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Handling the Camera Package

Explore how to handle camera functionality in React Native Expo by using expo-camera and expo-image-picker. Learn to manage permissions, capture photos, pick images, and display them within your app. This lesson guides you through essential steps to build a simple camera application, enhancing your mobile app development skills.

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The camera is the most common feature found in mobile applications. It is very easy to implement in Expo.

Dependencies

  • Install expo-camera using the command:

    expo install expo-camera

  • Install expo-image-picker using the command:

    expo install expo-image-picker

Note: These dependencies are already installed for you at the backend. You don’t need to run these commands.

Usage

The application is a simple camera app with a button to capture the image and an image picker to pick an image from the gallery and ...