Added code to photoGallery tsx file

lib/components/photoGallery.tsx

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+import React, { useState, useEffect, forwardRef, useImperativeHandle, } from "react";
+import { View, Text, StyleSheet, TouchableOpacity } from "react-native";
+import {launchImageLibrary} from 'react-native-image-picker';
+
+const openImagePicker = () => {
+    const [selectedImage, setSelectedImage] = useState(null);
+
+    const handleNewMedia = async () => {
+        const { status } = await requestCameraPermissionsAsync();
+        if (status !== "granted") {
+          alert("Sorry, we need camera permissions to make this work!");
+          return;
+        }
+        const cameraResult = await launchCameraAsync({
+          mediaTypes: MediaTypeOptions.All,
+          allowsEditing: false,
+          aspect: [3, 4],
+          quality: 0.75,
+          videoMaxDuration: 300,
+        });
+
+        if (!cameraResult.canceled) {
+          handleImageSelection(cameraResult);
+        }
+      };
+
+    const options = {
+      mediaType: 'photo',
+      includeBase64: false,
+      maxHeight: 2000,
+      maxWidth: 2000,
+    };
+
+    launchImageLibrary(options, (response) => {
+      if (response.didCancel) {
+        console.log('User cancelled image picker');
+      } else if (response.error) {
+        console.log('Image picker error: ', response.error);
+      } else {
+        let imageUri = response.uri || response.assets?.[0]?.uri;
+        setSelectedImage(imageUri);
+      }
+    });
+  };