gal 1.9.1

Gal is a Flutter plugin for saving image/video to gallary app. You can also easily handle permissions.

Gal 🖼️

Dart3 plugin for saving image/video to gallery

Please like👍 and star⭐️ for more features.

Support	iOS 11.0+	Android SDK 21+
Example

✨ Features

• Open gallery
• Save video
• Save image
• Save to album
• Save with metadata
• Handle permission
• Handle errors
• Lots of docs and wiki

🚀 Get started

Add dependency

You can use the command to add gal as a dependency with the latest stable version:

$ flutter pub add gal

iOS

Add the following key to your Info.plist file, located in <project root>/ios/Runner/Info.plist:

• <key>NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription</key>
• <key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key> Requried If you want to save media to album.

you can copy from Info.plist in example.

Android (API <29)

Add the following key to your AndroidManifest file, located in <project root>/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:

• <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" android:maxSdkVersion="29" />
• android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" Requried If you want to save media to album in Android 10.

you can copy from AndroidManifest.xml in example.

🔴 Warning: Android emulators with API < 29 require SD card setup. Real devices don't.

✅ Usage

Save from local

// Save Image (Supports two ways)
await Gal.putImage('$filePath');
await Gal.putImageBytes('$uint8List');

// Save Video
await Gal.putVideo('$filePath');

// Save to album
await Gal.putImage('$filePath', album: '$album')
...

Download from Internet

$ flutter pub add dio

// Download Image
final imagePath = '${Directory.systemTemp.path}/image.jpg';
await Dio().download('$url',imagePath);
await Gal.putImage(imagePath);

// Download Video
final videoPath = '${Directory.systemTemp.path}/video.mp4';
await Dio().download('$url',videoPath);
await Gal.putVideo(videoPath);

Save from Camera

$ flutter pub add image_picker

// Shot and Save
final image = await ImagePicker.pickImage(source: ImageSource.camera);
await Gal.putImage(image.path);

$ flutter pub add camera

// Record and Save
...
final video = await controller.stopVideoRecording();
await Gal.putVideo(video.path);

Handle Permission

// Check Permission
await Gal.hasAccess();

// Request Permission
await Gal.requestAccess();

Handle Errors

// Save Image with try-catch
try {
  await Gal.putImage($imagePath);
} on GalException catch (e) {
  log(e.type.message);
}

// Exception Type
enum GalExceptionType {
  accessDenied,
  notEnoughSpace,
  notSupportedFormat,
  unexpected;

  String get message => switch (this) {
        accessDenied => 'You do not have permission to access the gallery app.',
        notEnoughSpace => 'Not enough space for storage.',
        notSupportedFormat => 'Unsupported file formats.',
        unexpected => 'An unexpected error has occurred.',
      };
}

📝 Ducuments

• 🎯 Example

• 👌 Best Practice

• 🏠 Wiki

• 💬 Q&A

• 💚 Contributing