Path provider problem

Custom Code

Hi everyone,

I’ve seen a few threads asking this question, but none seem to have a clear answer. I need to implement caching in my app, which requires access to file paths.

From what I understand, this has been a long-standing issue — the path_provider package, which is included by default, doesn’t seem to work properly. Even in the custom code editor, I can see methods from path_provider being suggested, but when I compile, none of them are actually imported.

I’ve read the support policy stating that external packages and custom code aren't officially supported. However, I feel like this particular issue falls in a gray area — the package is included in the project by default, yet we can’t access its functionality or modify its code.

Does anyone know why this still hasn’t been resolved?

What have you tried so far?

I already tried:
- importing it manually via VSC
- writing simple action in in-build editor

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