path_provider

A Flutter plugin for finding commonly used locations on the filesystem. Supports Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows. Not all methods are supported on all platforms.

	Android	iOS	Linux	macOS	Windows
Support	SDK 16+	11.0+	Any	10.14+	Windows 10+

Usage

To use this plugin, add path_provider as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file.

Example

final Directory tempDir = await getTemporaryDirectory();

final Directory appDocumentsDir = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();

final Directory? downloadsDir = await getDownloadsDirectory();

Supported platforms and paths

Directories support by platform:

Directory	Android	iOS	Linux	macOS	Windows
Temporary	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Application Support	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Application Library	❌️	✔️	❌️	✔️	❌️
Application Documents	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
External Storage	✔️	❌	❌	❌️	❌️
External Cache Directories	✔️	❌	❌	❌️	❌️
External Storage Directories	✔️	❌	❌	❌️	❌️
Downloads	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

Testing

path_provider now uses a PlatformInterface, meaning that not all platforms share a single PlatformChannel-based implementation. With that change, tests should be updated to mock PathProviderPlatform rather than PlatformChannel.

See this path_provider test for an example.