Permissions | React Native Barcode Scanner
If you use Expo, the permissions can be configured using our config plugin, and this step can be skipped.
Add camera permission
The Scanbot Barcode Scanner SDK needs access to the device camera, so it can scan from a live camera stream. Therefore, the camera permission must be defined.
Android
For Android, we need to add the camera permissions in android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
Note how we also added the uses-feature tag for better recognition of your app on the Google Play Store (see more).
Our Ready-to-Use UI Components handle the runtime permissions automatically, so there is no need to add anything else in the code.
iOS
For iOS, we need to include a description for the camera permission in ios/{projectName}/Info.plist anywhere inside the <dict> element:
<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>Camera permission is needed to scan barcodes</string>
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