How to use imagepicker library to pick video from gallery

Question

I am using image_picker: ^0.6.7+22, when I use the library to select a video from gallery only photos appear. There is no way to select a video from my gallery.

 final video = await picker.getVideo(source: ImageSource.gallery);

Answer 1

In order to display and play a video we need to depend on third party because Flutter doesn’t support video playback by default So for displaying videos You have to use video_player plugin Add this dependency in pubspec.yaml video_player: ^0.11.1+2

this is a function for playing a video in Flutter:

_pickVideo() async {
    PickedFile pickedFile = await picker.getVideo(source: ImageSource.gallery);
     _video = File(pickedFile.path); 
    _videoPlayerController = VideoPlayerController.file(_video)..initialize().then((_) {
      setState(() { });
      _videoPlayerController.play();
    });
}