How to fix wrong rotation of photo from camera in flutter?

Question

I'm taking a photo with the newest camera plugin version and I'm using code from flutter example. This is how I pick a camera:

final cameras = await availableCameras();
final firstCamera = cameras.first;

This is inside init:

_cameraController = CameraController(
  widget.camera,
  ResolutionPreset.medium,
  enableAudio: false,
);

This is the rest of the relevant code:

Future _takePhoto(BuildContext context) async {
  try {
    await _initializeControllerFuture;
    final path = join(
      (await getTemporaryDirectory()).path,
      '${DateTime.now()}.png',
    );

    await _cameraController.takePicture(path);

    setState(() {
      _imagePath = path;
    });
  } catch (e) {
    print(e);
  }
}

Afterwards, I show the photo to the user with Image.file(File(_imagePath)) and later I send the photo to API. The problem is that the photo is sometimes captured with a wrong orientation. (I'm sure about this because the photo is also rotated in the database.) For example, on 3 years old Xiaomi phone, it works flawlessly, but on a certain new Samsung phone, the photo is always rotated.

How to make sure that the rotation is always correct? (Even on ios devices)

Answer 1

This worked for me:

import 'package:image/image.dart' as img;

...

final img.Image capturedImage = img.decodeImage(await File(path).readAsBytes());
final img.Image orientedImage = img.bakeOrientation(capturedImage);
await File(path).writeAsBytes(img.encodeJpg(orientedImage));