Unable to capture exception from plugin

[ctippur]

Steps to Reproduce

I am trying to use flutube plugin which is throwing an exception. I am unable to catch the exception in my code. Here is the code snippet.

Widget _playVideo() {
    List<String> vidURL = [];
    vidURL.add(location);
    try {
      return FluTube.playlist(
        vidURL,
        autoInitialize: true,
        aspectRatio: 16 / 9,
        allowMuting: false,
        showControls: true,
        looping: false,
        autoPlay: true,
        fullscreenByDefault: false,
        deviceOrientationAfterFullscreen: [
          DeviceOrientation.landscapeRight,
          DeviceOrientation.landscapeLeft,
        ],
        systemOverlaysAfterFullscreen: SystemUiOverlay.values,
        onVideoStart: () async {
          try {
            startVideoRecording();
          } catch (e) {
            print('***onVideoStart: ${e.toString()}');
          }
        },
        onVideoEnd: () async {
          try {
            onStop(context);
          } catch (e) {
            print('***onVideoEnd: ${e.toString()}');
          }
        },
      );
    } catch (e) {
      print("***Exception in youtube video " + e.toString());
    }
    return null;
  }

Flutube errors out most of the time without playing the video. I want to be able to catch the error and wrap some logic to retry. Since I cant catch the error, I am unable to write any logic. Appreciate any pointers.

Android/iOS

Logs

Unhandled Exception: RangeError (index): Invalid value: Valid value range is empty: 0
<asynchronous suspension>
#2      FluTubeState._initialize 
package:flutube/src/flutube_player.dart:140
#3      FluTubeState.initState 
package:flutube/src/flutube_player.dart:132
#4      StatefulElement._firstBuild 
package:flutter/…/widgets/framework.dart:4355
#5      ComponentElement.mount 
package:flutter/…/widgets/framework.dart:4201
#6      Element.inflateWidget 
package:flutter/…/widgets/framework.dart:3194
#7      Element.updateChild 
package:flutter/…/widgets/framework.dart:2988
#8      SingleChildRenderObjectElement.mount 
package:flutter/…/widgets/framework.dart:5445
#9      Element.inflateWidget 
package:flutter/…/widgets/framework.dart:3194
#10     Element.updateChild (package:flutter/s<…>

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[iapicca]

Hi @ctippur I'm not familiar with the 3rd party plugin flutube, but the good old try / catch seems working just fine in Dart 2.6

sample

```dart void main() { _syncTryCatch(); _asyncTryCatch(); } const String _error_message = 'error caught'; bool get _bool => null; Future get _futureBool async { await Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1),); return _bool; } void _syncTryCatch() { try { print(_bool?'true':'false'); } catch (e) { print(_error_message); } } void _asyncTryCatch() async { try { print(await _futureBool?'true':'false'); } catch (e) { print(_error_message); } } ```

you may want to open an issue in the plugin's dedicated github

Closing, as this isn't an issue with Flutter itself, if you disagree please write in the comments and I will reopen it Thank you

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