react-native-image-crop-picker vs react-native-image-resizer vs react-native-image-marker
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These libraries provide essential functionalities for handling images in React Native applications. They enable developers to crop, resize, and annotate images effectively, enhancing the user experience by allowing users to manipulate images directly within the app. Each library has its unique features and use cases, catering to different needs in image processing and manipulation.

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react-native-image-crop-picker141,3296,2222.17 MB8833 months agoMIT
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Feature Comparison: react-native-image-crop-picker vs react-native-image-resizer vs react-native-image-marker

Image Selection and Cropping

  • react-native-image-crop-picker:

    This library allows users to select images from their device's gallery or take new photos using the camera. It provides a variety of cropping options, including aspect ratio settings, which can be customized to fit the app's requirements. The interface is intuitive, making it easy for users to crop images as needed before uploading or using them in the app.

  • react-native-image-resizer:

    This library does not provide image selection or cropping features. Its primary function is to resize images, allowing developers to specify new dimensions or scale factors. It is designed for optimizing images rather than manipulating them visually.

  • react-native-image-marker:

    This package does not focus on image selection or cropping. Instead, it is designed for adding overlays or watermarks to existing images. Users must provide the image to be marked, and the library handles the overlay process without cropping functionalities.

Image Annotation

  • react-native-image-crop-picker:

    While this library primarily focuses on image selection and cropping, it does not offer built-in annotation features. Developers would need to implement additional functionalities if they require annotations on the cropped images.

  • react-native-image-resizer:

    This package does not support image annotation. Its functionality is strictly limited to resizing images, making it unsuitable for applications that require adding annotations or overlays.

  • react-native-image-marker:

    This library excels in image annotation. It allows users to add text, stickers, or other graphical elements to images, making it ideal for applications that need to personalize or brand images. The API is straightforward, enabling quick integration of annotation features.

Performance and Efficiency

  • react-native-image-crop-picker:

    This library is optimized for performance, allowing for quick image selection and cropping without significant delays. It handles large images efficiently, ensuring a smooth user experience even with high-resolution images.

  • react-native-image-resizer:

    This library is highly efficient for resizing images, providing fast processing times even for large files. It is particularly useful for reducing the size of images before uploading, thus saving bandwidth and improving load times.

  • react-native-image-marker:

    Performance is generally good for adding overlays, but it may vary depending on the complexity of the annotations being added. The library is designed to handle typical use cases efficiently, but extensive or complex overlays may impact performance.

Ease of Use

  • react-native-image-crop-picker:

    The library is user-friendly, with clear documentation and examples that make it easy for developers to implement image selection and cropping features. The API is intuitive, allowing for quick integration into applications.

  • react-native-image-resizer:

    This library is simple to integrate, with clear methods for resizing images. Its focus on resizing makes it less complex than the other libraries, making it a good choice for developers looking for straightforward functionality.

  • react-native-image-marker:

    This package is also easy to use, with a straightforward API for adding annotations. However, developers must ensure they understand how to manage the images being marked, as it requires prior image handling before annotation.

Use Cases

  • react-native-image-crop-picker:

    Ideal for applications that require user-generated content, such as social media apps, photo editing tools, or any app where users need to upload or modify images directly.

  • react-native-image-resizer:

    Perfect for apps that need to optimize images for performance, such as e-commerce platforms, where image size can significantly impact loading times and user experience.

  • react-native-image-marker:

    Best suited for applications that need to brand images, such as photography apps, content creation platforms, or any service that requires watermarking or text overlays on images.

How to Choose: react-native-image-crop-picker vs react-native-image-resizer vs react-native-image-marker
  • react-native-image-crop-picker:

    Choose this package if you need a comprehensive solution for selecting and cropping images from the device's gallery or camera. It offers a user-friendly interface and supports various cropping options, making it ideal for applications that require user-generated content.

  • react-native-image-resizer:

    Select this package if your primary need is to resize images efficiently. It is particularly useful for optimizing images before uploading them to a server or for reducing the memory footprint of images in your app.

  • react-native-image-marker:

    Opt for this package if your application requires adding watermarks or text overlays to images. It provides straightforward methods for marking images, making it suitable for applications focused on branding or content protection.

README for react-native-image-crop-picker

react-native-image-crop-picker

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iOS/Android image picker with support for camera, video, configurable compression, multiple images and cropping

Result

Important notes

  1. If you are using react-native >= 0.60 use react-native-image-crop-picker version >= 0.25.0. Otherwise use version < 0.25.0.
  2. If you want to use react-native-image-crop-picker version >= 0.39.0 you have to set your android compileSdkVersion to 33 or greater. Otherwise use react-native-image-crop-picker version < 0.39.0

Usage

Import library

import ImagePicker from 'react-native-image-crop-picker';

Select from gallery

Call single image picker with cropping

ImagePicker.openPicker({
  width: 300,
  height: 400,
  cropping: true
}).then(image => {
  console.log(image);
});

Call multiple image picker

ImagePicker.openPicker({
  multiple: true
}).then(images => {
  console.log(images);
});

Select video only from gallery

ImagePicker.openPicker({
  mediaType: "video",
}).then((video) => {
  console.log(video);
});

Android: The prop 'cropping' has been known to cause videos not to be displayed in the gallery on Android. Please do not set cropping to true when selecting videos.

Select from camera

Image

ImagePicker.openCamera({
  width: 300,
  height: 400,
  cropping: true,
}).then(image => {
  console.log(image);
});

Video

ImagePicker.openCamera({
  mediaType: 'video',
}).then(image => {
  console.log(image);
});

Crop picture

ImagePicker.openCropper({
  path: 'my-file-path.jpg',
  width: 300,
  height: 400
}).then(image => {
  console.log(image);
});

Optional cleanup

Module is creating tmp images which are going to be cleaned up automatically somewhere in the future. If you want to force cleanup, you can use clean to clean all tmp files, or cleanSingle(path) to clean single tmp file.

ImagePicker.clean().then(() => {
  console.log('removed all tmp images from tmp directory');
}).catch(e => {
  alert(e);
});

Request Object

| Property | Type | Description | | --------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------- | | cropping | bool (default false) | Enable or disable cropping | | width | number | Width of result image when used with cropping option | | height | number | Height of result image when used with cropping option | | multiple | bool (default false) | Enable or disable multiple image selection | | writeTempFile (ios only) | bool (default true) | When set to false, does not write temporary files for the selected images. This is useful to improve performance when you are retrieving file contents with the includeBase64 option and don't need to read files from disk. | | includeBase64 | bool (default false) | When set to true, the image file content will be available as a base64-encoded string in the data property. Hint: To use this string as an image source, use it like: <Image source={{uri: `data:${image.mime};base64,${image.data}`}} /> | | includeExif | bool (default false) | Include image exif data in the response | | avoidEmptySpaceAroundImage (ios only) | bool (default true) | When set to true, the image will always fill the mask space. | | cropperActiveWidgetColor (android only) | string (default "#424242") | When cropping image, determines ActiveWidget color. | | cropperStatusBarColor (android only) | string (default #424242) | When cropping image, determines the color of StatusBar. | | cropperToolbarColor (android only) | string (default #424242) | When cropping image, determines the color of Toolbar. | | cropperToolbarWidgetColor (android only) | string (default darker orange) | When cropping image, determines the color of Toolbar text and buttons. | | freeStyleCropEnabled | bool (default false) | Enables user to apply custom rectangle area for cropping | | cropperToolbarTitle | string (default Edit Photo) | When cropping image, determines the title of Toolbar. | | cropperCircleOverlay | bool (default false) | Enable or disable circular cropping mask. | | disableCropperColorSetters (android only)| bool (default false) | When cropping image, disables the color setters for cropping library. | | minFiles (ios only) | number (default 1) | Min number of files to select when using multiple option | | maxFiles (ios only) | number (default 5) | Max number of files to select when using multiple option | | waitAnimationEnd (ios only) | bool (default true) | Promise will resolve/reject once ViewController completion block is called | | smartAlbums (ios only) | array (supported values) (default ['UserLibrary', 'PhotoStream', 'Panoramas', 'Videos', 'Bursts']) | List of smart albums to choose from | | useFrontCamera | bool (default false) | Whether to default to the front/'selfie' camera when opened. Please note that not all Android devices handle this parameter, see issue #1058| | compressVideoPreset (ios only) | string (default MediumQuality) | Choose which preset will be used for video compression | | compressImageMaxWidth | number (default none) | Compress image with maximum width | | compressImageMaxHeight | number (default none) | Compress image with maximum height | | compressImageQuality | number (default 1 (Android)/0.8 (iOS)) | Compress image with quality (from 0 to 1, where 1 is best quality). On iOS, values larger than 0.8 don't produce a noticeable quality increase in most images, while a value of 0.8 will reduce the file size by about half or less compared to a value of 1. | | loadingLabelText (ios only) | string (default "Processing assets...") | Text displayed while photo is loading in picker | | mediaType | string (default any) | Accepted mediaType for image selection, can be one of: 'photo', 'video', or 'any' | | showsSelectedCount (ios only) | bool (default true) | Whether to show the number of selected assets | | sortOrder (ios only) | string (default 'none', supported values: 'asc', 'desc', 'none') | Applies a sort order on the creation date on how media is displayed within the albums/detail photo views when opening the image picker | | forceJpg (ios only) | bool (default false) | Whether to convert photos to JPG. This will also convert any Live Photo into its JPG representation | | showCropGuidelines (android only) | bool (default true) | Whether to show the 3x3 grid on top of the image during cropping | | showCropFrame (android only) | bool (default true) | Whether to show crop frame during cropping | | hideBottomControls (android only) | bool (default false) | Whether to display bottom controls | | enableRotationGesture (android only) | bool (default false) | Whether to enable rotating the image by hand gesture | | cropperChooseText (ios only)  |           string (default choose)        | Choose button text | | cropperChooseColor (ios only) | string (default #FFCC00) | HEX format color for the Choose button. Default color is controlled by TOCropViewController. | | cropperCancelText (ios only) | string (default Cancel) | Cancel button text | | cropperCancelColor (ios only) | string (default tint iOS color ) | HEX format color for the Cancel button. Default value is the default tint iOS color controlled by TOCropViewController | | cropperRotateButtonsHidden (ios only)  |           bool (default false)        | Enable or disable cropper rotate buttons |

Smart Album Types (ios)

NOTE: Some of these types may not be available on all iOS versions. Be sure to check this to avoid issues.

['PhotoStream', 'Generic', 'Panoramas', 'Videos', 'Favorites', 'Timelapses', 'AllHidden', 'RecentlyAdded', 'Bursts', 'SlomoVideos', 'UserLibrary', 'SelfPortraits', 'Screenshots', 'DepthEffect', 'LivePhotos', 'Animated', 'LongExposure']

Response Object

| Property | Type | Description | | ------------------------- | :----: | :--------------------------------------- | | path | string | Selected image location. This is null when the writeTempFile option is set to false. | | localIdentifier(ios only) | string | Selected images' localidentifier, used for PHAsset searching | | sourceURL(ios only) | string | Selected images' source path, do not have write access | | filename | string | Selected images' filename | | width | number | Selected image width | | height | number | Selected image height | | mime | string | Selected image MIME type (image/jpeg, image/png) | | size | number | Selected image size in bytes | | duration | number | Video duration time in milliseconds | | data | base64 | Optional base64 selected file representation | | exif | object | Extracted exif data from image. Response format is platform specific | | cropRect | object | Cropped image rectangle (width, height, x, y) | | creationDate (ios only) | string | UNIX timestamp when image was created | | modificationDate | string | UNIX timestamp when image was last modified |

Install

Step 1

npm i react-native-image-crop-picker --save

Step 2

iOS

cd ios
pod install

Step 3

iOS

Step 1

In Xcode open Info.plist and add string key NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription with value that describes why you need access to user photos. More info here https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/62229. Depending on what features you use, you also may need NSCameraUsageDescription and NSMicrophoneUsageDescription keys.

(Optional) Step 2 - To localize the camera / gallery / cropper text buttons

  • Open your Xcode project
  • Go to your project settings by opening the project name on the Navigation (left side)
  • Select your project in the project list
  • Should be into the Info tab and add in Localizations the language your app was missing throughout the +
  • Rebuild and you should now have your app camera and gallery with the classic ios text in the language you added.

Android

  • VERY IMPORTANT Add the following to your build.gradle's repositories section and change Android SDK version to 33. (android/build.gradle)
buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "31.0.0"
        minSdkVersion = 21
        compileSdkVersion = 33
        targetSdkVersion = 33
        ...
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
      mavenLocal()
      jcenter()
      maven { url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android" }

      // ADD THIS
      maven { url 'https://maven.google.com' }

      // ADD THIS
      maven { url "https://www.jitpack.io" }
    }
}
  • Add useSupportLibrary (android/app/build.gradle)
android {
    ...

    defaultConfig {
        ...
        vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
        ...
    }
    ...
}
  • Minimum Gradle version if you are using react-native-image-crop-picker >= 0.35.0
3.3.3
3.4.3
3.5.4
3.6.4
4.0.1

Reference for more details https://github.com/ivpusic/react-native-image-crop-picker/issues/1406

  • If you use SDK version >= 33, add following to app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

    • <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES"/>
  • [Optional] If you want to use camera picker in your project, add following to app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

    • <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
  • [Optional] If you want to use front camera, also add following to app/src/main/ AndroidManifest.xml

    • <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="false" />
    • <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.front" android:required="false" />

TO DO

  • [ ] [Android] Standardize multiple select
  • [ ] [Android] Video compression

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License

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