How to take a photo using callee's phone camera in React Native like Facetime?

Question

TLDR; How do I make a photo service that does the following in a video calling app:

1. caller presses button on phone1
2. callee's phone camera takes photo using phone2 camera
3. photo saved on caller's phone1

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I am trying to make a photo service that works in an iOS project I'm building using React Native.

I used Connecty-Cube to make a video call service in the app, but now I want to add a button that allows the caller to take a photo of the callee.

I know I can just use react-native-view-shot to take a screenshot of the callee, but I want to take the photo using the callee's own phone camera.

I think FaceTime now has this functionality (they let FT users take live photos), but I haven't found any other apps that do this.

Does anyone have any pointers? Thank you!

Answer 1

If you can do it using native code, you can easily bridge it to the JavaScript. That also can be more efficient than looking into some react-native plugin. More information you can get in docs or articles