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Permissions

You need to ask necessary permissions before render the CameraKit component.

Getting Permissions​

Simply use the get functions to find out if a user has granted or denied permission before:

import { CameraPermissionManager } from 'react-native-snapchat-camera-kit';

// ..

const cameraPermission =
  await CameraPermissionManager.getCameraPermissionStatus();
const microphonePermission =
  await CameraPermissionManager.getMicrophonePermissionStatus();

A permission status can have the following values:

  • authorized: Your app is authorized to use said permission. Continue with using the <DeepAR> view.
  • not-determined: Your app has not yet requested permission from the user. Continue by calling the request functions.
  • denied: Your app has already requested permissions from the user, but was explicitly denied. You cannot use the request functions again, but you can use the Linking API to redirect the user to the Settings App where he can manually grant the permission.
  • restricted: (iOS only) Your app cannot use the Camera or Microphone because that functionality has been restricted, possibly due to active restrictions such as parental controls being in place.

Requesting Permissions​

Use the request functions to prompt the user to give your app permission to use the Camera or Microphone.

import { CameraPermissionManager } from 'react-native-snapchat-camera-kit';

// ..

const cameraPermission =
  await CameraPermissionManager.requestCameraPermission();
const microphonePermission =
  await CameraPermissionManager.requestMicrophonePermission();
  • authorized: Your app is authorized to use said permission. Continue with using the <DeepAR> view.
  • denied: The user explicitly denied the permission request alert. You cannot use the request functions again, but you can use the Linking API to redirect the user to the Settings App where he can manually grant the permission.