From afec7122fb5930574f1896864b2d173a7e9bb745 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Salvatore Giordano <salvatoregiordanoo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:47:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] workaround for a weird error while uploading the image for
 the first time

---
 packages/flutter_widgets/lib/src/message_input.dart | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/flutter_widgets/lib/src/message_input.dart b/packages/flutter_widgets/lib/src/message_input.dart
index 6fafb5d8..80ccbf71 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_widgets/lib/src/message_input.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_widgets/lib/src/message_input.dart
@@ -1029,7 +1029,11 @@ class MessageInputState extends State<MessageInput> {
       setState(() {
         _attachments.add(attachment);
       });
-      final mediaFile = await medium.originFile;
+
+      final mediaFile = await medium.originFile.timeout(
+        Duration(seconds: 5),
+        onTimeout: () => medium.originFile,
+      );
 
       var file = PlatformFile(
         path: mediaFile.path,