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flutter_camera

Inspired from camera plugin from flutter team, but making support for minSdkVersion 16 (Android)

The plugin still in development

Installing

The lib has not been published to pub.dev

Add to your pubspec.yaml

    dependencies:
        - flutter_camera
            git: "git_url_here"

Android

For android 10 support you must add android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" on AndroidManifest.xml

Example:

<application
        ...
        android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true">

iOS

Not Implemented yet

Hot to Use

import 'package:flutter_camera/flutter_camera.dart';

CameraController _controller;
Future<void> _initializeCompleterFuture;

@override
void initState() {
    _controller = CameraController(
        cameraLens: CameraLens.back,
    );

    _initializeCompleterFuture = _controller.initialize();
    super.initState();
}

@override
void dispose() {
    _controller.dispose();
    super.dispose();
}

@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(title: Text("Camera")),
        body: FutureBuilder<void>(
            future: _initializeCompleterFuture,
            builder: (context, snap) {
                if (snap.connectionState == ConnectionState.done) {
                return CameraPreview(_controller);
                } else {
                return Center(child: CircularProgressIndicator());
                }
            },
        ),
        floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
          onPressed: () async {
            // Take picture
            String path = await _controller.takePickture();
          },
          child: Icon(Icons.camera_alt),
        ),
    );
}