pickFiles method

@override Future<FilePickerResult?> pickFiles({ String? dialogTitle, String? initialDirectory, FileType type = FileType.any, List<String>? allowedExtensions, bool allowMultiple = false, dynamic onFileLoading(FilePickerStatus)?, bool allowCompression = true, bool withData = true, bool withReadStream = false, bool lockParentWindow = false, })

Retrieves the file(s) from the underlying platform

Default type set to FileType.any with allowMultiple set to false. Optionally, allowedExtensions might be provided (e.g. [pdf, svg, jpg].).

If withData is set, picked files will have its byte data immediately available on memory as Uint8List which can be useful if you are picking it for server upload or similar. However, have in mind that enabling this on IO (iOS & Android) may result in out of memory issues if you allow multiple picks or pick huge files. Use withReadStream instead. Defaults to true on web, false otherwise.

If withReadStream is set, picked files will have its byte data available as a Stream<List<int>> which can be useful for uploading and processing large files. Defaults to false.

If you want to track picking status, for example, because some files may take some time to be cached (particularly those picked from cloud providers), you may want to set onFileLoading handler that will give you the current status of picking.

If allowCompression is set, it will allow media to apply the default OS compression. Defaults to true.

If lockParentWindow is set, the child window (file picker window) will stay in front of the Flutter window until it is closed (like a modal window). This parameter works only on Windows desktop.

dialogTitle can be optionally set on desktop platforms to set the modal window title. It will be ignored on other platforms.

initialDirectory can be optionally set to an absolute path to specify where the dialog should open. Only supported on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

The result is wrapped in a FilePickerResult which contains helper getters with useful information regarding the picked List<PlatformFile>.

For more information, check the API documentation.

Returns null if aborted.

Implementation

@override
Future<FilePickerResult?> pickFiles({
  String? dialogTitle,
  String? initialDirectory,
  FileType type = FileType.any,
  List<String>? allowedExtensions,
  bool allowMultiple = false,
  Function(FilePickerStatus)? onFileLoading,
  bool allowCompression = true,
  bool withData = true,
  bool withReadStream = false,
  bool lockParentWindow = false,
}) async {
  if (type != FileType.custom && (allowedExtensions?.isNotEmpty ?? false)) {
    throw Exception(
        'You are setting a type [$type]. Custom extension filters are only allowed with FileType.custom, please change it or remove filters.');
  }

  final Completer<List<PlatformFile>?> filesCompleter =
      Completer<List<PlatformFile>?>();

  String accept = _fileType(type, allowedExtensions);
  InputElement uploadInput = FileUploadInputElement() as InputElement;
  uploadInput.draggable = true;
  uploadInput.multiple = allowMultiple;
  uploadInput.accept = accept;
  uploadInput.style.display = 'none';

  bool changeEventTriggered = false;

  if (onFileLoading != null) {
    onFileLoading(FilePickerStatus.picking);
  }

  void changeEventListener(e) {
    if (changeEventTriggered) {
      return;
    }
    changeEventTriggered = true;

    final List<File> files = uploadInput.files!;
    final List<PlatformFile> pickedFiles = [];

    void addPickedFile(
      File file,
      Uint8List? bytes,
      String? path,
      Stream<List<int>>? readStream,
    ) {
      pickedFiles.add(PlatformFile(
        name: file.name,
        path: path,
        size: bytes != null ? bytes.length : file.size,
        bytes: bytes,
        readStream: readStream,
      ));

      if (pickedFiles.length >= files.length) {
        if (onFileLoading != null) {
          onFileLoading(FilePickerStatus.done);
        }
        filesCompleter.complete(pickedFiles);
      }
    }

    for (File file in files) {
      if (withReadStream) {
        addPickedFile(file, null, null, _openFileReadStream(file));
        continue;
      }

      if (!withData) {
        final FileReader reader = FileReader();
        reader.onLoadEnd.listen((e) {
          addPickedFile(file, null, reader.result as String?, null);
        });
        reader.readAsDataUrl(file);
        continue;
      }

      final FileReader reader = FileReader();
      reader.onLoadEnd.listen((e) {
        addPickedFile(file, reader.result as Uint8List?, null, null);
      });
      reader.readAsArrayBuffer(file);
    }
  }

  void cancelledEventListener(_) {
    window.removeEventListener('focus', cancelledEventListener);

    // This listener is called before the input changed event,
    // and the `uploadInput.files` value is still null
    // Wait for results from js to dart
    Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 500)).then((value) {
      if (!changeEventTriggered) {
        changeEventTriggered = true;
        filesCompleter.complete(null);
      }
    });
  }

  uploadInput.onChange.listen(changeEventListener);
  uploadInput.addEventListener('change', changeEventListener);

  // Listen focus event for cancelled
  window.addEventListener('focus', cancelledEventListener);

  //Add input element to the page body
  _target.children.clear();
  _target.children.add(uploadInput);
  uploadInput.click();

  final List<PlatformFile>? files = await filesCompleter.future;

  return files == null ? null : FilePickerResult(files);
}