Flutter Dart Turn String into List from another List

Question

From an api i get a list of albums with cover art ids, I take that list and put the cover art ids into a function to get the URLs for the cover art from the api. My problem is I'm trying to turn the URLs into a list but i get the error: "type string is not a subtype of List". If i don't try and turn it into a list the URLs are fine but I can't access individual urls so i can display it in a grid list. When i try and index it, it comes back with individual letters rather than the individual URLs.

class _RecentlyAddedAlbumsState extends State<RecentlyAddedAlbums> {
  Future<List<Album>> albums;
  List<String> coverARTLIST;
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      /* backgroundColor: Colors.black, */
      body: Container(
        child: FutureBuilder(
            future: fetchRecentlyAddedAlbums(),
            builder: (context, AsyncSnapshot<List<Album>> data) {
              switch (data.connectionState) {
                case ConnectionState.none:
                  return Text(
                    "none",
                    style: TextStyle(color: Colors.black),
                  );
                case ConnectionState.waiting:
                  return Center(
                      child: CircularProgressIndicator(
                    valueColor: AlwaysStoppedAnimation<Color>(Colors.black),
                  ));
                case ConnectionState.active:
                  return Text('');
                case ConnectionState.done:
                  if (data.hasData) {
                    List<Album> albums = data.data;
                    return ListView.builder(
                      itemCount: albums.length,
                      itemBuilder: (context, index) {
                        return FutureBuilder(
                            future: recentAlbumArt(albums[index].coverArt),
                            builder: (context, AsyncSnapshot cover) {
                              switch (cover.connectionState) {
                                case ConnectionState.none:
                                  return Text(
                                    "none",
                                    style: TextStyle(color: Colors.black),
                                  );
                                case ConnectionState.waiting:
                                  return Center(
                                      child: CircularProgressIndicator(
                                    valueColor: AlwaysStoppedAnimation<Color>(
                                        Colors.black),
                                  ));
                                case ConnectionState.active:
                                  return Text('');
                                case ConnectionState.done:
                                  if (cover.hasData) {
                                    List<String> coverARTLIST = cover.data;
                                    print(coverARTLIST);
                                    return GridView.count(
                                      scrollDirection: Axis.vertical,
                                      crossAxisCount: 2,
                                      shrinkWrap: true,
                                      padding: const EdgeInsets.all(5),
                                      crossAxisSpacing: 10,
                                      children: <Widget>[Text("TEST")],
                                    );
                                  }
                              }
                            });
                      },
                    );
                  }
              }
            }),
      ),
    );
  }
}

coverart function:

Future recentAlbumArt(String coverArtID) async {
  try {
    var salt = randomToken(6);
    var token = makeToken("$password", "$salt");
    var uRL =
        "$server/rest/getCoverArt/?u=$username&t=$token&s=$salt&v=$tapeOutVerison&c=$client$format&id=$coverArtID";
    return uRL.toString();
  } catch (e) {
    print(e);
  }
}

Answer 1

List<String> coverARTLIST = cover.data; This line is the reason for you error. You are trying to assign string to list of string. Try this instead

List<String> coverARTLIST=[];
coverARTLIST.add(cover.data);
print(coverARTLIST[0]);