Read file in android - file permission denied

Question

I want to read file from external storage. I uploaded the file in Eclipse DDMS to storage/sdcard (image below). But whenever I tried to read, I got an error of permission de

Answer 1

Storage permission needs to be given by the user before accessing the functionality

Add Dependency:

dependencies:
  permission_handler: ^5.0.1

Code Snippet:

      var status = await Permission.storage.status;
       if (status.isUndetermined) {
            // You can request multiple permissions at once.
            Map statuses = await [
              Permission.storage,
            ].request();
            print(statuses[Permission.storage]); // it should print PermissionStatus.granted
          }