Fixes: #154580
Previous PR: #154677
More info: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/154580#issuecomment-2333799620
The errors described in the original issue [are still occurring](https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/154580#issuecomment-2333799620) after #154677. Before this change, the repro [broken_demo](https://github.com/rajveermalviya/broken_demo) mentioned in the original issue logs:
```shell-session
$ flutter run --release
Launching lib/main.dart on sdk gphone64 arm64 in release mode...
Running Gradle task 'assembleRelease'... 14.5s
â Built build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-release.apk (7.4MB)
Installing build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-release.apk... 739ms
Flutter run key commands.
h List all available interactive commands.
c Clear the screen
q Quit (terminate the application on the device).
W/FlutterEngineCxnRegstry(13284): Attempted to register plugin (a0.a@53b33b6) but it was already registered with this FlutterEngine (d0.c@8baa8b7).
E/flutter (13284): [ERROR:flutter/runtime/dart_vm_initializer.cc(40)] Unhandled Exception: PlatformException(channel-error, Unable to establish connection on channel., null, null)
E/flutter (13284): #0 PathProviderApi.getApplicationSupportPath (package:path_provider_android/messages.g.dart:65)
E/flutter (13284): <asynchronous suspension>
E/flutter (13284): #1 getApplicationSupportDirectory (package:path_provider/path_provider.dart:78)
E/flutter (13284): <asynchronous suspension>
E/flutter (13284): #2 _BorkenDemoHomePageState.build.<anonymous closure> (package:broken_demo/main.dart:44)
E/flutter (13284): <asynchronous suspension>
E/flutter (13284):
```
After this change:
```shell-session
$ flutter run --release
Launching lib/main.dart on sdk gphone64 arm64 in release mode...
Running Gradle task 'assembleRelease'... 15.2s
â Built build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-release.apk (7.4MB)
Installing build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-release.apk... 857ms
Flutter run key commands.
h List all available interactive commands.
c Clear the screen
q Quit (terminate the application on the device).
I/flutter (13040): path_provider: Directory: '/data/user/0/com.example.broken_demo/files'
```
Fixes https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/154580, for the time being.
We should follow up to determine why this is necessary, but I think it is important to un-break these specific plugins for now.
