From ab478da265e7e0b1bd16a4e59c16f141c0a1b789 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Reid <hello@mattreid.dev>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 13:17:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added pre-cache function.

---
 lib/src/firebase_image.dart | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/src/firebase_image.dart b/lib/src/firebase_image.dart
index 4062d10..f7735d2 100644
--- a/lib/src/firebase_image.dart
+++ b/lib/src/firebase_image.dart
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ class FirebaseImage extends ImageProvider<FirebaseImage> {
     return _fetchImage();
   }
 
+  /// Pre-caches an image
+  Future<void> preCache() async {
+    if (shouldCache == false) throw "Caching must be enabled to pre-cache an image.";
+    await _fetchImage();
+  }
+
   static String _getBucket(String location) {
     final uri = Uri.parse(location);
     return '${uri.scheme}://${uri.authority}';