r/reactnative • u/LovesWorkin • 9h ago

iOS Simulator has no camera. I gave it one.

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You'll no longer need a real device to test anything camera related!

Buoy Desktop now fabricates a camera for it. Pick a source on your Mac and every booted simulator sees a real camera:

Options -

• Your Mac's webcam

• An image or a video file

• A generated QR or barcode

• A live region of your screen, drag a rectangle, the camera follows it

• A test pattern

No SDK, no pod, no change to the app you're testing. It's entirely host-side, so it works with the build you already have.

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u/Cryo0007 1h ago

Macos 27 will give it, no need of this

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u/Adventurous_Tipper 19m ago

I agree, but this is still cool as hell

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u/LovesWorkin 13m ago

This isn't true as far as I can tell.. Where's the release notes for this? It still shows not supported under them for me.