[Question]: Is generated_plugin_registrant.dart necessary for web for device_info_plus and package_info_plus?

[naamapps]

What is your question?

Hey,
After upgrading device_info_plus and package_info_plus to latest versions,
the generated_plugin_registrant.dart file does not generate the PackageInfoPlugin.registerWith(registrar); and DeviceInfoPlusPlugin.registerWith(registrar); lines anymore (It used to generate those lines, so after upgrading I had this error

Undefined name 'PackageInfoPlugin'.
Try correcting the name to one that is defined, or defining the name

Is this the right behaviour?

Thanks.

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[miquelbeltran]

Looks related to #1270

[miquelbeltran]

Please check if with the latest release of the package(s) still happens

[naamapps]

Hey @miquelbeltran,
Still won't generate for me.

I think this line is the culprit

plus_plugins/packages/device_info_plus/device_info_plus/lib/device_info_plus.dart

Line 26 in 37abbf7

if (dart.library.html) 'src/device_info_plus_web.dart';

If I try to write DeviceInfoPlusWebPlugin manually inside the generated_plugin_registrant file, it won't recognize this class.

[naamapps]

Same for PackageInfo.

[miquelbeltran]

mhh, so adding the export for the web plugin implementation causes the generated_plugin_registrant not to work properly? If you can checkout the project locally, reference by path, and then find what causes it, it will be super helpful (also feel free to submit a PR if you find the solution).

[miquelbeltran]

Just for the record, if I add package_info_plus, device_info_plus and connectivity_plus to a project, run it as web app, I see no problems running it, calling to the plugins, and the web_plugin_registrant.dart seems correct to me.

[naamapps]

Is the file web_plugin_registrant the same as generated_plugin_registrant?
I can't find it in my project at all..

I tried deleting the generated_plugin_registrant file and it didn't even regenerate itself.

[miquelbeltran]

It is in .dart_tool/dartpad/web_plugin_registrant.dart it appears for me when running the project

[naamapps]

Found it! And it does generate correctly for all packages.
So what is the generated_plugin_registrant file that was in my project? Is it not relevant anymore?

[miquelbeltran]

I remember that the generated_plugin_registrant.dart is generated when running on web, but I guess this was changed eventually.

Do you still have problems running the project on web with the latest release?

[naamapps]

Nope, all good.
Thanks.

[MrCsabaToth]

Wait, that whole file generated_plugin_registrant.dart in my app's lib folder is not needed any more?

[anushka-mim]

I have two files generated_plugin_registrant.cc and generated_plugins.cmake in both windows and linux folders when I build my project for the web. And they keep showing under git changes. How do I stop these files from regenerating?