Add long press to take video

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/utils/camera.ts b/src/utils/camera.ts
index 3937129a..7fa18b7c 100644
--- a/src/utils/camera.ts
+++ b/src/utils/camera.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import CameraRoll from '@react-native-community/cameraroll';
 import {RefObject} from 'react';
 import {Alert} from 'react-native';
 import {
+  RecordOptions,
+  RecordResponse,
   RNCamera,
   TakePictureOptions,
   TakePictureResponse,
@@ -29,6 +31,21 @@ export const takePicture = (
   }
 };
 
+export const takeVideo = (
+  cameraRef: RefObject<RNCamera>,
+  callback: (vid: RecordResponse) => void,
+) => {
+  if (cameraRef !== null) {
+    const options: RecordOptions = {
+      orientation: 'portrait',
+      maxDuration: 10,
+    };
+    cameraRef.current?.recordAsync(options).then((vid) => {
+      callback(vid);
+    });
+  }
+};
+
 export const saveImageToGallery = (capturedImageURI: string) => {
   CameraRoll.save(capturedImageURI, {album: 'Recents', type: 'photo'})
     .then((_res) => Alert.alert('Saved to device!'))