Is there any way to access the video file path that converted to Uint8List

Question

In the below code of flutter_material_pickers plugin, I want to get the video file path but the returned file variable of showMaterialFilePicker function is Uint8List type.

 void onTap() {
    if (value == null) {
      showMaterialFilePicker(
        fileType: Filetype.video,
        onChanged: (file) => setState(() {
          didChange(file);
          if (widget.onChanged != null) widget.onChanged(file);
        }),
      );
    } else {
      _showUnattachDialog();
    }
  }

Refer to this function of flutter_material_pickers, The code is:

import 'dart:async';
import 'dart:io';
import 'dart:typed_data';

import 'package:file_picker/file_picker.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter/services.dart';

/// Allows selection of a file.
Future<void> showMaterialFilePicker({
  BuildContext context,
  FileType fileType = FileType.image,
  String fileExtension,
  ValueChanged<Uint8List> onChanged,
}) async {
  try {
    File file = await FilePicker.getFile(type: fileType);
    var data = file.readAsBytesSync();
    if (onChanged != null && file != null) onChanged(data);
  } catch (error) {
    if (error.runtimeType is PlatformException) return; // user clicked twice
    if (error.runtimeType is NoSuchMethodError) return; // user canceled dialog
    throw error;
  }
}

Answer 1

No, there is no option to read path from Uint8List. This type stores only byte data. You can even test it by comparing results of readAsBytes() from two equal images in different locations.

You can use file_picker (this package is used in flutter_material_pickers as well) and get File as in Usage section and from File you have access to the path.