Downloading Files/Media in Flutter – flutter_media_downloader

Downloading files in flutter is must required feature to be added into any flutter where their are document or any kind of files that the user want to download & store if for later usage.

Media download in flutter is seamless bring media content to your flutter application.

Flutter Downloader – How to implement files downloading in flutter application

To add download feature in flutter application we will make use of a package called flutter_media_downloader, This package has capability of downloading any kind of files like, Images, Videos, Document like pdf, docx etc.

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Download Files in Flutter

1. Create a Flutter Project or Open Existing

Create a new Flutter Project or Open any Existing Flutter in your favorite IDE VSCode or Android Studio. I use android studio for building flutter application.

2. Add flutter_media_downloader package.

In your flutter project open pubspec.yaml files and under dependencies section add the flutter media downloader package as shown below

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and then run flutter pub get to download the package as external libraries.

3. Add permission for Android & IOS

As the files or media get downloaded from Internet We need Internet Permission & to store the downloaded files locally in mobile devices we need Storage Permission.

Android: Open AndroidManifest.xml file and add below lines

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS"/>

iOS: Open info.plist files and add below lines

<dict>
    <key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
    <string>We need access to Photo library</string>
</dict>

4. How to Implement flutter media downloader

Complete Source Code

main.dart

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter_media_downloader/flutter_media_downloader.dart';

void main() async{
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
  runApp(const MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({super.key});

  // This widget is the root of your application.
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Flutter Demo',
      debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
      theme: ThemeData(

        colorScheme: ColorScheme.fromSeed(seedColor: Colors.deepPurple),
        useMaterial3: true,
      ),
      home: const MyHomePage(),
    );
  }
}

class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  const MyHomePage({super.key});

  @override
  State<MyHomePage> createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
  final _flutterDownload = MediaDownload();
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      body: Center(
        child: ElevatedButton(
          onPressed: () async{
            _flutterDownload.downloadMedia(context, 'https://32net.id/bukaheula/share/otQ9czP4vdLTyiJdmlAXaNK76xKtu38ykwnTm8q0.pdf');
          }, child: Text('Download'),

        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}