Flutter Image Picker plugin assigns its own name to each picked file

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I'm using the image picker plugin for flutter. Whenever I pick an image from the gallery, it is assigned a random name by the plugin, starting with 'image_picker.' How can I get the original name of the image file?

you cannot - every time a new temporary image is created (at least under android) - github.com/flutter/plugins/blob/… — pskink
– pskink, Commented Jul 7, 2020 at 7:32
You can change the file name if you are going to store it in firebase storage. Are you trying to do that? — littleironical
– littleironical, Commented Jul 7, 2020 at 8:05
Yes @HardikKumar. But the issue is that I want to store the images by their original name. — Zaeem
– Zaeem, Commented Jul 7, 2020 at 14:19
I have the same problem with Rest API to which I need to send image files (via Base64) which are name exactly as required by the API. Any ideas? — Łukasz Garczynski
– Łukasz Garczynski, Commented Nov 27, 2020 at 10:13

Hemal Moradiya · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-07 12:38:38Z

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You can use method as mentioned below. It worked for me

var video = (await _picker.getVideo(source: ImageSource.gallery))!;

var videoName = video.path.split('/').last;

edited Jul 7, 2021 at 12:38

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answered Jul 5, 2021 at 17:23

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