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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
Or if you're using yarn:
yarn add react-native-camera-kit
PROJECT_DIR/node_modules/react-native-camera-kit/ios/libReactNativeCameraKit.xcodeproj project file into your projectlibReactNativeCameraKit.a to all your target Linked Frameworks and Libraries (prone to be forgotten)info.plist the keys Privacy - Camera Usage Description and Privacy - Photo Library Usage Description as described here.Add the following to your project's settings.gradle file:
+ include ':rncamerakit'
+ project(':rncamerakit').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-camera-kit/android/')
Then add to your app app/build.gradle in the dependencies section:
+ compile project(":rncamerakit")
Then in MainApplication.java add:
+ import com.wix.RNCameraKit.RNCameraKitPackage;
And in the package list in the same file (e.g. getPackages) add:
+ new RNCameraKitPackage()
cd old-exampleyarn or npm install (the yarn/npm should be in the example folder)react-native run-ios or react-native run-android<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
}}
onReadQRCode={(event) => console.log(event.nativeEvent.qrcodeStringValue)} // optional
/>
| Attribute | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|
flashMode | 'on'/'off'/'auto' | camera flash mode (default is auto) |
focusMode | 'on'/'off' | camera focus mode (default is on) |
zoomMode | 'on'/'off' | camera zoom mode |
ratioOverlay | ['int':'int', ...] | overlay on top of the camera view (crop the image to the selected size) Example: ['16:9', '1:1', '3:4'] |
ratioOverlayColor | Color | any color with alpha (default is '#ffffff77') |
const isCameraAuthorized = await CameraKitCamera.checkDeviceCameraAuthorizationStatus();
return values:
AVAuthorizationStatusAuthorized returns true
AVAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined returns -1
otherwise, returns false
const isUserAuthorizedCamera = await CameraKitCamera.requestDeviceCameraAuthorization();
AVAuthorizationStatusAuthorized returns true
otherwise, returns false
Capture image (shouldSaveToCameraRoll: boolean)
const image = await this.camera.capture(true);
Set flash mode (auto/on/off)
const success = await this.camera.setFlashMode(newFlashData.mode);
Change to fornt/rear camera
const success = await this.camera.changeCamera();
Native Gallery View (based on UICollectionView(iOS) and RecyclerView (Android))

<CameraKitGalleryView
ref={gallery => this.gallery = gallery}
style={{flex: 1, marginTop: 20}}
minimumInteritemSpacing={10}
minimumLineSpacing={10}
albumName={<ALBUM_NAME>}
columnCount={3}
onTapImage={event => {
// event.nativeEvent.selected - ALL selected images ids
}}
selectedImages={<MAINTAIN_SELECETED_IMAGES>}
selectedImageIcon={require('<IMAGE_FILE_PATH>'))}
unSelectedImageIcon={require('<IMAGE_FILE_PATH>')}
/>
| Attribute | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|
minimumInteritemSpacing | Float | Minimum inner Item spacing |
minimumLineSpacing | Float | Minimum line spacing |
imageStrokeColor | Color | Image stroke color |
imageStrokeColorWidth | Number > 0 | Image stroke color width |
albumName | String | Album name to show |
columnCount | Integer | How many clumns in one row |
onTapImage | Function | Callback when image tapped |
selectedImages | Array | Selected images (will show the selected badge) |
selectedImageIcon | require(_PATH_) | - DEPRECATED use Selection - Selected image badge image |
unSelectedImageIcon | require(_PATH_) | - DEPRECATED use Selection - Unselected image badge image |
selection | Object | See Selection section |
getUrlOnTapImage | Boolean | iOS only - On image tap return the image internal (tmp folder) uri (intead of Photos.framework asset id) |
customButtonStyle | Object | See Custom Button section |
onCustomButtonPress | Function | Callback when custom button tapped |
contentInset (iOS) | Object | The amount by which the gellery view content is inset from its edges (similar to ScrollView contentInset) |
remoteDownloadIndicatorType | String ('spinner' / 'progress-bar' / 'progress-pie') | iOS only - see Images stored in iCloud |
remoteDownloadIndicatorColor | Color | iOS only - Color of the remote download indicator to show |
onRemoteDownloadChanged | Function | iOS only - Callback when the device curentlly download remote image stored in the iCloud. |
| Attribute | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|
image | require(_PATH_) | Custom button image |
backgroundColor | Color | Custom button background color |
| Attribute | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|
selectedImage | require(_PATH_) | Selected image badge image |
unselectedImage | require(_PATH_) | Unselected image badge image |
imagePosition | bottom/top-right/left / center | Selected/Unselected badge image position (Default:top-right) |
overlayColor | Color | Image selected overlay color |
imageSizeAndroid | large/medium | Android Only - Selected badge image size |
On iOS images can be stored in iCould if the device is low on space which means full-resolution photos automatically replaced with optimized version and full resolution versions are stored in iCloud.
In this case, we need to download the image from iCloud and Photos Framework by Apple does a great job. Downloading take time and we deal with UI, so we need to show loading/progress indicator. In order to do so, we provide 3 types of loading/progress inidcators:
Sets remoteDownloadIndicatorType prop (and remoteDownloadIndicatorColor in order to sets the Color) on CameraKitGalleryView:
| Attribute | Values |
|---|---|
'spinner' | ![]() |
'progress-bar' | ![]() |
'progress-pie' | ![]() |
In order to simulate this loading behaviour, since reach low on storage situation is hard, add this prop
iCloudDownloadSimulateTime={TIME_IN_SECONDS}, just DO NOT FORGET TO REMOVE IT.
<CameraKitCameraScreen
actions={{ rightButtonText: 'Done', leftButtonText: 'Cancel' }}
onBottomButtonPressed={(event) => this.onBottomButtonPressed(event)}
scanBarcode={true}
laserColor={"blue"}
frameColor={"yellow"}
onReadQRCode={((event) => Alert.alert("Qr code found"))} //optional
hideControls={false} //(default false) optional, hide buttons and additional controls on top and bottom of screen
showFrame={true} //(default false) optional, show frame with transparent layer (qr code or barcode will be read on this area ONLY), start animation for scanner,that stoped when find any code. Frame always at center of the screen
offsetForScannerFrame = {10} //(default 30) optional, offset from left and right side of the screen
heightForScannerFrame = {300} //(default 200) optional, change height of the scanner frame
colorForScannerFrame = {'red'} //(default white) optional, change colot of the scanner frame
/>
The MIT License.
See LICENSE
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 13,062 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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