Open Camera

Open Camera is a flutter plugin, very light, nice and intuitive, which adds to your application the ability to take photos and record videos.

Get started

It is very easy to use the plugin Open Camera in your project, it was thought to be like this ;)

For Android systems the minimum version of SDK is 24 and IOS minimum version is 10.0.

Installation

Installing the plugin in your application is very simple, add in your file pubspec.yaml the plugin reference OpenCamera.

dependencies:
  open_camera: ...
  flutter:
    sdk: flutter

Android

In the AndroidManifest.xml file add the following permissions.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" android:required="true" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" android:required="true" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" android:required="true" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" android:required="true" />

IOS

In IOS it is necessary to edit the following files.

ios/PodFile

Change the line by uncommenting and changing the minimum version in the ios/PodFile.

platform :ios, '10.0'

ios/Runner/Info.plist

In the Info.plist file add the following permissions.

<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>Can I use the camera please?</string>
<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
<string>Can I use the mic please?</string>
<key>NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription</key>
<string>Camera App would like to save photos from the app to your gallery</string>
<key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
<string>Camera App would like to access your photo gallery for uploading images to the app</string>
<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
   <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
   <true/>
</dict>

How to use

Settings

var settings = CameraSettings(
  limitRecord: 15,
  useCompression: true,
  resolutionPreset: ResolutionPreset.ultraHigh
);

Taking a picture

File file = await openCamera(
  context,
  CameraMode.Photo,
  cameraSettings: CameraSettings(
    useCompression: true,
    resolutionPreset: ResolutionPreset.ultraHigh,
  ),
);

Recording a video

File file = await openCamera(context,
                             CameraMode.Video,
                             cameraSettings: CameraSettings(
                                limitRecord: 15,
                                useCompression: true,
                                resolutionPreset: ResolutionPreset.ultraHigh,
                              ),
                            );

Authors.

Diogo Luiz Ponce (dlponce@gmail.com) / Joelson Santos Cunha (contato@joecorp.com.br)