flutter_acrcloud_plugin #

A Flutter plugin for the ACRCloud music recognition API. This is a third-party plugin; there is no relation between the developer and ACRCloud.

Original repository: github.com/nrubin29/flutter_acrcloud

Setup #

In order to get access to the microphone, you have to explicitly list the required permission in your iOS and Android apps.

iOS #

1. Open ios/Runner/Info.plist.

2. Add the following lines somewhere inside of the <dict>:

   <key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
   <string>Recognize the music around you</string>
   

3. You can replace the <string> with whatever message you want. This message will be displayed in the alert that asks the user to grant permission to access to the microphone.

Android #

1. Open android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

2. Add the following line inside of the <manifest> and above the <application>:

   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
   

Usage #

1. Call ACRCloud.setUp() to provide your API key, API secret, and preferred host. setUp() takes an instance of ACRCloudConfig.
2. When you want to recognize a song, call ACRCloud.startSession() to start a recording session. You will get an instance of ACRCloudSession that you can use to interact with the session.
3. To get the current volume, you can use the volume property of ACRCloudSession. This is a Stream that is updated every time a new volume value is recoded.
4. To cancel a session, just call cancel() on the session.
5. To get the result of a session, you can await the result property of the session. If the result is null, then the request was cancelled. Otherwise, you'll get an instance of ACRCloudResponse that contains all the information.

Response #

The result of a recognition session is an ACRCloudResponse object. This contains:

• status: Information about the request status and any errors.
• metadata: Contains lists of matched music tracks (music) and custom files (customFiles).

Each music item in metadata.music contains details such as:

• label
• album (with name)
• artists (list of artist objects with name)
• acrId
• resultFrom
• title
• durationMs
• releaseDate
• score
• playOffsetMs

Custom file items in metadata.customFiles contain:

• acrId
• title
• durationMs
• score
• playOffsetMs

Refer to the source code for full details on the response structure.

Advanced Usage #

Creating and Recognizing Fingerprints #

You can use the following static methods for advanced scenarios where you want to generate and recognize audio fingerprints manually:

• createFingerPrint
  Generates an audio fingerprint from raw PCM data.

  Uint8List? fingerprint = await ACRCloud.createFingerPrint(
    pcmData, // Uint8List of PCM audio data
    sampleRate, // int, e.g. 44100
    channels, // int, e.g. 1 or 2
  );
  

• recognizeFingerprint
  Recognizes a song from a previously generated fingerprint.

  ACRCloudResponse? response = await ACRCloud.recognizeFingerprint(
    fingerprint, // Uint8List fingerprint data
  );
  

These methods are useful if you want to handle audio recording and processing yourself, or if you want to recognize audio from sources other than the microphone.

Example #

Here is a minimal example of how to use flutter_acrcloud_plugin in your Flutter app:

import 'package:flutter_acrcloud_plugin/flutter_acrcloud_plugin.dart';

void main() async {
  // Set up the plugin with your ACRCloud credentials
  await ACRCloud.setUp(
    const ACRCloudConfig(
      'your_access_key',
      'your_access_secret',
      'your_host',
    ),
  );

  // Start a recognition session
  final session = ACRCloud.startSession();

  // Listen to volume changes (optional)
  session.volumeStream.listen((volume) {
    print('Current volume: $volume');
  });

  // Await the result
  final result = await session.result;
  if (result != null) {
    print('Recognized: \\${result.metadata?.music.first.title}');
  } else {
    print('Recognition cancelled or failed.');
  }
}

Replace 'your_access_key', 'your_access_secret', and 'your_host' with your actual ACRCloud credentials.