react-native-image-picker

A React Native module that allows you to use native UI to select a photo/video from the device library or directly from the camera, like so:

iOS

Android

Install

iOS

1. npm install react-native-image-picker@latest --save
2. In the XCode's "Project navigator", right click on your project's Libraries folder ➜ Add Files to <...>
3. Go to node_modules ➜ react-native-image-picker ➜ ios ➜ select RNImagePicker.xcodeproj
4. Add RNImagePicker.a to Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries
5. Compile and have fun

Android

1. npm install react-native-image-picker@latest --save

// file: android/settings.gradle
...

include ':react-native-image-picker'
project(':react-native-image-picker').projectDir = new File(settingsDir, '../node_modules/react-native-image-picker/android')

// file: android/app/build.gradle
...

dependencies {
    ...
    compile project(':react-native-image-picker')
}

<!-- file: android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml -->
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.myApp">

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    
    <!-- add following permissions -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera"
                  android:required="true"/>
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" />
    <!-- -->
    ...

// file: android/app/src/main/java/com/myappli/MainActivity.java
...
import android.content.Intent; // import
import com.imagepicker.ImagePickerPackage; // import

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements DefaultHardwareBackBtnHandler {

    private ReactInstanceManager mReactInstanceManager;
    private ReactRootView mReactRootView;

    // declare package
    private ImagePickerPackage mImagePicker;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        mReactRootView = new ReactRootView(this);

        // instantiate package
        mImagePicker = new ImagePickerPackage(this);

        mReactInstanceManager = ReactInstanceManager.builder()
                .setApplication(getApplication())
                .setBundleAssetName("index.android.bundle")
                .setJSMainModuleName("index.android")
                .addPackage(new MainReactPackage())

                // register package here
                .addPackage(mImagePicker)

                .setUseDeveloperSupport(BuildConfig.DEBUG)
                .setInitialLifecycleState(LifecycleState.RESUMED)
                .build();
        mReactRootView.startReactApplication(mReactInstanceManager, "AwesomeProject", null);
        setContentView(mReactRootView);
    }

    ...

    // handle onActivityResult
    @Override
    public void onActivityResult(final int requestCode, final int resultCode, final Intent data) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

        mImagePicker.handleActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    }
...

Usage

1. In your React Native javascript code, bring in the native module:

var UIImagePickerManager = require('NativeModules').UIImagePickerManager;

2. Use it like so:

When you want to display the picker:

var options = {
  title: 'Select Avatar', // specify null or empty string to remove the title
  cancelButtonTitle: 'Cancel',
  takePhotoButtonTitle: 'Take Photo...', // specify null or empty string to remove this button
  chooseFromLibraryButtonTitle: 'Choose from Library...', // specify null or empty string to remove this button
  customButtons: {
    'Choose Photo from Facebook': 'fb', // [Button Text] : [String returned upon selection]
  },
  cameraType: 'back', // 'front' or 'back'
  mediaType: 'photo', // 'photo' or 'video'
  videoQuality: 'high', // 'low', 'medium', or 'high'
  maxWidth: 100, // photos only
  maxHeight: 100, // photos only
  aspectX: 2, // aspectX:aspectY, the cropping image's ratio of width to height
  aspectY: 1, // aspectX:aspectY, the cropping image's ratio of width to height
  quality: 0.2, // photos only
  angle: 0, // photos only
  allowsEditing: false, // Built in functionality to resize/reposition the image
  noData: false, // photos only - disables the base64 `data` field from being generated (greatly improves performance on large photos)
  storageOptions: { // if this key is provided, the image will get saved in the documents/pictures directory (rather than a temporary directory)
    skipBackup: true, // image will NOT be backed up to icloud
    path: 'images' // will save image at /Documents/images rather than the root
  }
};

/**
 * The first arg will be the options object for customization, the second is
 * your callback which sends bool: didCancel, object: response.
 *
 * response.didCancel will inform you if the user cancelled the process
 * response.error will contain an error message, if there is one
 * response.data is the base64 encoded image data (photos only)
 * response.uri is the uri to the local file asset on the device (photo or video)
 * response.isVertical will be true if the image is vertically oriented
 * response.width & response.height give you the image dimensions
 */

UIImagePickerManager.showImagePicker(options, (response) => {
  console.log('Response = ', response);

  if (response.didCancel) {
    console.log('User cancelled image picker');
  }
  else if (response.error) {
    console.log('UIImagePickerManager Error: ', response.error);
  }
  else if (response.customButton) {
    console.log('User tapped custom button: ', response.customButton);
  }
  else {
    // You can display the image using either data:
    const source = {uri: 'data:image/jpeg;base64,' + response.data, isStatic: true};
    
    // uri (on iOS)
    const source = {uri: response.uri.replace('file://', ''), isStatic: true};
    // uri (on android)
    const source = {uri: response.uri, isStatic: true};

    this.setState({
      avatarSource: source
    });
  }
});

Then later, if you want to display this image in your render() method:

<Image source={this.state.avatarSource} style={styles.uploadAvatar} />

Directly Launching the Camera or Image Library

To Launch the Camera or Image Library directly (skipping the alert dialog) you can do the following:

// Launch Camera:
UIImagePickerManager.launchCamera(options, (response)  => {
  // Same code as in above section!
});

// Open Image Library:
UIImagePickerManager.launchImageLibrary(options, (response)  => {
  // Same code as in above section!
});

Options

option	iOS	Android
title	OK	OK
cancelButtonTitle	OK	OK
takePhotoButtonTitle	OK	OK
chooseFromLibraryButtonTitle	OK	OK
customButtons	OK	-
cameraType	OK	-
mediaType	OK	-
videoQuality	OK	-
angle	-	OK
aspectX	-	OK
aspectY	-	OK
maxWidth	OK	OK
maxHeight	OK	OK
quality	OK	OK
allowsEditing	OK	OK
noData	OK	OK
storageOptions	OK	if this key is provided, the image will get saved in the pictures directory