Image_picker not giving real path of the image in flutter - flutter

Question

I want to select image from gallery, but when I tried to save it in shared preferences. I found that image_picker gives temporary location like tmp/image_picker_4415467867A964-791E-4AFA995BA-18295-0003861F9255294A.jpg
This is not real path of the image. How should I get original location path of the image for later use?
Or I want to save the whole image in database.. what to do?
pickimage() is deprecated now?
Please help
import 'dart:io';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:image_picker/image_picker.dart';
import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';
void main() {
runApp(MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
title: 'Fluter demo',
debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
theme: ThemeData(
primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
visualDensity: VisualDensity.adaptivePlatformDensity,
),
home: MyHomePage(),
);
}
}
class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
#override
_MyHomePageState createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}
class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
File _image;
String _imageloc;
#override
void initState() {
super.initState();
LoadImage();
}
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text('Image Picker'),
),
body: Container(
alignment: Alignment.center,
child: Column(
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
children: <Widget>[
_imageloc != null
? CircleAvatar(
backgroundImage: FileImage(File(_imageloc)),
radius: 80,
)
: CircleAvatar(
backgroundImage: _image != null
? FileImage(_image)
: NetworkImage(
'https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/320000/velka/background-image.png'),
),
Padding(
padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
child: RaisedButton(
onPressed: () {
PickImage();
},
child: Text('Pick Image'),
),
),
RaisedButton(
onPressed: () {
saveImage(_image.path);
},
child: Text('saved'),
),
],
),
),
);
}
void PickImage() async {
var image = await ImagePicker.pickImage(source: ImageSource.gallery);
print(image.path);
setState(() {
_image = image;
});
}
void saveImage(_imageloc) async {
SharedPreferences preferences = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
setState(() {
preferences.setString('imageloc', _imageloc);
});
}
void LoadImage() async {
SharedPreferences saveimage = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
setState(() {
saveimage.getString('imageloc');
});
}
}

Answer 1

Well, if you need the image later, you need to copy it and save it somewhere. The actual image, not just the path. If I select an image in your app, I want it to be saved. I don't want it to be gone when I delete the picture from my gallery, or switch phones.
The path you have is sufficient to read the image and save it wherever you want. Your backend most likely, since I want to have my picture, even on another phone.
How you do this is highly dependent on your specific backend, but I'm sure there will be a tutorial for it.