Update: 26 April, 2023
The TensorFlow team has officially migrated this project to a new repository, deprecating this one. We will be focusing on getting the plugin to a stable and usable state to help our developers add robust machine learning features to their Flutter apps. PRs and contributions are more than welcome there, though please be mindful that this is a work in progress, so some things may be a bit broken for a bit :)
We do want to say a huge thank you to Amish for working on this initial plugin, and we're excited to keep it progressing.
Feel free to reach out to me with questions until then.
Thanks!
TensorFlow Lite Flutter plugin provides a flexible and fast solution for accessing TensorFlow Lite interpreter and performing inference. The API is similar to the TFLite Java and Swift APIs. It directly binds to TFLite C API making it efficient (low-latency). Offers acceleration support using NNAPI, GPU delegates on Android, Metal and CoreML delegates on iOS, and XNNPack delegate on Desktop platforms.
- Multi-platform Support for Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, Linux.
- Flexibility to use any TFLite Model.
- Acceleration using multi-threading and delegate support.
- Similar structure as TensorFlow Lite Java API.
- Inference speeds close to native Android Apps built using the Java API.
- You can choose to use any TensorFlow version by building binaries locally.
- Run inference in different isolates to prevent jank in UI thread.
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Place the script install.sh (Linux/Mac) or install.bat (Windows) at the root of your project.
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Execute
sh install.sh
(Linux) /install.bat
(Windows) at the root of your project to automatically download and place binaries at appropriate folders.Note: The binaries installed will not include support for
GpuDelegateV2
andNnApiDelegate
howeverInterpreterOptions().useNnApiForAndroid
can still be used. -
Use
sh install.sh -d
(Linux) orinstall.bat -d
(Windows) instead if you wish to use theseGpuDelegateV2
andNnApiDelegate
.
These scripts install pre-built binaries based on latest stable tensorflow release. For info about using other tensorflow versions follow instructions in wiki.
- Download
TensorFlowLiteC.framework
. For building a custom version of tensorflow, follow instructions in wiki. - Place the
TensorFlowLiteC.framework
in the pub-cache folder of this package.
Pub-Cache folder location: (ref)
~/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/tflite_flutter-<plugin-version>/ios/
(Linux/ Mac)%LOCALAPPDATA%\Pub\Cache\hosted\pub.dartlang.org\tflite_flutter-<plugin-version>\ios\
(Windows)
Follow instructions in this guide to build and use desktop binaries.
A dedicated library with simple architecture for processing and manipulating input and output of TFLite Models. API design and documentation is identical to the TensorFlow Lite Android Support Library. Strongly recommended to be used with tflite_flutter_plugin
. Learn more.
Title | Code | Demo | Blog |
---|---|---|---|
Text Classification App | Code | Blog/Tutorial | |
Image Classification App | Code | - | |
Object Detection App | Code | Blog/Tutorial | |
Reinforcement Learning App | Code | Blog/Tutorial |
import 'package:tflite_flutter/tflite_flutter.dart';
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From asset
Place
your_model.tflite
inassets
directory. Make sure to include assets inpubspec.yaml
.final interpreter = await tfl.Interpreter.fromAsset('your_model.tflite');
Refer to the documentation for info on creating interpreter from buffer or file.
See TFLite Flutter Helper Library for easy processing of input and output.
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For single input and output
Use
void run(Object input, Object output)
.// For ex: if input tensor shape [1,5] and type is float32 var input = [[1.23, 6.54, 7.81. 3.21, 2.22]]; // if output tensor shape [1,2] and type is float32 var output = List.filled(1*2, 0).reshape([1,2]); // inference interpreter.run(input, output); // print the output print(output);
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For multiple inputs and outputs
Use
void runForMultipleInputs(List<Object> inputs, Map<int, Object> outputs)
.var input0 = [1.23]; var input1 = [2.43]; // input: List<Object> var inputs = [input0, input1, input0, input1]; var output0 = List<double>.filled(1, 0); var output1 = List<double>.filled(1, 0); // output: Map<int, Object> var outputs = {0: output0, 1: output1}; // inference interpreter.runForMultipleInputs(inputs, outputs); // print outputs print(outputs)
interpreter.close();
Note: This feature is under testing and could be unstable with some builds and on some devices.
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NNAPI delegate for Android
var interpreterOptions = InterpreterOptions()..useNnApiForAndroid = true; final interpreter = await Interpreter.fromAsset('your_model.tflite', options: interpreterOptions);
or
var interpreterOptions = InterpreterOptions()..addDelegate(NnApiDelegate()); final interpreter = await Interpreter.fromAsset('your_model.tflite', options: interpreterOptions);
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GPU delegate for Android and iOS
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Android GpuDelegateV2
final gpuDelegateV2 = GpuDelegateV2( options: GpuDelegateOptionsV2( false, TfLiteGpuInferenceUsage.fastSingleAnswer, TfLiteGpuInferencePriority.minLatency, TfLiteGpuInferencePriority.auto, TfLiteGpuInferencePriority.auto, )); var interpreterOptions = InterpreterOptions()..addDelegate(gpuDelegateV2); final interpreter = await Interpreter.fromAsset('your_model.tflite', options: interpreterOptions);
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iOS Metal Delegate (GpuDelegate)
final gpuDelegate = GpuDelegate( options: GpuDelegateOptions(true, TFLGpuDelegateWaitType.active), ); var interpreterOptions = InterpreterOptions()..addDelegate(gpuDelegate); final interpreter = await Interpreter.fromAsset('your_model.tflite', options: interpreterOptions);
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Refer Tests to see more example code for each method.
- Tian LIN, Jared Duke, Andrew Selle, YoungSeok Yoon, Shuangfeng Li from the TensorFlow Lite Team for their invaluable guidance.
- Authors of dart-lang/tflite_native.