How to stop android studio auto import to start from "file://..." for Flutter

Question

When I try to move files from one directory to another, Android studio auto-search and changes imports of that file in other files which is really convenient.

But in Flutter when I do this it starts the file import from "file//...path" in place of "package:...path"

i.e

import 'file:///C:/Users/my_name/AndroidStudioProjects/path-to-file/newpage_component.dart';

in place of

import 'package:path-to-file/newpage_component.dart';

This is really annoying and I have to change it in every file manually.

The biggest problem arises if you are using build_runner lib. It doesn't run watch command if there is any import starting from 'file://'

ambiguous58 ambiguous58 · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-04T11:32:40

Update Android Studio. Then update your Flutter and Dart plugins. Click Help > Check for updates.

How to stop android studio auto import to start from "file://..." for Flutter

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