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• Dart core libraries ("dart:async", "dart:io", etc.)

SDK:
Dart SDK version: 2.10.3 (stable) (Tue Oct 27 14:44:30 2020 +0100) on "windows_x64"

Running on Google Pixel 4a Android 11 (Flutter)

Issue

While building an application which needs to be able to browse through local files. I think I stumped on a bug. The Direcotry.listSync (and also the Directory.list) methods do not return any files.

I have checked, there are files in the Download folder and I have tried in other directories as well.

Directories are listed, but files are not.

Steps to Reproduce

import 'dart:io';

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() => runApp(MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    final files = Directory('/storage/emulated/0/Download').listSync();
    print(files);
    return MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        body: ListView.builder(
          itemCount: files.length,
          itemBuilder: (context, i) => Text(files[i].path),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

Related issue on flutter github:

flutter/flutter#75268