Flutter custom exception not throwing - flutter

Question

I upgraded Flutter from version 2.0.2 to version 2.2.2 and now the custom exceptions that are thrown from a Future function are not being catch.
For example, I got this Future function, where I call another Future that does a server request and returns back the response or throws a custom exception (ApiException) in case of error:
static Future<bool> signUpCustomerRequest(Map<String, dynamic> params) async {
try {
// Here we call this Future function that will do a request to server API.
dynamic _response = await _provider.signUpCustomer(params);
if (_response != null) {
updateUserData(_response);
return true;
}
return false;
} on ApiException catch(ae) {
// This custom exception is not being catch
ae.printDetails();
rethrow;
} catch(e) {
// This catch is working and the print below shows that e is Instance of 'ApiException'
print("ERROR signUpCustomerRequest: $e");
rethrow;
} finally {
}
}
And this is the Future function that does the request to server and throws the ApiException:
Future<User?> signUpCustomer(Map<String, dynamic> params) async {
// POST request to server
var _response = await _requestPOST(
needsAuth: false,
path: routes["signup_client"],
formData: params,
);
// Here we check the response...
var _rc = _response["rc"];
switch(_rc) {
case 0:
if (_response["data"] != null) {
User user = User.fromJson(_response["data"]["user"]);
return user;
}
return null;
default:
print("here default: $_rc");
// And here we have the throw of the custom exception (ApiException)
throw ApiException(getRCMessage(_rc), _rc);
}
}
Before upgrading to Flutter 2.2.2 the catch of custom exceptions worked perfectly. Did something change on this Flutter version? Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks!

Answer 1

I was able to reproduce your bug with the following code:
class ApiException implements Exception {
void printDetails() {
print("ApiException was caught");
}
}
Future<void> doSomething() async {
await Future.delayed(Duration(seconds: 1));
throw ApiException();
}
void main() async {
try {
await doSomething();
} on ApiException catch (ae) {
ae.printDetails();
} catch (e) {
print("Uncaught error: $e"); // This line is printed
}
}
There's an open issue on the dart sdk, which I think might be related, though I'm not sure: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/45952.
In any case, I was able to correct the error by returning a Future.error, instead of throwing the error directly:
class ApiException implements Exception {
void printDetails() {
print("ApiException was caught"); // This line is printed
}
}
Future<void> doSomething() async {
await Future.delayed(Duration(seconds: 1));
return Future.error(ApiException());
}
void main() async {
try {
await doSomething();
} on ApiException catch (ae) {
ae.printDetails();
} catch (e) {
print("Uncaught error: $e");
}
}