A library that allows displaying Live Photos on iOS.
Installation
-Â npx expo install expo-live-photoIf you are installing this in an existing React Native app, make sure to install expo in your project.
Usage
Here's a simple example of expo-live-photo usage combined with expo-image-picker.
import * as ImagePicker from 'expo-image-picker'; import { LivePhotoAsset, LivePhotoView, LivePhotoViewType } from 'expo-live-photo'; import { useRef, useState } from 'react'; import { View, StyleSheet, Text, Button } from 'react-native'; export default function LivePhotoScreen() { const viewRef = useRef<LivePhotoViewType>(null); const [livePhoto, setLivePhoto] = useState<LivePhotoAsset | null>(null); const pickImage = async () => { const result = await ImagePicker.launchImageLibraryAsync({ mediaTypes: ['livePhotos'], }); if (!result.canceled && result.assets[0].pairedVideoAsset?.uri) { setLivePhoto({ photoUri: result.assets[0].uri, pairedVideoUri: result.assets[0].pairedVideoAsset.uri, }); } else { console.error('Failed to pick a live photo'); } }; if (!LivePhotoView.isAvailable()) { return ( <View style={styles.container}> <Text>expo-live-photo is not available on this platform 😕</Text> </View> ); } return ( <View style={styles.container}> <LivePhotoView ref={viewRef} source={livePhoto} style={[styles.livePhotoView, { display: livePhoto ? 'flex' : 'none' }]} onLoadComplete={() => { console.log('Live photo loaded successfully!'); }} onLoadError={error => { console.error('Failed to load the live photo: ', error.message); }} /> <View style={livePhoto ? styles.pickImageCollapsed : styles.pickImageExpanded}> <Button title={livePhoto ? 'Change Image' : 'Pick an image'} onPress={pickImage} /> </View> <Button title="Start Playback Hint" onPress={() => viewRef.current?.startPlayback('hint')} /> <Button title="Start Playback" onPress={() => viewRef.current?.startPlayback('full')} /> <Button title="Stop Playback" onPress={() => viewRef.current?.stopPlayback()} /> </View> ); } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ container: { flex: 1, alignItems: 'center', paddingVertical: 20, paddingHorizontal: 40, }, livePhotoView: { alignSelf: 'stretch', height: 300, }, pickImageExpanded: { alignSelf: 'stretch', height: 300, justifyContent: 'center', }, pickImageCollapsed: { marginVertical: 10, }, button: { marginVertical: 10, }, });
API
import { LivePhotoView } from 'expo-live-photo';
Component
Type: React.Element<LivePhotoViewProps>
ContentFit • Default: 'contain'Determines how the image should be scaled to fit the container.
'contain'- Scales the image so that its larger dimension fits the target size.'cover'- Scales the image so that it completely fills the target size.
boolean • Default: trueDetermines whether the live photo should also play audio.
() => voidCalled when the live photo is loaded and ready to play.
(error: LivePhotoLoadError) => voidCalled when an error occurred while loading.
() => voidCalled when the live photo preview photo is loaded.
unionThe live photo asset to display.
Acceptable values are: null | LivePhotoAsset
boolean • Default: trueDetermines whether the default iOS gesture recognizer should be used.
When true the playback will start if the user presses and holds on the LivePhotoView.
Component Methods
Determines whether the current device is capable of displaying live photos.
booleanInterfaces
Types
Literal Type: string
Determines how the image should be scaled to fit the container.
'contain'- Scales the image so that its larger dimension fits the target size.'cover'- Scales the image so that it completely fills the target size.
Acceptable values are: 'contain' | 'cover'
A live photo asset.
Note: Due to native limitations, the photo and video parts of the live photo must come from a valid live photo file and be unaltered. When taken, the photo is paired with the video via metadata. If the pairing is broken, joining them into a live photo is impossible.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pairedVideoUri | string | The URI of the video part of the live photo. |
| photoUri | string | The URI of the photo part of the live photo. |
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| startPlayback | (playbackStyle: PlaybackStyle) => void | Start the playback of the video part of the live photo. playbackStyle: PlaybackStyledetermines what ( |
| stopPlayback | () => void | Stop the playback of the video part of the live photo. |