How to integrate React Native KeyEvent with Expo?

Question

I am looking for a way to get input data from device's hardware barcode scanner. I found a library that reportedly can get the job done, which is React Native KeyEvent .

However, the instructions mostly lead me to edit the gradle files inside android folder. Since I am using Expo, I do not have the android folder to follow the document.

Without Ejecting to ExpoKit , is there any other way to integrate them?

Answer 1

You would need to write an expo plugin for it. Fortunately, somebody seems to already have done just that. See:

expo plugin for react-native-keyevent