# Is there a way to create a "portal" of a native app or feature, similar to how ionic is now allowing an ionic portal inside a native app?

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-create-a-portal-of-a-native-app-or-feature-similar-to-how-ionic-is-now-allowing-an-ionic-portal-inside-a-native-app/216966>\
**Category:** Capacitor\
**Created:** [November 4, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-create-a-portal-of-a-native-app-or-feature-similar-to-how-ionic-is-now-allowing-an-ionic-portal-inside-a-native-app/216966 "2021-11-04T13:29:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![davech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@davech](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/davech)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-create-a-portal-of-a-native-app-or-feature-similar-to-how-ionic-is-now-allowing-an-ionic-portal-inside-a-native-app/216966/1 "2021-11-04T13:29:14Z")

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Ionic now allows ionic portals to exist inside native apps. Is the reverse possible. I’d like to embed the native ios camera app in my ionic app.

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**Author:** ![Hills90210](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/57b2e6/32.png) [@Hills90210](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Hills90210)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-create-a-portal-of-a-native-app-or-feature-similar-to-how-ionic-is-now-allowing-an-ionic-portal-inside-a-native-app/216966/2 "2021-11-04T13:33:32Z")

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You can use the native camera via capacitor [plugin](https://capacitorjs.com/docs/apis/camera).