A library for searching and retrieving the metadata and contents of the images and albums on a mobile device.
This plugin contains a set of classes that make it easy to discover the metadata of the images and albums on the mobile device. It supports both Android and iOS. The content of images can be retrieved in a format compatible with the ImageProvider. Note that this plugin has no UI components, it provides information about local photos that can be used to develop other applications.
The 0.6.0 version changed some methods from 'get' to 'find' to better match the functionality.
The 0.5.2 version of this plugin added permission handling. Previous versions used an external permission plugin to handle the required platform permissions but those dependencies were causing problems so they've been removed. The initialize method now handles permission checking and is required as the first call to the plugin.
Note: This plugin is under development and will be extended over the coming weeks. It is not yet fully tested on multiple platforms. If you have any compatibility results you'd like to share please post them as issues.
To retrieve the list of latest local images just import the package and call the plugin, like so:
import 'package:local_image_provider/local_image_provider.dart' as lip;
lip.LocalImageProvider imageProvider = lip.LocalImageProvider();
bool hasPermission = await imageProvider.initialize();
if ( hasPermission) {
List<lip.LocalImage> images = await imageProvider.findLatest(10);
images.forEach((image) => print( image.id));
}
else {
print("The user has denied access to images on their device.");
}Get an ImageProvider for an image like so:
import 'package:local_image_provider/local_image_provider.dart' as lip;
import 'package:flutter/painting.dart';
// ...
lip.LocalImageProvider imageProvider = lip.LocalImageProvider();
bool hasPermission = await imageProvider.initialize();
if ( hasPermission) {
List<lip.LocalImage> images = await imageProvider.findLatest(1);
if ( !images.isEmpty ) {
lip.LocalImage image = images.first;
MemoryImage mImg = MemoryImage( await image.getImageBytes( 300, 300 ));
}
else {
print("No images found on the device.");
}
else {
print("The user has denied access to images on their device.");
}Applications using this plugin require the following user permissions.
Add the following key to your Info.plist file, located in <project root>/ios/Runner/Info.plist:
NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription- describe why your app needs permission for the photo library. This is called Privacy - Photo Library Usage Description in the visual editor. This permission is required for the app to read the image and album information.
Add the storage permission to your AndroidManifest.xml file, located in <project root>/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE- this allows the app to query and read the image and album information.