Problem setting up ENVIED package in Flutter to hide API key

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I want to use an API key in my flutter app, and have read that the envied package is a good tool to keep the API key hidden.

The issue is I can't get this working. This is what I've done:

Installed the 3 packages:

$ flutter pub add envied
$ flutter pub add --dev envied_generator
$ flutter pub add --dev build_runner

Created a file in the root folder named .env to store the key

API_KEY=1234567890

Created a class in lib/env/env.dart

import 'package:envied/envied.dart';

part 'env.g.dart';

@Envied(path: '.env')
abstract class Env {
  @EnviedField(varName: 'API_KEY')
  static final apiKey = _Env.apiKey;
}

Then run:

flutter pub run build_runner build

And then I get this error:

[SEVERE] envied_generator:envied on lib/env/env.dart:

Envied can only handle types such as `int`, `double`, `num`, `bool` and `String`. Type `InvalidType` is not one of them.
  ╷
9 │   static final apiKey = _Env.apiKey;

And a env.g.dart file is not generated.

I have tried a few times and from what I can tell I am following the set up on pub.dev exactly, so not sure how to fix it.

Michele · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-11 08:42:48Z

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For the obfuscator to work, you need to specify a variable type. Example:

static final String apiKey = _Env.apiKey;

answered Jul 11, 2023 at 8:42

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cwhisperer Over a year ago

This does remove the error indeed, but the env.g.dart file is not generated

RusArtM · Accepted Answer · 2023-10-27 09:01:33Z

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I had the same problem, i.e. I used API_KEY=....

Changing to APIKEY (without underscore) solved my problem.

edited Oct 27, 2023 at 9:01

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answered Oct 23, 2023 at 14:24

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Phaki · Accepted Answer · 2024-07-22 12:03:58Z

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build_runner probably cached the previous result that failed. You should clean up build_runner cache and try to re-generate the env.g.dart file:

flutter pub run build_runner clean

flutter pub run build_runner build

answered Jul 22, 2024 at 12:03

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Aaron Kennedy · Accepted Answer · 2024-02-03 14:57:45Z

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For me I got this error when I was trying to nest my files into a lower folder

lib/util/env/env.dart

This didn't work but the generator ran when I changed my file location to the following:

lib/env/env.dart

answered Feb 3, 2024 at 14:57

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Clode Morales Pampanga III · Accepted Answer · 2023-09-11 08:42:19Z

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Envied can only handle types such as int, double, num, bool and String. Type InvalidType is not one of them.

If you got this kind of error: It simply saying you need to declare the type:

static final String key = _Env.key;

answered Sep 11, 2023 at 8:42

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