React Native Camera with Expo | Tutorial
Beto, May 21, 2022 · 54,923 views
Permissions are where most camera tutorials fall apart, so that's where this one starts. Once the user says yes, the rest is a Camera component, a ref, and some state, and you end up with a camera app that captures, previews, and saves like the real thing. I code it all in the video.
What's inside
- Async permission requests for camera and media library
- Controlling camera type and flash with React state
- A full-screen camera preview with UI nested inside it
- Reusable button components with Expo vector icons
- Capture, preview, retake, and save with createAssetAsync
- Flipping cameras and toggling flash at runtime
Resources

CourseReact Native course
Go beyond the camera: 800+ minutes across 17 sections, from fundamentals to shipping on the stores.
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