This post will give you an idea to Display Image in React Native Using Image Component. React Native Image is a component for displaying different types of images, including network images, static resources, temporary local images, and images from local disks, such as the camera roll.
To Import Image in the Code
1 | import { Image } from 'react-native' |
Render using
Below are the 4 different ways to display different image sources.
1. Static Image Resources
1 2 3 4 | <Image source={require('./your-img.png')} style={{width: 400, height: 400}} /> |
requirecan also be used for including audio, video or document files in your project. Most common .mp3, .wav, .mp4, .mov, .html and .pdf.
2. Network Requests for Images
1 2 3 4 | <Image source={{uri: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AboutReact/sampleresource/master/sample_img.png'}} style={{width: 400, height: 400}} /> |
3. Uri Data Images
1 2 3 4 | <Image style={{width: 66, height: 58}} source={{uri:'data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADMAAAAzCAYAAAA6oTAqAAAAEXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBwbmdjcnVzaEB1SfMAAABQSURBVGje7dSxCQBACARB+2/ab8BEeQNhFi6WSYzYLYudDQYGBgYGBgYGBgYGBgYGBgZmcvDqYGBgmhivGQYGBgYGBgYGBgYGBgYGBgbmQw+P/eMrC5UTVAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='}} /> |
4. SVG Images
To use SVG image from the image folder of your project you need to install a library from your terminal using
1 | npm install react-native-remote-svg --save |
Now import Image from it using
1 | import {Image} from ‘react-native-remote-svg’ |
That was the different ways which will be very helpful for you to show the image from different resources. Now let’s move towards the React Native Image Example.
To Make a React Native App
Getting started with React Native will help you to know more about the way you can make a React Native project. We are going to use react-native init to make our React Native App. Assuming that you have node installed, you can use npm to install the react-native-cli command line utility. Open the terminal and go to the workspace and run
npm install -g react-native-cliRun the following commands to create a new React Native project
react-native init ProjectNameIf you want to start a new project with a specific React Native version, you can use the --version argument:
react-native init ProjectName --version X.XX.Xreact-native init ProjectName --version react-native@nextThis will make a project structure with an index file named App.js in your project directory.
Open App.js in any code editor and Replace the code with the following code.
App.js
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 | //This is an example code to understand Image// import React, { Component } from 'react'; //import react in our code. import { Text, Image, View, StyleSheet } from 'react-native'; //import all the components we are going to use. export default class App extends Component { render() { return ( <View style={styles.container}> <Image style={{ width: 66, height: 58 }} source={{ uri: 'data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADMAAAAzCAYAAAA6oTAqAAAAEXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBwbmdjcnVzaEB1SfMAAABQSURBVGje7dSxCQBACARB+2/ab8BEeQNhFi6WSYzYLYudDQYGBgYGBgYGBgYGBgYGBgZmcvDqYGBgmhivGQYGBgYGBgYGBgYGBgYGBgbmQw+P/eMrC5UTVAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==', }} /> {/* If you want to show image from local directory <Image source={require('./your-img.png')} style={{width: 400, height: 400}} />*/} <Image source={{uri:'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AboutReact/sampleresource/master/sample_img.png',}} style={{ width: 400, height: 400, margin: 16 }} /> </View> ); } } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ container: { flex: 1, alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', paddingTop: 40, backgroundColor: '#ecf0f1', }, }); |
To Run the React Native App
Open the terminal again and jump into your project using.cd ProjectNamereact-native run-androidreact-native run-ios (macOS only).
That was the React Native Image. If you have any doubt or you want to share something about the topic you can comment below or contact us here. The remaining components will be covered in the next article. Stay tuned!
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