How to Build a Flutter Video Chat App

[krishisangaran]

Video chat app development are ruling the industry in terms of communication by facilitating increased user engagement, retention, and satisfaction. You can either build a video chat app from scratch or integrate Flutter video SDKs and video calling APIs from various providers.

As a developer, there are several reasons why you need to choose Flutter for building your video chat app or video call app. The primary reason for a developer to choose Flutter is cross-platform development, where you can write code once and deploy it on multiple platforms like Android, iOS, web, desktop, etc. It saves you development time.

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[Allisonwilliam]

To build a simple video chat app in Flutter using MirrorFly, follow these steps. First, sign up for a MirrorFly account and obtain your API keys. Then, create a Flutter project and add the required dependencies, such as mirrorfly_sdk in the pubspec.yaml file. In your project, initialize the MirrorFly SDK using the provided credentials, configure necessary permissions for camera and microphone access on both Android and iOS, and set up the user interface to handle video calls. You'll need to use MirrorFly's APIs to establish the video call and manage video streams, displaying both local and remote videos. Finally, handle call events like user joining or leaving, and ensure to properly end the call and clean up resources when the call is finished. This approach gives you a reliable video chat solution with minimal setup and straightforward integration using MirrorFly.