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@react-native-oh-tpl/react-native-image-picker
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A React Native module that allows you to select a photo/video from the device library or camera.
yarn add react-native-image-picker
To take advantage of the new architecture run-
RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED=1 npx pod-install ios
Set newArchEnabled
to true
inside android/gradle.properties
npx pod-install ios
Add the appropriate keys to your Info.plist
depending on your requirement:
Requirement | Key |
---|---|
Select image/video from photos | NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription |
Capture Image | NSCameraUsageDescription |
Capture Video | NSCameraUsageDescription & NSMicrophoneUsageDescription |
No permissions required (saveToPhotos
requires permission check).
Note: This library does not require Manifest.permission.CAMERA
, if your app declares as using this permission in manifest then you have to obtain the permission before using launchCamera
.
import {launchCamera, launchImageLibrary} from 'react-native-image-picker';
launchCamera()
Launch camera to take photo or video.
launchCamera(options?, callback);
// You can also use as a promise without 'callback':
const result = await launchCamera(options?);
See Options for further information on options
.
The callback
will be called with a response object, refer to The Response Object.
launchImageLibrary
Launch gallery to pick image or video.
launchImageLibrary(options?, callback)
// You can also use as a promise without 'callback':
const result = await launchImageLibrary(options?);
See Options for further information on options
.
The callback
will be called with a response object, refer to The Response Object.
Option | iOS | Android | Web | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
mediaType | OK | OK | OK | photo or video or mixed (launchCamera on Android does not support 'mixed'). Web only supports 'photo' for now. |
maxWidth | OK | OK | NO | To resize the image. |
maxHeight | OK | OK | NO | To resize the image. |
videoQuality | OK | OK | NO | low , medium , or high on iOS, low or high on Android. |
durationLimit | OK | OK | NO | Video max duration (in seconds). |
quality | OK | OK | NO | 0 to 1, photos. |
cameraType | OK | OK | NO | 'back' or 'front' (May not be supported in few android devices). |
includeBase64 | OK | OK | OK | If true , creates base64 string of the image (Avoid using on large image files due to performance). |
includeExtra | OK | OK | NO | If true , will include extra data which requires library permissions to be requested (i.e. exif data). |
saveToPhotos | OK | OK | NO | (Boolean) Only for launchCamera , saves the image/video file captured to public photo. |
selectionLimit | OK | OK | OK | Supports providing any integer value. Use 0 to allow any number of files on iOS version >= 14 & Android version >= 13. Default is 1 . |
presentationStyle | OK | NO | NO | Controls how the picker is presented. currentContext , pageSheet , fullScreen , formSheet , popover , overFullScreen , overCurrentContext . Default is currentContext . |
formatAsMp4 | OK | NO | NO | Converts the selected video to MP4 (iOS Only). |
assetRepresentationMode | OK | NO | NO | A mode that determines which representation to use if an asset contains more than one. Possible values: 'auto', 'current', 'compatible'. Default is 'auto'. |
key | iOS | Android | Web | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
didCancel | OK | OK | OK | true if the user cancelled the process |
errorCode | OK | OK | OK | Check ErrorCode for all error codes |
errorMessage | OK | OK | OK | Description of the error, use it for debug purpose only |
assets | OK | OK | OK | Array of the selected media, refer to Asset Object |
key | iOS | Android | Web | Photo/Video | Requires Permissions | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
base64 | OK | OK | OK | PHOTO ONLY | NO | The base64 string of the image (photos only) |
uri | OK | OK | OK | BOTH | NO | The file uri in app specific cache storage. Except when picking video from Android gallery where you will get read only content uri, to get file uri in this case copy the file to app specific storage using any react-native library. For web it uses the base64 as uri. |
originalPath | NO | OK | NO | BOTH | NO | The original file path. |
width | OK | OK | OK | BOTH | NO | Asset dimensions |
height | OK | OK | OK | BOTH | NO | Asset dimensions |
fileSize | OK | OK | NO | BOTH | NO | The file size |
type | OK | OK | NO | BOTH | NO | The file type |
fileName | OK | OK | NO | BOTH | NO | The file name |
duration | OK | OK | NO | VIDEO ONLY | NO | The selected video duration in seconds |
bitrate | --- | OK | NO | VIDEO ONLY | NO | The average bitrate (in bits/sec) of the selected video, if available. (Android only) |
timestamp | OK | OK | NO | BOTH | YES | Timestamp of the asset. Only included if 'includeExtra' is true |
id | OK | OK | NO | BOTH | YES | local identifier of the photo or video. On Android, this is the same as fileName |
Image/video captured via camera will be stored in temporary folder allowing it to be deleted any time, so don't expect it to persist. Use saveToPhotos: true
(default is false
) to save the file in the public photos. saveToPhotos
requires WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
permission on Android 28 and below (The permission has to obtained by the App manually as the library does not handle that).
For web, this doesn't work.
Code | Description |
---|---|
camera_unavailable | Camera not available on device |
permission | Permission not satisfied |
others | Other errors (check errorMessage for description) |
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A React Native module that allows you to use native UI to select media from the device library or directly from the camera
The npm package @react-native-oh-tpl/react-native-image-picker receives a total of 13 weekly downloads. As such, @react-native-oh-tpl/react-native-image-picker popularity was classified as not popular.
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