[CP-beta][ Widget Preview ] Don't crash when directory watcher restarts on Windows #174054
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…dows (flutter#173987) Fixes flutter#173895 This is a top-10 crasher for `3.35.{0,1}`. --------- Co-authored-by: gemini-code-assist[bot] <176961590+gemini-code-assist[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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This pull request addresses a crash on Windows within the widget preview feature by correctly handling a FileSystemException from the directory watcher. The implementation is solid, introducing dependency injection for Platform and Watcher to enhance testability. My feedback is focused on improving documentation by adding comments to new public members, ensuring adherence to the Flutter style guide.
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When running on Windows,
flutter widget-preview starteventually crashes due to an unhandled exception from the Windows file system watcher that should not be considered fatal.Impact Description:
What is the impact (ex. visual jank on Samsung phones, app crash, cannot ship an iOS app)? Does it impact development (ex. flutter doctor crashes when Android Studio is installed), or the shipping production app (the app crashes on launch)
Given enough time, the file system watcher backing the
WindowsDirectoryWatcherinstance will add an error to the stream with theDirectory watcher closed unexpectedlymessage. TheWindowsDirectoryWatcherrestarts the backing file system watcher, but if the event stream doesn't have an error handler registered, the tool crashes due to the unhandled exception.Workaround:
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Validation Steps:
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Run
flutter widget-preview starton Windows for a prolonged period of time.