diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/lib/src/android_camera_camerax.dart b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/lib/src/android_camera_camerax.dart
index 7aff7a88c..4a65923a2 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/lib/src/android_camera_camerax.dart
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/lib/src/android_camera_camerax.dart
@@ -32,10 +32,14 @@ import 'zoom_state.dart';
 /// The Android implementation of [CameraPlatform] that uses the CameraX library.
 class AndroidCameraCameraX extends CameraPlatform {
   /// Constructs an [AndroidCameraCameraX].
-  ///
-  /// [shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting] is for testing only and thus,
-  /// is set to `false` by default.
-  AndroidCameraCameraX({this.shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting = false});
+  AndroidCameraCameraX() : _shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting = false;
+
+  /// TODO better documenation.
+  @visibleForTesting
+  AndroidCameraCameraX.forTesting(
+      {bool shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting = false})
+      : _shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting =
+            shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting;
 
   /// Registers this class as the default instance of [CameraPlatform].
   static void registerWith() {
@@ -99,8 +103,7 @@ class AndroidCameraCameraX extends CameraPlatform {
 
   /// Conditional used to create detached objects for testing their
   /// callback methods.
-  @visibleForTesting
-  final bool shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting;
+  final bool _shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting;
 
   /// The controller we need to stream image data.
   @visibleForTesting
@@ -507,7 +510,7 @@ class AndroidCameraCameraX extends CameraPlatform {
     // shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting is used to create an Analyzer
     // detached from the native sideonly to test the logic of the Analyzer
     // instance that will be used for image streaming.
-    final Analyzer analyzer = shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting
+    final Analyzer analyzer = _shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting
         ? Analyzer.detached(analyze: analyze)
         : Analyzer(analyze: analyze);
 
@@ -608,7 +611,7 @@ class AndroidCameraCameraX extends CameraPlatform {
     // shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting is used to create an Observer
     // detached from the native side only to test the logic of the Analyzer
     // instance that will be used for image streaming.
-    return shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting
+    return _shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting
         ? Observer<CameraState>.detached(onChanged: onChanged)
         : Observer<CameraState>(onChanged: onChanged);
   }
diff --git a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/test/android_camera_camerax_test.dart b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/test/android_camera_camerax_test.dart
index f74445f4f..9806740b5 100644
--- a/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/test/android_camera_camerax_test.dart
+++ b/packages/camera/camera_android_camerax/test/android_camera_camerax_test.dart
@@ -482,8 +482,8 @@ void main() {
   test(
       'resumePreview binds preview to lifecycle and updates camera state observers if not already bound',
       () async {
-    final AndroidCameraCameraX camera =
-        AndroidCameraCameraX(shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting: true);
+    final AndroidCameraCameraX camera = AndroidCameraCameraX.forTesting(
+        shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting: true);
     final MockProcessCameraProvider mockProcessCameraProvider =
         MockProcessCameraProvider();
     final MockCamera mockCamera = MockCamera();
@@ -518,8 +518,8 @@ void main() {
   test(
       'buildPreview returns a FutureBuilder that does not return a Texture until the preview is bound to the lifecycle',
       () async {
-    final AndroidCameraCameraX camera =
-        AndroidCameraCameraX(shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting: true);
+    final AndroidCameraCameraX camera = AndroidCameraCameraX.forTesting(
+        shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting: true);
     final MockProcessCameraProvider mockProcessCameraProvider =
         MockProcessCameraProvider();
     final MockCamera mockCamera = MockCamera();
@@ -557,8 +557,8 @@ void main() {
   test(
       'buildPreview returns a FutureBuilder that returns a Texture once the preview is bound to the lifecycle',
       () async {
-    final AndroidCameraCameraX camera =
-        AndroidCameraCameraX(shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting: true);
+    final AndroidCameraCameraX camera = AndroidCameraCameraX.forTesting(
+        shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting: true);
     final MockProcessCameraProvider mockProcessCameraProvider =
         MockProcessCameraProvider();
     final MockCamera mockCamera = MockCamera();
@@ -823,9 +823,12 @@ void main() {
 
 /// Mock of [AndroidCameraCameraX] that stubs behavior of some methods for
 /// testing.
+/// TODO rename this to fake.
 class MockAndroidCameraCameraX extends AndroidCameraCameraX {
-  MockAndroidCameraCameraX(
-      {super.shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting = false});
+  MockAndroidCameraCameraX({bool shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting = false})
+      : super.forTesting(
+            shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting:
+                shouldCreateDetachedObjectForTesting);
 
   bool cameraPermissionsRequested = false;
   bool startedListeningForDeviceOrientationChanges = false;