FilePicker.platform no longer exists after updating to from 10.3.8 to 10.3.9

[joelbrostrom]

Describe the bug
After updating the file picker to 10.3.9, I can no longer access FilePicker.platform.
This breaks my current implementation.

Platform

• [ X] Android
• [ X] iOS
• [ X] Web

Platform OS version

MacOS

How are you picking?

final result = await FilePicker.platform.pickFiles(allowMultiple: true);

Details to reproduce the issue

1. Try accessing FilePicker.platform.

Error Log

Resolving dependencies...
Downloading packages...
  ...
Got dependencies!
16 packages have newer versions incompatible with dependency constraints.
Try `flutter pub outdated` for more information.
Analyzing 2 items...                                            

  error • The getter 'platform' isn't defined for the type 'FilePicker' • lib/file_picker/file_picker_io.dart:8:35 • undefined_getter

1 issue found. (ran in 33.8s)
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

The getter 'platform' isn't defined for the type 'FilePicker'.
Try importing the library that defines 'platform', correcting the name to the name of an existing getter, or defining a getter or field named 'platform'.

Screenshots and/or video

Flutter Version details

[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.38.7, on macOS 26.1 25B78 darwin-arm64, locale en-SE)
    • Flutter version 3.38.7 on channel stable at /Users/joelbrostrom/fvm/versions/3.38.7
    • Framework revision 3b62efc2a3 (13 days ago), 2026-01-13 13:47:42 -0800
    • Engine revision 78fc3012e4
    • Dart version 3.10.7
    • DevTools version 2.51.1
    • Feature flags: enable-web, no-enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, no-enable-windows-desktop, enable-android, enable-ios, cli-animations, enable-native-assets, omit-legacy-version-file, enable-lldb-debugging

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 35.0.1)
[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 26.2)
[✓] Chrome - develop for the web
[✓] Connected device (2 available)
[✓] Network resources

Additional context
file_picker: ^10.3.9

[krll-kov]

Same

From what i see you now have to call

like

FilePicker.pickFiles instead of FilePicker.platform.pickFiles

But including such change in a patch number update instead of changing major/minor version and without BREAKING CHANGE note is super strange, is this even production ready?

[JeffersonSouzaMachado]

I'm having the same issue, after changin how I call the filepicker from:

FilePicker.platform.pickFiles

to:

FilePicker.pickFiles

I started receiving the following errors:

and:

[krll-kov]

I'm having the same issue, after changin how I call the filepicker from:

FilePicker.platform.pickFiles

to:

FilePicker.pickFiles

I started receiving the following errors:

and:

What platform is that?

[JeffersonSouzaMachado]

I'm having the same issue, after changin how I call the filepicker from:
FilePicker.platform.pickFiles
to:
FilePicker.pickFiles
I started receiving the following errors:

and:

What platform is that?

Sorry, I'm using the web version, and haven't tested it on android/ios yet.

I rolled back to version 10.1.9 version, and the issue is gone.

[JAKgit]

Same issue when upgrading from 10.3.8 to 10.3.9 on iOS and Android. Reverted back to the old version.

[szuwest]

Breaking changes API in 10.3.9. This version should be 10.4.0, it's a big version. And the document should be updated.

[Lasagnya]

https://semver.org/#what-do-i-do-if-i-accidentally-release-a-backward-incompatible-change-as-a-minor-version

[vicajilau]

This is due to a major change that should not have gone into production. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this incident. This has been resolved in version 10.3.10. If anyone continues to experience errors after the update, please let me know.