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+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { Camera } from '../Camera';
+import { CameraDevice, LogicalCameraDeviceType, parsePhysicalDeviceTypes, PhysicalCameraDeviceType } from '../CameraDevice';
+
+export const useCameraDevice = (deviceType: PhysicalCameraDeviceType | LogicalCameraDeviceType): CameraDevice | undefined => {
+  const [device, setDevice] = useState<CameraDevice>();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const loadDevice = async (): Promise<void> => {
+      const devices = await Camera.getAvailableCameraDevices();
+      const bestMatch = devices.find((d) => {
+        const parsedType = parsePhysicalDeviceTypes(d.devices);
+        return parsedType === deviceType;
+      });
+      setDevice(bestMatch);
+    };
+    loadDevice();
+  }, [deviceType]);
+
+  return device;
+};