Support URLs and paths in Add Dependency command

I am using v3.27.2 of the extension and I searched for a similar issue but I didn’t find anything related.

Currently, the auto-completion about dependencies just works in pubspec.yaml but I think it can be better to add the dependencies in import (for tired guys can be the best solution).

At this time the process for using a package is: (expect its kind - local, hosted on pub server or as a dev dep)

1. Adding dependencies in pubspec.yaml
2. Runnin pub get to fetch the package and other related configs
3. import it and use it

But I suggest a new way (I am not sure this feature can be implemented in extension or not let me know). For example, we want to add a dependency in the dependency section in pubspec.yaml what we should do is:

1. import the package with this syntax import 'dep:<package_name | git_remote_repo | local/path/to/package>'; auto completion works as same logic as used in pubspec.yaml (with some modification)
2. crtl + . click on fetch package
3. then pub add <package_name> --<associated_switch> will run and do all configurations

Note: as dev dependency we can use import 'dev:<package_name | git_remote_repo | local/path/to/package>';

[DanTup]

@EhsanAramide it’s not problem at all, I understand how things are. I’ll work on this for the next release - thank you for your effort in starting this though! 😃

[DanTup]

You’re welcome to have a go if you want 😃

The way I was thinking it would work is that we insert two new items in the picklist, one for URLs and one for paths. Select the path option would open the folder picker and let you browser to the folder, and picking URL would just give an input box that is validated as a URL. Then the results just get passed to pub add the same way the package name would.