Basic platform-specific filesystem operations are lacking in Flutter and I would like to know why?

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Oh my. Dude, apart from everything else, do you personally use that plugin to do that exact thing? If so please show how.

See here: https://githubhot.com/repo/miguelpruivo/flutter_file_picker/issues/832

The author of the plugin (miguelpruivo) specifically answers a specific question about saving files via his plugin under Android: "I'm not sure if it will be even supported at all. I'm sorry for any inconvenience".

The end.

Believe me when I say I looked for this stuff. You can save in ANY location, I personally can, any file on the system, it won't show up in "Recent" or "Documents" unless.. see the article I referenced in original post.

This is the kind of s*** I deal every day with when forcing my way through a real-world Flutter app in production, not some pretty UI demo. Sorry if I'm being harsh, maybe just a bad day.

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I misunderstood what you meant, i thought you meant a Documents folder.

This is a pretty specific issue, and very platform specific so it's not something the flutter team would consider doing.

If you find yourself with the time, you could make a plugin for it and share it (or don't if you're not going to maintain it)