diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md
index eab03e8..e9972ae 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.9.8+2
+
+* Fixes exception in registerWith caused by the switch to an in-package method channel.
+
 ## 0.9.8+1
 
 * Ignores deprecation warnings for upcoming styleFrom button API changes.
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android/lib/src/android_camera.dart b/packages/camera/camera_android/lib/src/android_camera.dart
index 5fb3443..db6264c 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android/lib/src/android_camera.dart
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android/lib/src/android_camera.dart
@@ -19,14 +19,6 @@
 
 /// The Android implementation of [CameraPlatform] that uses method channels.
 class AndroidCamera extends CameraPlatform {
-  /// Construct a new method channel camera instance.
-  AndroidCamera() {
-    const MethodChannel channel =
-        MethodChannel('plugins.flutter.io/camera_android/fromPlatform');
-    channel.setMethodCallHandler(
-        (MethodCall call) => handleDeviceMethodCall(call));
-  }
-
   /// Registers this class as the default instance of [CameraPlatform].
   static void registerWith() {
     CameraPlatform.instance = AndroidCamera();
@@ -34,6 +26,12 @@
 
   final Map<int, MethodChannel> _channels = <int, MethodChannel>{};
 
+  /// The name of the channel that device events from the platform side are
+  /// sent on.
+  @visibleForTesting
+  static const String deviceEventChannelName =
+      'plugins.flutter.io/camera_android/fromPlatform';
+
   /// The controller we need to broadcast the different events coming
   /// from handleMethodCall, specific to camera events.
   ///
@@ -50,11 +48,15 @@
   ///
   /// It is a `broadcast` because multiple controllers will connect to
   /// different stream views of this Controller.
-  /// This is only exposed for test purposes. It shouldn't be used by clients of
-  /// the plugin as it may break or change at any time.
-  @visibleForTesting
-  final StreamController<DeviceEvent> deviceEventStreamController =
-      StreamController<DeviceEvent>.broadcast();
+  late final StreamController<DeviceEvent> _deviceEventStreamController =
+      _createDeviceEventStreamController();
+
+  StreamController<DeviceEvent> _createDeviceEventStreamController() {
+    // Set up the method handler lazily.
+    const MethodChannel channel = MethodChannel(deviceEventChannelName);
+    channel.setMethodCallHandler(_handleDeviceMethodCall);
+    return StreamController<DeviceEvent>.broadcast();
+  }
 
   // The stream to receive frames from the native code.
   StreamSubscription<dynamic>? _platformImageStreamSubscription;
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@
 
   @override
   Stream<DeviceOrientationChangedEvent> onDeviceOrientationChanged() {
-    return deviceEventStreamController.stream
+    return _deviceEventStreamController.stream
         .whereType<DeviceOrientationChangedEvent>();
   }
 
@@ -518,14 +520,10 @@
   }
 
   /// Converts messages received from the native platform into device events.
-  ///
-  /// This is only exposed for test purposes. It shouldn't be used by clients of
-  /// the plugin as it may break or change at any time.
-  @visibleForTesting
-  Future<dynamic> handleDeviceMethodCall(MethodCall call) async {
+  Future<dynamic> _handleDeviceMethodCall(MethodCall call) async {
     switch (call.method) {
       case 'orientation_changed':
-        deviceEventStreamController.add(DeviceOrientationChangedEvent(
+        _deviceEventStreamController.add(DeviceOrientationChangedEvent(
             deserializeDeviceOrientation(
                 call.arguments['orientation']! as String)));
         break;
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml b/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml
index eca2b53..7d93ecb 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 description: Android implementation of the camera plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/main/packages/camera/camera_android
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+camera%22
-version: 0.9.8+1
+version: 0.9.8+2
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=2.14.0 <3.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android/test/android_camera_test.dart b/packages/camera/camera_android/test/android_camera_test.dart
index 9674b0c..ca1f245 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android/test/android_camera_test.dart
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android/test/android_camera_test.dart
@@ -25,6 +25,24 @@
     expect(CameraPlatform.instance, isA<AndroidCamera>());
   });
 
+  test('registration does not set message handlers', () async {
+    AndroidCamera.registerWith();
+
+    // Setting up a handler requires bindings to be initialized, and since
+    // registerWith is called very early in initialization the bindings won't
+    // have been initialized. While registerWith could intialize them, that
+    // could slow down startup, so instead the handler should be set up lazily.
+    final ByteData? response = await TestDefaultBinaryMessengerBinding
+        .instance!.defaultBinaryMessenger
+        .handlePlatformMessage(
+            AndroidCamera.deviceEventChannelName,
+            const StandardMethodCodec().encodeMethodCall(const MethodCall(
+                'orientation_changed',
+                <String, Object>{'orientation': 'portraitDown'})),
+            (ByteData? data) {});
+    expect(response, null);
+  });
+
   group('Creation, Initialization & Disposal Tests', () {
     test('Should send creation data and receive back a camera id', () async {
       // Arrange
@@ -402,12 +420,14 @@
       // Emit test events
       const DeviceOrientationChangedEvent event =
           DeviceOrientationChangedEvent(DeviceOrientation.portraitUp);
-      await camera.handleDeviceMethodCall(
-          MethodCall('orientation_changed', event.toJson()));
-      await camera.handleDeviceMethodCall(
-          MethodCall('orientation_changed', event.toJson()));
-      await camera.handleDeviceMethodCall(
-          MethodCall('orientation_changed', event.toJson()));
+      for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+        await TestDefaultBinaryMessengerBinding.instance!.defaultBinaryMessenger
+            .handlePlatformMessage(
+                AndroidCamera.deviceEventChannelName,
+                const StandardMethodCodec().encodeMethodCall(
+                    MethodCall('orientation_changed', event.toJson())),
+                null);
+      }
 
       // Assert
       expect(await streamQueue.next, event);
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
index eab03e8..e9972ae 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.9.8+2
+
+* Fixes exception in registerWith caused by the switch to an in-package method channel.
+
 ## 0.9.8+1
 
 * Ignores deprecation warnings for upcoming styleFrom button API changes.
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/lib/src/avfoundation_camera.dart b/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/lib/src/avfoundation_camera.dart
index 1bff901..c75d41f 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/lib/src/avfoundation_camera.dart
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/lib/src/avfoundation_camera.dart
@@ -19,14 +19,6 @@
 
 /// An iOS implementation of [CameraPlatform] based on AVFoundation.
 class AVFoundationCamera extends CameraPlatform {
-  /// Construct a new method channel camera instance.
-  AVFoundationCamera() {
-    const MethodChannel channel =
-        MethodChannel('plugins.flutter.io/camera_avfoundation/fromPlatform');
-    channel.setMethodCallHandler(
-        (MethodCall call) => handleDeviceMethodCall(call));
-  }
-
   /// Registers this class as the default instance of [CameraPlatform].
   static void registerWith() {
     CameraPlatform.instance = AVFoundationCamera();
@@ -34,6 +26,12 @@
 
   final Map<int, MethodChannel> _channels = <int, MethodChannel>{};
 
+  /// The name of the channel that device events from the platform side are
+  /// sent on.
+  @visibleForTesting
+  static const String deviceEventChannelName =
+      'plugins.flutter.io/camera_avfoundation/fromPlatform';
+
   /// The controller we need to broadcast the different events coming
   /// from handleMethodCall, specific to camera events.
   ///
@@ -50,11 +48,15 @@
   ///
   /// It is a `broadcast` because multiple controllers will connect to
   /// different stream views of this Controller.
-  /// This is only exposed for test purposes. It shouldn't be used by clients of
-  /// the plugin as it may break or change at any time.
-  @visibleForTesting
-  final StreamController<DeviceEvent> deviceEventStreamController =
-      StreamController<DeviceEvent>.broadcast();
+  late final StreamController<DeviceEvent> _deviceEventStreamController =
+      _createDeviceEventStreamController();
+
+  StreamController<DeviceEvent> _createDeviceEventStreamController() {
+    // Set up the method handler lazily.
+    const MethodChannel channel = MethodChannel(deviceEventChannelName);
+    channel.setMethodCallHandler(_handleDeviceMethodCall);
+    return StreamController<DeviceEvent>.broadcast();
+  }
 
   // The stream to receive frames from the native code.
   StreamSubscription<dynamic>? _platformImageStreamSubscription;
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@
 
   @override
   Stream<DeviceOrientationChangedEvent> onDeviceOrientationChanged() {
-    return deviceEventStreamController.stream
+    return _deviceEventStreamController.stream
         .whereType<DeviceOrientationChangedEvent>();
   }
 
@@ -523,14 +525,10 @@
   }
 
   /// Converts messages received from the native platform into device events.
-  ///
-  /// This is only exposed for test purposes. It shouldn't be used by clients of
-  /// the plugin as it may break or change at any time.
-  @visibleForTesting
-  Future<dynamic> handleDeviceMethodCall(MethodCall call) async {
+  Future<dynamic> _handleDeviceMethodCall(MethodCall call) async {
     switch (call.method) {
       case 'orientation_changed':
-        deviceEventStreamController.add(DeviceOrientationChangedEvent(
+        _deviceEventStreamController.add(DeviceOrientationChangedEvent(
             deserializeDeviceOrientation(
                 call.arguments['orientation']! as String)));
         break;
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml b/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
index f1a5edf..adb0bf8 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 description: iOS implementation of the camera plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/main/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+camera%22
-version: 0.9.8+1
+version: 0.9.8+2
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=2.14.0 <3.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/test/avfoundation_camera_test.dart b/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/test/avfoundation_camera_test.dart
index 4b32d2e..67adcfa 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/test/avfoundation_camera_test.dart
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_avfoundation/test/avfoundation_camera_test.dart
@@ -25,6 +25,24 @@
     expect(CameraPlatform.instance, isA<AVFoundationCamera>());
   });
 
+  test('registration does not set message handlers', () async {
+    AVFoundationCamera.registerWith();
+
+    // Setting up a handler requires bindings to be initialized, and since
+    // registerWith is called very early in initialization the bindings won't
+    // have been initialized. While registerWith could intialize them, that
+    // could slow down startup, so instead the handler should be set up lazily.
+    final ByteData? response = await TestDefaultBinaryMessengerBinding
+        .instance!.defaultBinaryMessenger
+        .handlePlatformMessage(
+            AVFoundationCamera.deviceEventChannelName,
+            const StandardMethodCodec().encodeMethodCall(const MethodCall(
+                'orientation_changed',
+                <String, Object>{'orientation': 'portraitDown'})),
+            (ByteData? data) {});
+    expect(response, null);
+  });
+
   group('Creation, Initialization & Disposal Tests', () {
     test('Should send creation data and receive back a camera id', () async {
       // Arrange
@@ -402,12 +420,14 @@
       // Emit test events
       const DeviceOrientationChangedEvent event =
           DeviceOrientationChangedEvent(DeviceOrientation.portraitUp);
-      await camera.handleDeviceMethodCall(
-          MethodCall('orientation_changed', event.toJson()));
-      await camera.handleDeviceMethodCall(
-          MethodCall('orientation_changed', event.toJson()));
-      await camera.handleDeviceMethodCall(
-          MethodCall('orientation_changed', event.toJson()));
+      for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+        await TestDefaultBinaryMessengerBinding.instance!.defaultBinaryMessenger
+            .handlePlatformMessage(
+                AVFoundationCamera.deviceEventChannelName,
+                const StandardMethodCodec().encodeMethodCall(
+                    MethodCall('orientation_changed', event.toJson())),
+                null);
+      }
 
       // Assert
       expect(await streamQueue.next, event);