Location

Adding Location tags to captured photos (EXIF) and videos (metadata)

Captured Photos (see "A Photo") and Videos (see "The Recorder") can contain Location tags in their EXIF flags or video metadata.

Dependency Required

Location requires react-native-vision-camera-location to be installed.

Get a Location

To get a Location, use a LocationManager from react-native-vision-camera-location:

const location = useLocation({ /* options */ })

useEffect(() => {
  if (!location.hasPermission) {
    location.requestPermission()
  }
}, [location.hasPermission])

if (location.hasPermission) {
  console.log(location.location)
}
const locationManager = createLocationManager({ /* options */ })

if (locationManager.locationPermissionStatus !== 'authorized') {
  const hasPermission = await locationManager.requestLocationPermission()
  if (!hasPermission) return
}

await locationManager.startUpdating()
locationManager.addOnLocationChangedListener((location) => {
  console.log(location)
})

Manually creating a Location

Alternatively, you can create a custom Location using createLocation(...), which can be useful for testing or spoofing location:

const location = createLocation(48.2084, 16.3735)

Adding Location tags to Photos

To add a Location to a Photo, pass a custom location to capturePhoto(...):

const photoOutput = ...
const location = ...
const photo = await photoOutput.capturePhoto(
  { location: location },
  { /* callbacks */}
)

Adding Location tags to Videos

To add a Location to a captured Video, pass a custom location to createRecorder(...):

const videoOutput = ...
const location = ...
const recorder = await videoOutput.createRecorder({
  location: location
})

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Get a LocationManually creating a LocationAdding Location tags to PhotosAdding Location tags to Videos