APK Build fail with errors "Superclass has no method named 'inheritFromElement'"

[emanuelb]

Running flutter build apk result in errors:

Building without sound null safety
For more information see https://dart.dev/null-safety/unsound-null-safety

../../sdk/flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/provider-3.2.0/lib/src/delegate_widget.dart:194:18: Error: Superclass has no method named 'inheritFromElement'.
    return super.inheritFromElement(ancestor, aspect: aspect);          
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                                     
../../sdk/flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/provider-3.2.0/lib/src/provider.dart:259:19: Error: The method 'inheritFromWidgetOfExactType' isn't defined for the class 'BuildContext'.
 - 'BuildContext' is from 'package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart' ('../../sdk/flutter/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/framework.dart').
Try correcting the name to the name of an existing method, or defining a method named 'inheritFromWidgetOfExactType'.
        ? context.inheritFromWidgetOfExactType(type) as InheritedProvider<T>
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                          
../../sdk/flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/provider-3.2.0/lib/src/provider.dart:260:19: Error: The method 'ancestorInheritedElementForWidgetOfExactType' isn't defined for the class 'BuildContext'.
 - 'BuildContext' is from 'package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart' ('../../sdk/flutter/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/framework.dart').
Try correcting the name to the name of an existing method, or defining a method named 'ancestorInheritedElementForWidgetOfExactType'.
        : context.ancestorInheritedElementForWidgetOfExactType(type)?.widget
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^          
../../sdk/flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/modal_bottom_sheet-0.2.0/lib/src/material_with_modal_page_route.dart:21:16: Error: Getter not found: 'opaque'.
        assert(opaque),                                                 
               ^^^^^^                                                   
../../sdk/flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/modal_bottom_sheet-0.2.0/lib/src/bottom_sheets/cupertino_bottom_sheet.dart:339:46: Error: No named parameter with the name 'shadowThemeOnly'.
    final isCupertinoApp = Theme.of(context, shadowThemeOnly: true) == null;
                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^            
../../sdk/flutter/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/theme.dart:107:20: Context: Found this candidate, but the arguments don't match.
  static ThemeData of(BuildContext context) {                           
                   ^^                                                   
../../sdk/flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/modal_bottom_sheet-0.2.0/lib/src/bottom_sheets/material_bottom_sheet.dart:40:32: Error: No named parameter with the name 'shadowThemeOnly'.
      theme: Theme.of(context, shadowThemeOnly: true),                  
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                          
../../sdk/flutter/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/theme.dart:107:20: Context: Found this candidate, but the arguments don't match.
  static ThemeData of(BuildContext context) {                           
                   ^^                                                   
                                                                        
                                                                        
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.                                
                                                                        
* Where:                                                                
Script '/app/sdk/flutter/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/flutter.gradle' line: 991
                                                                        
* What went wrong:                                                      
Execution failed for task ':app:compileFlutterBuildRelease'.            
> Process 'command '/app/sdk/flutter/bin/flutter'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

used the following Containerfile which was added after cloning this repo:

FROM frolvlad/alpine-glibc

RUN set -ex; \
    apk update; \
    apk add --no-cache \
        gradle \
        bash curl file git zip; \
    adduser -D appuser;

USER appuser

COPY --chown=appuser:root . /app/paymint/

ENV ANDROID_SDK_ROOT="/app/sdk" \
    ANDROID_HOME="/app/sdk"

RUN set -ex; \
    ANDROID_SDK_LICENSES="${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/licenses"; \
    mkdir -p "${ANDROID_SDK_LICENSES}"; \
    printf "\n24333f8a63b6825ea9c5514f83c2829b004d1fee" > "${ANDROID_SDK_LICENSES}/android-sdk-license"; \
    cd /app/sdk/; \
    wget https://storage.googleapis.com/flutter_infra/releases/stable/linux/flutter_linux_2.0.1-stable.tar.xz; \
    tar xf flutter_linux_2.0.1-stable.tar.xz; \
    rm flutter_linux_2.0.1-stable.tar.xz
    
WORKDIR /app/paymint/
RUN /app/sdk/flutter/bin/flutter build apk

Run with podman build --rm -t paymint_build_apk . and the errors as shown above happen.

[mejdi14]

some packages must be updated for the null safety support
for example start by upgrading the modal_bottom_sheet package version to 2.0.0 and provider package to 5.0.0

[emanuelb]

Can you provide PR and merge the changes required to build the app using modern flutter version?

I tried using older flutter version 1.22.1 instead which was released before the latest commit, and the build worked, here the modified Containerfile (with keystore generation)

FROM frolvlad/alpine-glibc

RUN set -ex; \
    apk update; \
    apk add --no-cache \
        gradle \
        bash curl file git zip; \
    adduser -D appuser;

USER appuser

COPY --chown=appuser:root . /app/paymint/

ENV ANDROID_SDK_ROOT="/app/sdk" \
    ANDROID_HOME="/app/sdk"

RUN set -ex; \
    ANDROID_SDK_LICENSES="${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/licenses"; \
    mkdir -p "${ANDROID_SDK_LICENSES}"; \
    printf "\n24333f8a63b6825ea9c5514f83c2829b004d1fee" > "${ANDROID_SDK_LICENSES}/android-sdk-license"; \
    cd /app/sdk/; \
    wget https://storage.googleapis.com/flutter_infra/releases/stable/linux/flutter_linux_1.22.1-stable.tar.xz; \
    tar xf flutter_linux_1.22.1-stable.tar.xz; \
    rm flutter_linux_1.22.1-stable.tar.xz; \
    cd /app/paymint/android/; \
    keytool -genkey -alias paymint_alias -keystore app/paymint.pfx -storetype PKCS12 -keyalg RSA -keysize 4096 -storepass paymint_alias -keypass paymint_alias -validity 10000 -dname CN=IL; \
    printf "\nstoreFile=paymint.pfx\nstorePassword=paymint_alias\nkeyPassword=paymint_alias\nkeyAlias=paymint_alias\n" >> key.properties;
    
WORKDIR /app/paymint/
RUN /app/sdk/flutter/bin/flutter build apk

podman build --rm -t paymint_build_apk .
podman run --rm --name paymint_built_apk -ti paymint_build_apk
podman cp paymint_built_apk:/app/paymint/build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-release.apk ~/paymint_rebuild.apk

[HusseinKamal]

Is there any solution for this issue please?

[emanuelb]

Is there any solution for this issue please?

Building the app with flutter 1.22.1 works, building with newer flutter versions may fail, the solution for this might be to upgrading the packages in pubspec.yaml as explained in: #3 (comment)

for example start by upgrading the modal_bottom_sheet package version to 2.0.0 and provider package to 5.0.0

[Thomalexa]

Is there any solution for this issue please?

Building the app with flutter 1.22.1 works, building with newer flutter versions may fail, the solution for this might be to upgrading the packages in pubspec.yaml as explained in: #3 (comment)

for example start by upgrading the modal_bottom_sheet package version to 2.0.0 and provider package to 5.0.0

Forgive me for asking, I'm a new developer. How do I get an older version of flutter, like 1.22.1? I have older apps and it seems the new version of flutter breaks them and they won't compile.