Simple Camera

It is a package for using the camera in a simple and fast way.

Features

• Display live camera preview in a widget.
• Access the image and video stream.
• Enable or disable Audio.
• Change resolution image.
• Change format image.
• Change flash mode.
• Change exposure mode.
• Change focus mode.

Installation and usage

Add the package to your dependencies

dependencies:
  simple_camera: ^1.0.3
  ...

Plataform specific setup

• iOS

Add two rows to the ios/Runner/Info.plist:

• one with the key Privacy - Camera Usage Description and a usage description.
• and one with the key Privacy - Microphone Usage Description and a usage description.

If editing Info.plist as text, add:

<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>your usage description here</string>
<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
<string>your usage description here</string>

• Android

Change the minimum SDK version to 21 (or higher) in android/app/build.gradle:

minSdkVersion 21

If you want to record videos with audio, add this permission to your AndroidManifest.xml:

Getting started

To begin with, it's very simple, just import and instantiate SimpleCamera and then initialize it according to the example, after that you can use SimpleCameraPreview or create your own screen by calling simpleCamera.buildPreview()

class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  const MyHomePage({super.key, required this.title});

  final String title;

  @override
  State<MyHomePage> createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
  var simpleCamera = SimpleCamera();

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    initSimpleCamera();
  }

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

  void initSimpleCamera() async {
    try {
      // Here you initialize the camera and pass some options, such as resolution, image format, etc..
      // If it does not inform any camera description, by default it starts with the front camera
      // To learn more, see the documentation.
      simpleCamera.initializeCamera().then((value) {
        setState(() {});
      });
    } catch (e) {
      // Important
      // Here you must give the permissions to access the device camera and or audio
    }
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      body: SimpleCameraPreview(
        simpleCamera: simpleCamera,
        isFull: true,
        onPressedGallery: () {},
        onPressedVideoRecording: (xfile) {
          if (kDebugMode) {
            print(xfile?.name);
          }
        },
        onPressedTakePicture: (xfile) {
          if (kDebugMode) {
            print(xfile?.name);
          }
        },
      ),
    );
  }
}

References and description

Here are all the references you can use and what each one does

Name	Return	Description
availableCameras	List	returns all available cameras on the device
initializeCamera	void	initialize the camera
switchCamera	void	switch between back and front camera
switchFlash	void	switch between flash modes
startVideoStream	Stream	starts a stream of images from the video
stopVideoStream	void	close the video stream
startVideoRecording	void	starts recording a video
stopVideoRecording	Future	finishes recording and returns the file
startImageStream	Stream	returns an image stream
setFlashMode	void	change flash mode
setExposureMode	void	change the exposure mode
setFocusMode	void	change focus mode
buildPreview	Widget	returns a widget for the camera view
dispose	void	discard the camera
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