Error MissingPlatformDirectoryException when running flutter gallery

[yaliv]

I got this error when running flutter gallery with flutter-pi:

[ERROR:flutter/runtime/dart_vm_initializer.cc(41)] Unhandled Exception: MissingPlatformDirectoryException(Unable to get application documents directory)
#0      GetStorage._init (package:get_storage/src/storage_impl.dart:49)
<asynchronous suspension>
#1      new GetStorage._internal.<anonymous closure> (package:get_storage/src/storage_impl.dart:30)
<asynchronous suspension>
#2      main (package:gallery/main.dart:29)
<asynchronous suspension>

just stuck on that output.

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Specifications

Development machine:

• Flutter SDK version: 3.10.6
• Build method: flutterpi_tool

Raspberry Pi:

• Hardware: Pi 3 Model B v1.2
• OS: 2023-05-03-raspios-bullseye-arm64-lite

Executed Commands

Development machine:

flutter pub get
flutter run        # the gallery app runs fine
flutterpi_tool build --arch=arm64 --cpu=pi3 --release
rsync -a --info=progress2 ./build/flutter_assets/ [email protected]:/home/pi/flutter_gallery

Raspberry Pi:

flutter-pi --release ~/flutter_gallery
# or
flutter-pi --release /home/pi/flutter_gallery

I always got the same error, both in debug mode and release mode.

[chochstedler]

Seeing the same issue

[pieter-scholtz]

flutter/gallery#979

[ardera]

You need to install xdg-user-dirs: sudo apt-get install xdg-user-dirs

It's mentioned in the readme now with #352 .