flutter_image_picker/lib/src/services/image_picker_service.dart

import 'dart:typed_data';

import 'package:image_picker/image_picker.dart';

class ImagePickerService {
  final ImagePicker _imagePicker = ImagePicker();

  /// [pickImage] is the function that picks the image and returns it as a [Uint8List].
  /// The function requires [source], an [ImageSource] that's the method of how the image needs to be picked, for example gallery or camera.
  Future<Uint8List?> pickImage(ImageSource source) async {
    var image =
        await (await _imagePicker.pickImage(source: source))?.readAsBytes();
    return image;
  }
}