React Native Camera Roll - react-native

Question

Haven't noticed much sample code/guides on how to use the CameraRoll library from React Native, I found the example in the docs a bit "vague" and confusing.
First time I'm using any of the API's so I do not fully understand how I'm suppose to use the library either. So far I've imported it like:
import {
AppRegistry,
Image,
StyleSheet,
TextInput,
Navigator,
CameraRoll,
Alert,
TouchableHighlight,
Button,
Text,
View
} from 'react-native';
quite confused with "Linking" etc, but as far as I know, this should be all I need to do in order to use the lib.
And how do I use it for something as simple as to open the gallery on the click of a button and let the user choose an image that should then be displayed in the app.
Thanks in advance, hope someone has some code to clarify this.

Answer 1

Here is some sample code that will grab the first 25 photos from your camera roll and display them in a ScrollView. I modified this from an example I found online here
import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react'
import {
CameraRoll,
Image,
ScrollView,
StyleSheet,
TouchableHighlight,
View,
} from 'react-native';
class CameraRollView extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
var controls = props.controls
this.state = {
images: [],
selected: '',
fetchParams: { first: 25 },
groupTypes: 'SavedPhotos',
}
this._storeImages = this._storeImages.bind(this)
this._logImageError = this._logImageError.bind(this)
this._selectImage = this._selectImage.bind(this)
}
componentDidMount() {
// get photos from camera roll
CameraRoll.getPhotos(this.state.fetchParams, this._storeImages, this._logImageError);
}
// callback which processes received images from camera roll and stores them in an array
_storeImages(data) {
const assets = data.edges;
const images = assets.map( asset => asset.node.image );
this.setState({
images: images,
});
}
_logImageError(err) {
console.log(err);
}
_selectImage(uri) {
// define whatever you want to happen when an image is selected here
this.setState({
selected: uri,
});
console.log('Selected image: ', uri);
}
render() {
return (
<View style={{flex: 1, backgroundColor: 'white'}}>
<ScrollView style={styles.container}>
<View style={styles.imageGrid}>
{ this.state.images.map(image => {
return (
<TouchableHighlight onPress={() => this._selectImage(image.uri)}>
<Image style={styles.image} source={{ uri: image.uri }} />
</TouchableHighlight>
);
})}
</View>
</ScrollView>
</View>
);
}
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
backgroundColor: '#F5FCFF',
},
imageGrid: {
flexDirection: 'row',
flexWrap: 'wrap',
justifyContent: 'center'
},
image: {
width: 100,
height: 100,
margin: 10,
},
});
export default CameraRollView

Answer 2

Hmm, the package you are seeking is probably react-native-image-picker. It allows you to take a photo or select one from your native device gallery.
LINK: https://github.com/react-community/react-native-image-picker
In response to the linking issue. When you save a package using:
npm install --save react-native-image-picker
What is happening here is the --save part prepares the packages dependencies to be connected to native iOS and Android. This linking is done using the command react-native link.
In some cases packages require some manual linking aswell (for example, this package requires a small amount of native iOS and Android configuration)