Download file with progress in Dart/Flutter using 'http' package

downloadFile.dart

import 'dart:typed_data';
import 'dart:io';

import 'package:http/http.dart';
import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart';


downloadFile(String url, {String filename}) async {
  var httpClient = http.Client();
  var request = new http.Request('GET', Uri.parse(url));
  var response = httpClient.send(request);
  String dir = (await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory()).path;
  
  List<List<int>> chunks = new List();
  int downloaded = 0;
  
  response.asStream().listen((http.StreamedResponse r) {
    
    r.stream.listen((List<int> chunk) {
      // Display percentage of completion
      debugPrint('downloadPercentage: ${downloaded / r.contentLength * 100}');
      
      chunks.add(chunk);
      downloaded += chunk.length;
    }, onDone: () async {
      // Display percentage of completion
      debugPrint('downloadPercentage: ${downloaded / r.contentLength * 100}');
      
      // Save the file
      File file = new File('$dir/$filename');
      final Uint8List bytes = Uint8List(r.contentLength);
      int offset = 0;
      for (List<int> chunk in chunks) {
        bytes.setRange(offset, offset + chunk.length, chunk);
        offset += chunk.length;
      }
      await file.writeAsBytes(bytes);   
      return;       
   });
  });
}

@flutternoob My solution was to wrap the entire thing in an try/catch