# Sample code dart:ffi

This is an illustrative sample for how to use `dart:ffi`.

## Prerequirement

For Windows, Linux, and MacOS, you should make sure, sqlite dev lib installed on your system.

Windows user can download dll from https://www.sqlite.org/download.html

If you do not have any sqlite3.dll or so file, you may found error message:

```
Unhandled exception:
Invalid argument(s): Failed to load dynamic library (126)
#0      _open (dart:ffi-patch/ffi_dynamic_library_patch.dart:13:55)
#1      new DynamicLibrary.open (dart:ffi-patch/ffi_dynamic_library_patch.dart:22:12)
```

## Building and Running this Sample

Building and running this sample is done through pub.
Running `pub get` and `pub run example/main` should produce the following output.

```sh
$ pub get
Resolving dependencies... (6.8s)
+ analyzer 0.35.4
...
+ yaml 2.1.15
Downloading analyzer 0.35.4...
Downloading kernel 0.3.14...
Downloading front_end 0.1.14...
Changed 47 dependencies!
Precompiling executables... (18.0s)
Precompiled test:test.

```

```
$ pub run example/main
1 Chocolade chip cookie Chocolade cookie foo
2 Ginger cookie null 42
3 Cinnamon roll null null
1 Chocolade chip cookie Chocolade cookie foo
2 Ginger cookie null 42
expected exception on accessing result data after close: The result has already been closed.
expected this query to fail: no such column: non_existing_column (Code 1: SQL logic error)
```

## Tutorial

A tutorial walking through the code is available in [docs/sqlite-tutorial.md](docs/sqlite-tutorial.md).
For information on how to use this package within a Flutter app, see [docs/android.md](docs/android.md).
(Note: iOS is not yet supported).