React-native-in-app-gallery NPM

react-native-in-app-gallery

A react-native in-app gallery component which allows to pick an image from both gallery and camera, optionally without exiting the current screen. It's Android and iOS compatible.

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Getting started

Installation guide

This package depends on some common react-native packages:

npm i --save @react-native-community/cameraroll react-native-permissions react-native-camera react-native-image-picker react-native-in-app-gallery

Android

Add required permissions inside the manifest

<manifest>
...
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO"/>
...
<application>

Add the following lines in android/app/build.gradle

android {
  ...
  defaultConfig {
    ...
    missingDimensionStrategy 'react-native-camera', 'general' // <--- insert this line
  }
}

iOS

Add required keys in your Info.plist

    <key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
	<string>$(PRODUCT_NAME) would like to use your camera</string>
	<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
	<string>$(PRODUCT_NAME) would like to use your microphone to let you take and send videos</string>
	<key>NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription</key>
	<string>$(PRODUCT_NAME) would like to save photos to your photo gallery</string>
	<key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
	<string>$(PRODUCT_NAME) would like access to your photo gallery</string>

Add permission handlers in your Podfile

  permissions_path = '../node_modules/react-native-permissions/ios'

  pod 'Permission-Camera', :path => "#{permissions_path}/Camera.podspec"
  pod 'Permission-PhotoLibrary', :path => "#{permissions_path}/PhotoLibrary.podspec"

Run

cd ios
pod install

If any problems, please refer to the mentioned above packages installation guides before opening an issue.

Usage

The usage should be straightforward: simply import the component and consume it.

import InAppGallery from 'react-native-in-app-gallery';
...
<InAppGallery
    onImagePicked={(image) => {
        console.log(image);
    }}
/>

Try it out

You can check a simple example here.

Props

Property	Type	Description
onImagePicked	(image: ImageFile) => void	Callback which triggers when an image is picked (press on image, take a photo from the camera or from gallery)
pageSize	number (default 100)	(Optional) The page size dimension to paginate images fetching
initialNumToRender	number (default 9)	(Optional) The initial number of items to render for the FlatList
imageHeight	number (default 120)	(Optional) The height of the image item
withCamera	bool (default true)	(Optional) If true, shows camera preview and allow to take picture from the camera
withFullGallery	bool (default true)	(Optional) If true, a FAB button allows you to open the gallery
onPermissionGranted	(permission: Permission) => void	(Optional) Callback on permission granted
onPermissionDenied	(permission: Permission) => void	(Optional) Callback on permission denied
onPermissionBlocked	(permission: Permission) => void	(Optional) Callback on permission blocked
imagePickerOptions	ImagePickerOptions (default `{storageOptions: {skipBackup: true, path: 'images'}}`)	(Optional) Options for ImagePicker
enableSelection	bool (default false)	(Optional) It enables selection (with long press)
onImageSelected	(image: ImageFile, selected: boolean)	(Optional) Callback on image selection. It's triggered whenever an image is selected or deselected
onSelectionEnd	(images: ImageFile[]) => void	(Optional) Callback on images selection end
cancelSelectionText	string (default `Cancel`)	(Optional) Text to cancel selection
doneSelectionText	string (default `DONE`)	(Optional) Text to end selection
selectionColor	string (default `#0284ff`)	(Optional) It's the tint color for selection icon