[firebase_auth] cannot catch platform exception when providing verifyPhoneNumber with empty string

[dikatok]

When providing empty string phone number to verifyPhoneNumber, PlatformException is thrown but cannot be catched from Dart side. Neither verificationFailed nor using catch block can catch it. Is preventing the string to be empty in the first place the only solution?

The following PlatformException was thrown while activating platform stream on channel plugins.flutter.io/firebase_auth/phone/a273d10d-961c-4aaf-8878-a1d45939c616:
PlatformException(error, The given phoneNumber is empty. Please set a non-empty phone number with #setPhoneNumber(), null, null)

When the exception was thrown, this was the stack:
#0      StandardMethodCodec.decodeEnvelope (package:flutter/src/services/message_codecs.dart:651:7)
message_codecs.dart:651
#1      MethodChannel._invokeMethod (package:flutter/src/services/platform_channel.dart:322:18)
platform_channel.dart:322
<asynchronous suspension>
#2      EventChannel.receiveBroadcastStream.<anonymous closure> (package:flutter/src/services/platform_channel.dart:664:9)
platform_channel.dart:664
<asynchronous suspension>

 try {
      await FirebaseAuth.instance.verifyPhoneNumber(
        phoneNumber: phoneNumber,
        verificationCompleted: (PhoneAuthCredential credential) {
          emit(ReceivedSmsCodeLoginState(
            phoneNumber: phoneNumber,
            verificationId: credential.verificationId!,
            smsCode: credential.smsCode!,
          ));
          FirebaseAuth.instance.signInWithCredential(credential);
        },
        verificationFailed: (FirebaseAuthException e) {
          print("verification failed");
          emit(EnteringPhoneNumberLoginState(dialogErrorText: "error"));
          emit(EnteringPhoneNumberLoginState(dialogErrorText: null));
        },
        codeSent: (String verificationId, int? resendToken) {
          emit(EnteringSmsCodeLoginState(
            phoneNumber: phoneNumber,
            verificationId: verificationId,
          ));
        },
        codeAutoRetrievalTimeout: (String verificationId) {},
      );
    } catch (err) {
      // print(err);
    }