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react-native-camera-kit
Advanced tools
Advanced native camera control with pre-defined aspect ratio, crop, etc
Native camera control.

npm install react-native-camera-kit --save
####IOS
PROJECT_DIR/node_modules/react-native-camera-kit/libReactNativeCameraKit.xcodeproj project file into your projectlibReactNativeCameraKit.a to all your target Linked Frameworks and Libraries (prone to be forgotten)####Android Add
include ':rncamerakit'
project(':rncamerakit').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-camera-kit/android/')
to your project's settings.gradle
Then add
compile project(":rncamerakit")
to your app app/build.gradle in the dependencies section.
Then in MainActivity.java add:
import com.wix.RNCameraKit.RNCameraKitPackage;
and in getPackages add
new RNCameraKitPackage()
to the list
###CameraKitCamera inside the render function
<CameraKitCamera
ref={(cam) => {
this.camera = cam;
}
}
style={{flex: 1, backgroundColor:'white'}}
cameraOptions={{
flashMode: 'auto', // on/off/auto(default)
focusMode: 'on', // off/on(default)
zoomMode: 'on', // off/on(default)
ratioOverlay:'1:1', // optional, ratio overlay on the camera and crop the image seamlessly
ratioOverlayColor: '#00000077' // optional
}}
/>
###CameraKitCamera cameraOptions
| Attribute | type | values | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| flashMode | [String] | 'on'/'off'/'auto' | camera flash mode (default is auto) |
| focusMode | [String] | 'on'/'off' | camera focus mode (default is on) |
| zoomMode | [String] | 'on'/'off'/ | camera zoom mode |
| ratioOverlay | [Array] | 'number':'number' | overlay ontop of the camera view (crop the image to the selected size) Example: ['16:9', '1:1', '3:4'] |
| ratioOverlayColor | [Color] | '#ffffff77' | any color with alpha (default is '#ffffff77') |
###CameraKitCamera API
####checkDeviceCameraAuthorizationStatus
const isCameraAuthorized = await CameraKitCamera.checkDeviceCameraAuthorizationStatus();
return values:
AVAuthorizationStatusAuthorized returns true
AVAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined returns -1
otherwise, returns false
####requestDeviceCameraAuthorization
const isUserAuthorizedCamera = await CameraKitCamera.requestDeviceCameraAuthorization();
AVAuthorizationStatusAuthorized returns true
otherwise, returns false
####capture Capture image
const image = await this.camera.capture(true);
####setFlashMode
Set flash mode (auto/on/off)
const success = await this.camera.setFlashMode(newFlashData.mode);
####changeCamera
Change to fornt/rear camera
const success = await this.camera.changeCamera();
###CameraKitGalleryView
Native Gallery View (based on UICollectionView)
README in progress :)
<CameraKitGalleryView
ref={(gallery) => {
this.gallery = gallery;
}}
style={{flex: 1, marginTop: 20}}
minimumInteritemSpacing={10}
minimumLineSpacing={10}
albumName={<ALBUM_NAME>}
columnCount={3}
onTapImage={(event) => {
//result.nativeEvent.selected - ALL selected images Photos Framework ids
}}
selectedImages={<MAINTAIN_SELECETED_IMAGES>}
selectedImageIcon={require('<IMAGE_FILE_PATH>'))}
unSelectedImageIcon={require('<IMAGE_FILE_PATH>')}
/>
FAQs
A high performance, fully featured, rock solid camera library for React Native applications
The npm package react-native-camera-kit receives a total of 21,809 weekly downloads. As such, react-native-camera-kit popularity was classified as popular.
We found that react-native-camera-kit demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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