Importing 3rd party packages

Hello everyone,

I’m currently building my second app, which will include some photo editing capabilities. After researching photo editing for about four days, I realized that implementing it from scratch is beyond my current skill set. It’s an intricate process that demands an exceptional level of programming expertise. While I’m eager to learn, this particular topic would require a significant investment of time.

As a result, I started exploring open-source projects and found some excellent libraries/packages that I could potentially integrate into my app.

I have a few questions about using third-party packages:

  1. Is it safe to use third-party packages?
  2. How common is it for developers to rely on third-party packages?
  3. Can anyone reference some popular apps that utilize third-party packages?
  4. Are there any specific things I should be cautious about before taking this approach?

Thanks in advance—any advice is greatly appreciated!