Baseflow / Baseflow/flutter_cache_manager

getSingleFile() doesn't return fully downloaded file

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Description

```
Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v):
[√] Flutter (Channel stable, v1.7.8+hotfix.4, on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.678], locale en-US)

[!] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 28.0.3)
X Android license status unknown.
Try re-installing or updating your Android SDK Manager.
See https://developer.android.com/studio/#downloads or visit https://flutter.dev/setup/#android-setup for detailed instructions.
[√] Android Studio (version 3.4)
[√] VS Code (version 1.37.0)
[√] Connected device (1 available)
```
For those that are attempting to use getSingleFile() before using video_player to play a downloaded video, even when doing an await on getSingleFile() the File is very often returned before the video is downloaded fully, which causes the video player to fail initialization.

No attempts at re-downloading or re-initilializing seemed to work, so dropped use of flutter_cache_manager and switched to downloading the file locally using dio package. This obviously negates the benefit of cache management, but it seemed to respect await properly by ensuring that the file returned is completely downloaded before returning.

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Research direction

Start at the getSingleFile() entry point and reproduce the reported behavior with video_player using the Flutter and Android setup described in the issue. Confirm that the returned File is fully downloaded before video_player initialization; the issue is done when this behavior is reliable without replacing flutter_cache_manager with dio.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
dart, flutter
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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