Overview
Gallery Saver is a Flutter package that enables saving images and videos from network URLs or temporary files to the device's external storage. The saved media becomes visible in the native gallery on Android and Photos app on iOS. It simplifies the process of persisting multimedia content locally, ensuring compatibility with system-level photo libraries. Ideal for apps needing to let users save shared or downloaded content directly to their device's media collection.
Use cases
- Saving downloaded images from URLs
- Preserving user-generated media
- Sharing content to device gallery
- Integrating with image/video viewers
- Enabling offline access to media
- Supporting social media sharing
Key features
- Saves both images and videos
- Works on Android and iOS
- Visible in native gallery/photos
- Supports network and temporary file sources
- Simple API for saving media
- Maintains media metadata
Suitable for
- Media sharing apps
- Photo viewer applications
- Content downloaders
- Social media integrations
- Apps requiring offline media access
- User-generated content platforms
Considerations
- Requires appropriate permissions on Android
- May need runtime permission requests
- File size limits depend on device storage
- iOS requires proper privacy description in Info.plist
- Not suitable for large-scale media processing
- Limited control over album organization