Sdk: Generates relative instead of package path when importing files under project's lib/ directory

[pq]

_From @tamcy on March 27, 2018 14:10_

When using code completion to generate codes of missing file import, the plugin always generates a package: style import, even when importing from within our own package. But this can break things as "main.dart" is imported relatively, not as a package. It'd be better if relative path syntax is used.

_Copied from original issue: flutter/flutter-intellij#2015_

[pq]

_From @zoechi on March 27, 2018 14:23_

I think the conclusion to this problem was that lib/main.dart should always only contain package imports, then Dart is able to canonicalize libraries properly no matter what form the imports are in other libraries.

[pq]

_From @stevemessick on March 27, 2018 16:39_

@pq could you take a look and help decide who's best to follow up with this?

[pq]

I think the general rule is that if you use relative imports, all your imports should be relative, otherwise all should be absolute. Problems arise when there's a mix. In practice, I think @zoechi's advice is spot on. FWIW, if you want the linter to keep you on the rails, you might consider enabling avoid_relative_lib_imports...

cc @bwilkerson, in case he wants to chime in.

[pq]

(Since this is a general completion issue, moved to the SDK tracker 👍 )

[tamcy]

When develop in Flutter, the following code won't work if package imports are used.
https://gist.github.com/tamcy/0c4d6cc58f61b6de2740ede56880e8b4

[zoechi]

@tamcy that's probably because of import 'main.dart';
Try to avoid importing the entrypoint fie.

[pq]

@scheglov: is there anything to track here or should I close the issue?

[scheglov]

We still might get to this issue, there was same request in VS Code tracker recently.

[tenhobi]

I would also like to see some linter where I could set relative or absolute path option for my package.

[zoechi]

@tenhobi probably best to create an issue in https://github.com/dart-lang/linter

[nstrelow]

Is this still ongoing?
I would love to import packages directly as a relative path instead of package:

[nguyenxndaidev]

I would like to have both package and relative path suggestions.
How is the progress of this issue?

[keezysilencer]

It would be nice to be able to import both package and relative path.
How is it going?