Hive for flutter just returns the Instance instead of the actual value

Issue

I have decided to go with hive as my settings/preference storage. However, I am not able to implement my Storage class correctly because the getValue method always returns Instance of 'Future<dynamic>' instead of the actual value. Does anyone know how to fix that?

My Storage class just contains the getValue and setValue which always opens the hive box and then either should set or get the value. Also, I have created the enum StorageKeys in order to have a set of keys and make sure I get or set the value to the deticated key.

main.dart

void main() async {

  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
  await Hive.initFlutter();

  runApp(MaterialApp(
    debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
    routes: {
      "/": (context) => const Home(),
    },
  ));
}

class Home extends StatefulWidget {
  const Home({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  _HomeState createState() => _HomeState();
}

class _HomeState extends State<Home> {
  get() async {
    return await Storage.getValue(StorageKeys.authTokenKey);
  }

  void set() async {
    await Storage.setValue(StorageKeys.authTokenKey, 'TestValue');
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    set();
    print(get());

    return Scaffold(
      backgroundColor: Colors.white,
      appBar: ChevronNavigation(),
      body: Container(),
    );
  }
}

storage.dart

class Storage {
  static const preferencesBox = '_storageBox';

  static Future<void> setValue(StorageKeys key, dynamic value) async {
    final storage = await Hive.openBox<dynamic>(preferencesBox);
    storage.put(key.toString(), value);
  }

  static dynamic getValue(StorageKeys key) async {
    final storage = await Hive.openBox<dynamic>(preferencesBox);
    return await storage.get(key.toString(), defaultValue: null) as dynamic;
  }
}

enum StorageKeys {
  authTokenKey,
}

Solution

print(get()); will give you Instance of Future<dynamic> since get() returns a Future object.

SOLUTION:

You need to await the actual value in the Future object by writing await before get() in a Future method.

Like this:

print(await get());

In your question above, this cannot work as the build method cannot be async. You can put the print(await get()) in a separate method and have it in your initState.

Like this:

 @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    callGet();
  }

  Future<void> callGet() async {
    print(await get());
  }

Answered By - Victor Eronmosele