Gallery Access and Camera in Flutter

Last Updated : 07 Mar, 2025

We can add images from the gallery using the image_picker package in Flutter. For this, you'll need to use your real device.

Steps to Implement Gallery and Camera Access

Step 1: Create a new flutter application

Create a new Flutter application using the command Prompt. To create a new app, write the below command and run it.

flutter create app_name

To know more about it refer this article: Creating a Simple Application in Flutter

Step 2: Adding the Dependency

To add the dependency to the pubspec.yaml file, add image_picker as a dependency in the dependencies part of the pubspec.yaml file, as shown below:

Dart

dependencies:
      flutter:
        sdk: flutter
      image_picker: ^1.1.2

Now run the below command in the terminal.

flutter pub get

Step 3: Importing the Dependency

Use the below line of code in the main.dart file, to import the image_picker dependency:

import 'package:image_picker/image_picker.dart';

Step 4: Completing the Final Application Code

- Create a button

To show the type of picker ( gallery or camera).

Dart

ElevatedButton(
      style: ElevatedButton.styleFrom(
            backgroundColor: Colors.green,
            foregroundColor: Colors.white
      ),
      child: const Text('Select Image from Gallery and Camera'),
      onPressed: () {
            _showPicker(context: context);
      },
),

- Show picker

Show both picker options like gallery and camera, and call getImage() respective to the type of picker mentioned below.

gallery : getImage(ImageSource.gallery)
camera : getImage(ImageSource.camera)

Dart

void _showPicker({
    required BuildContext context,
  }) {
    showModalBottomSheet(
      context: context,
      builder: (BuildContext context) {
        return SafeArea(
          child: Wrap(
            children: <Widget>[
              ListTile(
                leading: const Icon(Icons.photo_library),
                title: const Text('Photo Library'),
                onTap: () {
                  getImage(ImageSource.gallery);
                  Navigator.of(context).pop();
                },
              ),
              ListTile(
                leading: const Icon(Icons.photo_camera),
                title: const Text('Camera'),
                onTap: () {
                  getImage(ImageSource.camera);
                  Navigator.of(context).pop();
                },
              ),
            ],
          ),
        );
      },
    );
  }

Complete Source code

main.dart:

Dart

import 'dart:io';

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:image_picker/image_picker.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(const MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      theme: ThemeData(primaryColor: Colors.green),
      home: const GalleryAccess(),
      debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
    );
  }
}

class GalleryAccess extends StatefulWidget {
  const GalleryAccess({super.key});

  @override
  State<GalleryAccess> createState() => _GalleryAccessState();
}

class _GalleryAccessState extends State<GalleryAccess> {
  File? galleryFile;
  final picker = ImagePicker();
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: const Text('Gallery Access and Camera'),
        backgroundColor: Colors.green,
        foregroundColor: Colors.white,
        actions: const [
          Text(
            "GFG",
            textScaleFactor: 3,
            style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white),
          ),
        ],
      ),
      body: Builder(
        builder: (BuildContext context) {
          return Center(
            child: Column(
              mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
              children: [
                ElevatedButton(
                  style: ElevatedButton.styleFrom(
                      backgroundColor: Colors.green,
                      foregroundColor: Colors.white),
                  child: const Text('Select Image from Gallery and Camera'),
                  onPressed: () {
                    _showPicker(context: context);
                  },
                ),
                const SizedBox(
                  height: 20,
                ),
                SizedBox(
                  height: 200.0,
                  width: 300.0,
                  child: galleryFile == null
                      ? const Center(child: Text('Sorry nothing selected!!'))
                      : Center(child: Image.file(galleryFile!)),
                ),
              ],
            ),
          );
        },
      ),
    );
  }

  void _showPicker({
    required BuildContext context,
  }) {
    showModalBottomSheet(
      context: context,
      builder: (BuildContext context) {
        return SafeArea(
          child: Wrap(
            children: <Widget>[
              ListTile(
                leading: const Icon(Icons.photo_library),
                title: const Text('Photo Library'),
                onTap: () {
                  getImage(ImageSource.gallery);
                  Navigator.of(context).pop();
                },
              ),
              ListTile(
                leading: const Icon(Icons.photo_camera),
                title: const Text('Camera'),
                onTap: () {
                  getImage(ImageSource.camera);
                  Navigator.of(context).pop();
                },
              ),
            ],
          ),
        );
      },
    );
  }

  Future getImage(
    ImageSource img,
  ) async {
    // pick image from gallary
    final pickedFile = await picker.pickImage(source: img);
    // store it in a valid variable
    XFile? xfilePick = pickedFile;
    setState(
      () {
        if (xfilePick != null) {
          // store that in global variable galleryFile in the form of File
          galleryFile = File(pickedFile!.path);
        } else {
          ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(// is this context <<<
              const SnackBar(content: Text('Nothing is selected')));
        }
      },
    );
  }
}