Where can I store the images for my android app? - flutter

Question

I am building an app in flutter and I want to store many images. So will anyone suggest me where I can store the images which is easy to use in my app. I mean should I store it locally or in cloud? If yes which cloud or backend should I use, whichone is good and fully optimized for my flutter app (like mongo, django, firebase etc. ). Will anyone suggest me the best?
Anyone kind of help is appreaciated as I have no prior knowledge about the production part....

Answer 1

Storing Images on a server can be very expensive, since the file sizes are very large compared to the usual data. So if you do not NEED to store them on a server, don't.
Storing images locally is pretty simple. You will want to use the path_provider package https://pub.dev/packages/path_provider . I ll post a function I am using in my current project that does this. You ll see, its pretty simple.
Note: In my Code I pull the file from my server. Obviously leave that part out if you are getting your images from a different source.
Future<File> createFileOfPdfUrl(String fileLocation, String name) async {
final url = Helper.baseUrl + "Files/Newsletter/" + fileLocation;
final filename = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
var request = await HttpClient().getUrl(Uri.parse(url));
var response = await request.close();
var bytes = await consolidateHttpClientResponseBytes(response);
String dir = (await pathProvider.getApplicationDocumentsDirectory()).path;
File file = new File('$dir/$filename');
await file.writeAsBytes(bytes);
return file;
}