diff --git a/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js b/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
--- a/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
+++ b/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
@@ -93,22 +93,12 @@
 
       const promise = (async () => {
         setUserAvatarMediaUploadInProgress(false);
-        try {
-          return await updateUserAvatarCall(imageAvatarUpdateRequest);
-        } catch (e) {
-          displayFailureAlert && displayFailureAlert();
-          throw e;
-        }
+        return await updateUserAvatarCall(imageAvatarUpdateRequest);
       })();
       dispatchActionPromise(updateUserAvatarActionTypes, promise);
       await promise;
     },
-    [
-      uploadSelectedMedia,
-      dispatchActionPromise,
-      updateUserAvatarCall,
-      displayFailureAlert,
-    ],
+    [uploadSelectedMedia, dispatchActionPromise, updateUserAvatarCall],
   );
 
   const setUserAvatar = React.useCallback(
diff --git a/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js b/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
--- a/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
+++ b/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 import { useStaffCanSee } from '../utils/staff-utils.js';
 
+function displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert(): void {
+  Alert.alert(
+    'Couldn’t save avatar',
+    'Please try again later',
+    [{ text: 'OK' }],
+    { cancelable: true },
+  );
+}
+
 function useUploadProcessedMedia(): MediaResult => Promise<UploadMultimediaResult> {
   const callUploadMultimedia = useServerCall(uploadMultimedia);
   const uploadProcessedMultimedia: MediaResult => Promise<UploadMultimediaResult> =
@@ -183,6 +192,27 @@
   );
 }
 
+function useNativeUpdateUserImageAvatar(): (
+  selection: NativeMediaSelection,
+) => Promise<void> {
+  const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
+  invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext must be defined');
+  const { updateImageUserAvatar } = editUserAvatarContext;
+
+  const nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar = React.useCallback(
+    async (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => {
+      try {
+        await updateImageUserAvatar(selection);
+      } catch {
+        displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert();
+      }
+    },
+    [updateImageUserAvatar],
+  );
+
+  return nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar;
+}
+
 function useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar(): () => Promise<void> {
   const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
   invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'updateImageUserAvatar must be defined');
@@ -324,10 +354,12 @@
 };
 
 export {
+  displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert,
   selectFromGallery,
   useUploadSelectedMedia,
   useUploadProcessedMedia,
   useProcessSelectedMedia,
   useShowAvatarActionSheet,
   useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
+  useNativeUpdateUserImageAvatar,
 };
diff --git a/native/avatars/native-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js b/native/avatars/native-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
--- a/native/avatars/native-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
+++ b/native/avatars/native-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { Alert } from 'react-native';
 
 import { BaseEditUserAvatarProvider } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
 
-import { useUploadSelectedMedia } from './avatar-hooks.js';
-
-const displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert = () =>
-  Alert.alert(
-    'Couldn’t save avatar',
-    'Please try again later',
-    [{ text: 'OK' }],
-    { cancelable: true },
-  );
+import {
+  useUploadSelectedMedia,
+  displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert,
+} from './avatar-hooks.js';
 
 type Props = {
   +children: React.Node,
diff --git a/native/media/registration-user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js b/native/media/registration-user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js
--- a/native/media/registration-user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js
+++ b/native/media/registration-user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 // @flow
 
-import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import { EditUserAvatarContext } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
-
 import type { RegistrationNavigationProp } from '../account/registration/registration-navigator.react.js';
+import { useNativeUpdateUserImageAvatar } from '../avatars/avatar-hooks.js';
 import CameraModal from '../media/camera-modal.react.js';
 import type { NavigationRoute } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 
@@ -17,13 +15,11 @@
 function RegistrationUserAvatarCameraModal(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { navigation } = props;
 
-  const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
-  invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
-  const { updateImageUserAvatar } = editUserAvatarContext;
+  const nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar = useNativeUpdateUserImageAvatar();
 
   return (
     <CameraModal
-      handlePhotoCapture={updateImageUserAvatar}
+      handlePhotoCapture={nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar}
       navigation={navigation}
     />
   );
diff --git a/native/media/user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js b/native/media/user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js
--- a/native/media/user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js
+++ b/native/media/user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 // @flow
 
-import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import { EditUserAvatarContext } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
-
+import { useNativeUpdateUserImageAvatar } from '../avatars/avatar-hooks.js';
 import CameraModal from '../media/camera-modal.react.js';
 import type { AppNavigationProp } from '../navigation/app-navigator.react.js';
 import type { NavigationRoute } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
@@ -17,13 +15,11 @@
 function UserAvatarCameraModal(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { navigation } = props;
 
-  const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
-  invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
-  const { updateImageUserAvatar } = editUserAvatarContext;
+  const nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar = useNativeUpdateUserImageAvatar();
 
   return (
     <CameraModal
-      handlePhotoCapture={updateImageUserAvatar}
+      handlePhotoCapture={nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar}
       navigation={navigation}
     />
   );