Flutter web - Upload Image File to Firebase Storage

Question

On flutter web, I pick an image file from the computer and get a File image object. Then I want to upload it to Firebase Storage. For Android and iOS versions of the app I w

Answer 1

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Don't make Firebase Storage a dependency, just Firebase with:

import 'package:firebase/firebase.dart' as fb;

Then create a method:

        Future myDownloadURL() async {return await fb.storage().refFromURL('gs://').child('$id.jpg').getDownloadURL();}

Call it from a FutureBuilder like so:

        FutureBuilder(
        future: myDownloadURL(),
        builder: (context, AsyncSnapshot snapshot) {
          if (snapshot.connectionState == ConnectionState.waiting) {
            return ;
          }
          return CircleAvatar(
            radius: backgroundRadius * 2,
            child: Image.network(snapshot.data.toString()),
          );
        },
      )