Flutter Package Reading its Own Assets

Question

I have an module with an 'assets' folder located in the same directory as my pubspec.yaml file. In my assets folder I have test.txt, and simpleObject.json.

flutter:
  assets:
    - assets/test.txt
    - assets/simpleObject.json

I believe the following code should then allow me to read it into my app.

var test = await DefaultAssetBundle.of(context).loadString("assets/test.txt");

Sadly I get the following error:

[ERROR:flutter/lib/ui/ui_dart_state.cc(148)] Unhandled Exception: Unable to load asset: assets/test.txt

The error comes from the asset_bundle.dart. I have to assume this is my fault, but according to everything I've read I'm doing it correctly. Any thoughts?

Here is my file structure if it helps.

MyModule
    |_assets/test.txt
    |_lib/
    |_pubspec.yaml

Answer 1

I got a solution. Even though my package was trying to load its own asset, it still had to specify itself as the location.

Here is how my_package loads an image asset (specifying the package), uses it in a widget, and that widget is easily used by outside apps.

Image.asset(AssetImage("assets/splash.png").assetName, package: 'my_package',);