[image_picker] add requestFullMetadata for iOS (optional permissions) - platform interface changes for multi image picking

packages/image_picker/image_picker_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## 2.6.0
+
+* Deprecates `getMultiImage` in favor of a new method `getMultiImageWithOptions`.
+    * Adds `requestFullMetadata` option that allows disabling extra permission requests
+      on certain platforms.
+    * Moves optional image picking parameters to `MultiImagePickerOptions` class.
+
 ## 2.5.0
 
 * Deprecates `getImage` in favor of a new method `getImageFromSource`.

packages/image_picker/image_picker_platform_interface/lib/src/method_channel/method_channel_image_picker.dart

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 
 import 'package:image_picker_platform_interface/image_picker_platform_interface.dart';
+import 'package:image_picker_platform_interface/src/types/multi_image_picker_options.dart';
 
 const MethodChannel _channel = MethodChannel('plugins.flutter.io/image_picker');
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ class MethodChannelImagePicker extends ImagePickerPlatform {
     double? maxWidth,
     double? maxHeight,
     int? imageQuality,
+    bool requestFullMetadata = true,
   }) {
     if (imageQuality != null && (imageQuality < 0 || imageQuality > 100)) {
       throw ArgumentError.value(
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ class MethodChannelImagePicker extends ImagePickerPlatform {
         'maxWidth': maxWidth,
         'maxHeight': maxHeight,
         'imageQuality': imageQuality,
+        'requestFullMetadata': requestFullMetadata,
       },
     );
   }
@@ -233,6 +236,23 @@ class MethodChannelImagePicker extends ImagePickerPlatform {
     return paths.map((dynamic path) => XFile(path as String)).toList();
   }
 
+  @override
+  Future<List<XFile>> getMultiImageWithOptions({
+    MultiImagePickerOptions options = const MultiImagePickerOptions(),
+  }) async {
+    final List<dynamic>? paths = await _getMultiImagePath(
+      maxWidth: options.imageOptions.maxWidth,
+      maxHeight: options.imageOptions.maxHeight,
+      imageQuality: options.imageOptions.imageQuality,
+      requestFullMetadata: options.imageOptions.requestFullMetadata,
+    );
+    if (paths == null) {
+      return <XFile>[];
+    }
+
+    return paths.map((dynamic path) => XFile(path as String)).toList();
+  }
+
   @override
   Future<XFile?> getVideo({
     required ImageSource source,

packages/image_picker/image_picker_platform_interface/lib/src/platform_interface/image_picker_platform.dart

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:cross_file/cross_file.dart';
 import 'package:image_picker_platform_interface/src/method_channel/method_channel_image_picker.dart';
+import 'package:image_picker_platform_interface/src/types/multi_image_picker_options.dart';
 import 'package:image_picker_platform_interface/src/types/types.dart';
 import 'package:plugin_platform_interface/plugin_platform_interface.dart';
 
@@ -186,6 +187,8 @@ abstract class ImagePickerPlatform extends PlatformInterface {
     throw UnimplementedError('getImage() has not been implemented.');
   }
 
+  /// This method is deprecated in favor of [getMultiImageWithOptions] and will be removed in a future update.
+  ///
   /// Returns a [List<XFile>] with the images that were picked.
   ///
   /// The images come from the [ImageSource.gallery].
@@ -283,4 +286,23 @@ abstract class ImagePickerPlatform extends PlatformInterface {
       preferredCameraDevice: options.preferredCameraDevice,
     );
   }
+
+  /// Returns a [List<XFile>] with the images that were picked.
+  ///
+  /// The images come from the [ImageSource.gallery].
+  ///
+  /// The `options` argument controls additional settings that can be used when
+  /// picking an image. See [MultiImagePickerOptions] for more details.
+  ///
+  /// If no images were picked, returns an empty list.
+  Future<List<XFile>> getMultiImageWithOptions({
+    MultiImagePickerOptions options = const MultiImagePickerOptions(),
+  }) async {
+    final List<XFile>? pickedImages = await getMultiImage(
+      maxWidth: options.imageOptions.maxWidth,
+      maxHeight: options.imageOptions.maxHeight,
+      imageQuality: options.imageOptions.imageQuality,
+    );
+    return pickedImages ?? <XFile>[];
+  }
 }

packages/image_picker/image_picker_platform_interface/lib/src/types/image_options.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+/// Specifies image-specific options for picking.
+class ImageOptions {
+  /// Creates an instance with the given [maxHeight], [maxWidth], [imageQuality]
+  /// and [requestFullMetadata].
+  const ImageOptions({
+    this.maxHeight,
+    this.maxWidth,
+    this.imageQuality,
+    this.requestFullMetadata = true,
+  });
+
+  /// The maximum width of the image, in pixels.
+  ///
+  /// If null, the image will only be resized if [maxHeight] is specified.
+  final double? maxWidth;
+
+  /// The maximum height of the image, in pixels.
+  ///
+  /// If null, the image will only be resized if [maxWidth] is specified.
+  final double? maxHeight;
+
+  /// Modifies the quality of the image, ranging from 0-100 where 100 is the
+  /// original/max quality.
+  ///
+  /// Compression is only supported for certain image types such as JPEG. If
+  /// compression is not supported for the image that is picked, a warning
+  /// message will be logged.
+  ///
+  /// If null, the image will be returned with the original quality.
+  final int? imageQuality;
+
+  /// If true, requests full image metadata, which may require extra permissions
+  /// on some platforms, (e.g., NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription on iOS).
+  //
+  // Defaults to true.
+  final bool requestFullMetadata;
+}

packages/image_picker/image_picker_platform_interface/lib/src/types/multi_image_picker_options.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'package:image_picker_platform_interface/src/types/image_options.dart';
+
+/// Specifies options for picking multiple images from the device's gallery.
+class MultiImagePickerOptions {
+  /// Creates an instance with the given [imageOptions].
+  const MultiImagePickerOptions({
+    this.imageOptions = const ImageOptions(),
+  });
+
+  /// The image-specific options for picking.
+  final ImageOptions imageOptions;
+}

packages/image_picker/image_picker_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ repository: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/main/packages/image_picker/i
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+image_picker%22
 # NOTE: We strongly prefer non-breaking changes, even at the expense of a
 # less-clean API. See https://flutter.dev/go/platform-interface-breaking-changes
-version: 2.5.0
+version: 2.6.0
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=2.12.0 <3.0.0"