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[flutter_tools] Don't crash on non-UTF-8 plugin pubspec.yaml#188976

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Fixes #188970

_pluginFromPackage caught only YamlException around the plugin's
pubspec.yaml read, so a pubspec containing non-UTF-8 bytes threw an
uncaught FileSystemException and crashed the tool. This mirrors the
sibling pubspec-cache reader (added in #184528), catching
FileSystemException and skipping the unreadable package.

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Added a regression test in plugins_test.dart that corrupts a plugin's
pubspec.yaml with invalid UTF-8 and asserts the tool skips it instead
of crashing. Verified it fails without the fix
(FileSystemException: Invalid UTF-8 byte) and passes with it.

Design note

dart:io surfaces UTF-8 decode failures as a generic
FileSystemException with no narrower subtype, so this catches
FileSystemException, consistent with the sibling buildPubspecCache.
Genuine I/O errors on an existing pubspec are therefore also skipped
rather than crashing, which matches existing behavior and is preferable
to failing every command over one unreadable transitive dependency.

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This pull request adds a FileSystemException catch block when reading a plugin's manifest in flutter_plugins.dart to prevent crashes from unreadable files, such as those with invalid UTF-8 encoding. A corresponding regression test is added in plugins_test.dart to ensure invalid plugins are skipped. There are no review comments, and I have no feedback to provide.

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'bad_plugin',
]);
// Write bytes that are not valid UTF-8, so readAsString throws a FileSystemException.
pluginDirs[1].childFile('pubspec.yaml').writeAsBytesSync(<int>[0xff, 0xfe, 0xfd]);

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Also, I think this can be Uint8List ?

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switched to Uint8List.fromList.


// The unreadable plugin is skipped, but the readable one is still found.
final List<Plugin> plugins = await pluginsFuture;
expect(plugins.map((Plugin plugin) => plugin.name), contains('good_plugin'));

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You could avoid the double plugins.map((Plugin plugin) => plugin.name), by using a for loop here

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Replaced the double map with a single collection that builds the names list once, and both assertions now check that list (1fb9ba6)

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