No implementation found for method getApplicationDocumentsDirectory on channel plugins.flutter.io/path_provider)
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E/flutter (18870): #0 MethodChannel.invokeMethod (package:flutter/src/services/platform_channel.dart:314:7)
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E/flutter (18870): <asynchronous suspension>
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E/flutter (18870): #1 getApplicationDocumentsDirectory (package:path_provider/path_provider.dart:84:22)
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E/flutter (18870): <asynchronous suspension>
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E/flutter (18870): #2 DbContext.initDb (package:appentrega/database.dart:34:45)
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E/flutter (18870): <asynchronous suspension>
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E/flutter (18870): #3 DbContext.getContext (package:appentrega/database.dart:27:21)
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E/flutter (18870): <asynchronous suspension>
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E/flutter (18870): #4 _SplashScreenState.startTime (package:appentrega/splash.dart:16:34)
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E/flutter (18870): <asynchronous suspension>
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E/flutter (18870): #5 _SplashScreenState.initState (package:appentrega/splash.dart:33:5)
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E/flutter (18870): #6 StatefulElement._firstBuild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:4068:58)
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E/flutter (18870): #7 ComponentElement.mount (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3919:5)
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E/flutter (18870): #8 Element.inflateWidget (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3101:14)
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E/flutter (18870): #9 Element.updateChild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:2904:12)
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E/flutter (18870): #10 SingleChildRenderObjectElement.mount (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:5127:14)
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E/flutter (18870): #11 Element.inflateWidget (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3101:14)
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E/flutter (18870): #12 Element.updateChild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:2904:12)
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E/flutter (18870): #13 ComponentElement.performRebuild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3961:16)
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E/flutter (18870): #14 Element.rebuild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3738:5)
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E/flutter (18870): #15 ComponentElement._firstBuild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3924:5)
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E/flutter (18870): #16 ComponentElement.mount (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3919:5)
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E/flutter (18870): #17 Element.inflateWidget (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3101:14)
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E/flutter (18870): #18 Element.updateChild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:2904:12)
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E/flutter (18870): #19 SingleChildRenderObjectElement.mount (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:5127:14)
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E/flutter (18870): #20 Element.inflateWidget (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3101:14)
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E/flutter (18870): #21 Element.updateChild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:2904:12)
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E/flutter (18870): #22 SingleChildRenderObjectElement.mount (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:5127:14)
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E/flutter (18870): #23 Element.inflateWidget (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3101:14)
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E/flutter (18870): #24 Element.updateChild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:2904:12)
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E/flutter (18870): #25 SingleChildRenderObjectElement.mount (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:5127:14)
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E/flutter (18870): #26 Element.inflateWidget (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3101:14)
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E/flutter (18870): #27 Element.updateChild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:2904:12)
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E/flutter (18870): #28 SingleChildRenderObjectElement.mount (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:5127:14)
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E/flutter (18870): #29 Element.inflateWidget (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3101:14)
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E/flutter (18870): #30 Element.updateChild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:2904:12)
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E/flutter (18870): #31 ComponentElement.performRebuild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3961:16)
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E/flutter (18870): #32 Element.rebuild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3738:5)
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E/flutter (18870): #33 ComponentElement._firstBuild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3924:5)
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E/flutter (18870): #34 StatefulElement._firstBuild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:4088:11)
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E/flutter (18870): #35 ComponentElement.mount (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3919:5)
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E/flutter (18870): #36 Element.inflateWidget (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3101:14)
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E/flutter (18870): #37 Element.updateChild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:2904:12)
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E/flutter (18870): #38 ComponentElement.performRebuild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3961:16)
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E/flutter (18870): #39 Element.rebuild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3738:5)
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E/flutter (18870): #40 ComponentElement._firstBuild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3924:5)
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E/flutter (18870): #41 ComponentElement.mount (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3919:5)
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E/flutter (18870): #42 Element.inflateWidget (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:3101:14)
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E/flutter (18870): #43 Element.updateChild (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:2904:12)
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E/flutter (18870): #44
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D/EGL_emulation(18870): eglMakeCurrent: 0xe8885720: ver 3 0 (tinfo 0xe88832f0)
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4.034ms (!)


Looks like the problem is here:
[ERROR:flutter/lib/ui/ui_dart_state.cc(148)] Unhandled Exception: MissingPluginException(No implementation found for method getApplicationDocumentsDirectory on channel plugins.flutter.io/path_provider)


Already done this:

-Deleted all plugins and reinstalled with `flutter pub get`.
-Runned `flutter clean` and `flutter run`

This error generally occur when you get a plugin and not build the app again. If this is your case after getting the plugin on pubspec.yaml reinstall your apk. If this is not your problem did you created your project with suport for kotlin and swift? I don't know if this is the case but most of the plugins need this

Turned out I had to quit the flutter run process and start it up again. Just a full restart within flutter run didn't work.

Here is a link for reference

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Edit: Be sure you import these packages;

1. package:path_provider/path_provider.dart
2. dart:io
3. dart:async

In my case it was for the cache, I have removed cached_network_image and replaced it with Image.network and the problem has disappeared

In my case, I haven't included dart:async package. Running "flutter run" and including "dart:async" package resolved the problem

I got this error for a different plugin after I build the release apk,
this was because code shrinking is enabled by default - if you don't want to minify/obfuscate code just add the two lines inside android/app/build.gradle.

android {
...

buildTypes {
release {
...

shrinkResources false
minifyEnabled false
}
}
}

In my case, the snippet below was missing from my AndroidManifest.xml file.

<meta-data
android:name="flutterEmbedding"
android:value="2" />

Adding it in the AndroidManifest.xml file fixed the problem.

**After Upgrading-pre-1.12-Android-projects !!**

if you don't have a lot of time trying editing AppDelegate.h of step 5

I pass after updating by following the guide: [Upgrading-pre-1.12-Android-projects][1] apply the following actions:

1. Update flutter to its latest stable version -> flutter clean is missing
2. Update all your dependencies (it is very likely that packages have or ask you to add new methods) -> flutter clean is not too much
3. Update the code and methods resulting from the package update
4. Try flutter run or from android Studio |> (some packages may send you missingPluginException but if it is installed on the mobile) go to step 5.
5. Build the test installs for android and IOS if you can (they should work fine).
It is likely that in development with flutter run it continues to send the error, in my case I cannot test in IOS but with flutter run it runs for both android and IOS and the problem is solved by adding it to ios / Runner / AppDelegate.h ->[GeneratedPluginRegistrant registerWithRegistry: self];

#import <Flutter / Flutter.h>
#import <UIKit / UIKit.h>

@interface AppDelegate: FlutterAppDelegate
[GeneratedPluginRegistrant registerWithRegistry: self];
@EnD

If after these steps it cannot be executed in step 4 0 5, verify that other dependencies have not updated their versions to be compatible with Upgrading-pre-1.12-Android-projects !. For example cached_network_image uses path_provider try uninstalling the cached_network_image package
Repeat from step 4 again.

[1]:

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**Flutter for Web**

I ran into this after starting to add web support to an application. The getApplicationDocumentsDirectory() function only supports iOS and Android [(docs)](

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). I added a check for web and changed the way I set the directory which fixed the "No implementation found for method" for me.

To tell if the platform is web use Flutter's kIsWeb:

import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart' show kIsWeb;
Then handle setting the directory accordingly:

```
if (kIsWeb) {
// Set web-specific directory
} else {
appDocumentDirectory = await path_provider.getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();
}
```

What worked for me is register the corresponding plugin method channel in the `Application.java`(or `Application.kt`). So it's this:

```dart
package com.example.lifely;

import io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication;
import io.flutter.plugin.common.PluginRegistry;
import io.flutter.plugin.common.PluginRegistry.PluginRegistrantCallback;
import io.flutter.plugins.GeneratedPluginRegistrant;
import io.flutter.plugins.pathprovider.PathProviderPlugin;

public class Application extends FlutterApplication implements PluginRegistrantCallback {
@Override
public void registerWith(PluginRegistry registry) {
PathProviderPlugin.registerWith(registry.registrarFor("io.flutter.plugins.pathprovider.PathProviderPlugin"));
}
}
```