camera_android #

An Android implementation of camera built with the Camera2 library.

Usage #

As of camera: ^0.11.0, to use this plugin instead of camera_android_camerax, run

$ flutter pub add camera_android

Limitation of testing video recording on emulators #

MediaRecorder does not work properly on emulators, as stated in the documentation. Specifically, when recording a video with sound enabled and trying to play it back, the duration won't be correct and you will only see the first frame.

Custom Video Recording Path #

Although it is possible to use an absolute path like /storage/emulated/0/Download/video.mp4, this is a fragile practice and may fail on many devices or Android versions due to Scoped Storage restrictions.

• Best Practice: Always use the path_provider package to fetch a safe, writable directory.
• Recommended Directory: Use getTemporaryDirectory() or getApplicationDocumentsDirectory().