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

Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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
        }
    }
}

Answer 3

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). 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();
}