---
nav-title: "camera How-To"
title: "camera"
environment: nativescript
description: "Examples for using camera"
previous_url: /ApiReference/camera/HOW-TO
---
# Camera module
Using a camera requires the camera module.
{%snippet camera-require%}

### Taking a picture.
{%snippet camera-take-picture%}

### Check for availability
{%snippet camera-is-availabile%}