React Native Blur component
npm install react-native-community-blur@react-native-community/blur
A component for UIVisualEffectView's blur and vibrancy effect on iOS, and BlurView on Android.

- Installation
- BlurView
- VibrancyView
- Example React Native app
- Questions?
1. Install the library using either Yarn:
```
yarn add @react-native-community/blur
or npm:
``
npm install --save @react-native-community/blur
2. React-Native 0.59 and below only: Link your native dependencies:
``
react-native link @react-native-community/blur
3. (iOS only) Install to Xcode:
``
npx pod-install`
Or, if you already have installed Cocoapods on your system:`
cd ios && pod install
4. (Android only, optional)
If you've defined _project-wide properties_ (recommended) in your root build.gradle, this library will detect the presence of the following properties:
`groovy
buildscript {...}
allprojects {...}
/**
+ Project-wide Gradle configuration properties
*/
ext {
compileSdkVersion = 27
targetSdkVersion = 27
buildToolsVersion = "27.0.3"
}
`
5. Include the library in your code:
`javascript`
import { BlurView, VibrancyView } from "@react-native-community/blur";
6. Compile and have fun!
Properties:
- blurType (String)xlight
- - extra light blur typelight
- - light blur typedark
- - dark blur typeextraDark
- - extra dark blur type (tvOS only)regular
- - regular blur type (iOS 10+ and tvOS only)prominent
- - prominent blur type (iOS 10+ and tvOS only)chromeMaterial
- iOS 13 only Blur types:
- - An adaptable blur effect that creates the appearance of the system chrome.material
- - An adaptable blur effect that creates the appearance of a material with normal thickness.thickMaterial
- - An adaptable blur effect that creates the appearance of a material that is thicker than normal.thinMaterial
- - An adaptable blur effect that creates the appearance of an ultra-thin material.ultraThinMaterial
- - An adaptable blur effect that creates the appearance of an ultra-thin material.chromeMaterialDark
- - A blur effect that creates the appearance of an ultra-thin material and is always dark.materialDark
- - A blur effect that creates the appearance of a thin material and is always dark.thickMaterialDark
- - A blur effect that creates the appearance of a material with normal thickness and is always dark.thinMaterialDark
- - A blur effect that creates the appearance of a material that is thicker than normal and is always dark.ultraThinMaterialDark
- - A blur effect that creates the appearance of the system chrome and is always dark.chromeMaterialLight
- - An adaptable blur effect that creates the appearance of the system chrome.materialLight
- - An adaptable blur effect that creates the appearance of a material with normal thickness.thickMaterialLight
- - An adaptable blur effect that creates the appearance of a material that is thicker than normal.thinMaterialLight
- - An adaptable blur effect that creates the appearance of a thin material.ultraThinMaterialLight
- - An adaptable blur effect that creates the appearance of an ultra-thin material.blurAmount
- (Default: 10, Number)0-100
- - Adjusts blur intensityreducedTransparencyFallbackColor
- (Color) (iOS only)black, white, #rrggbb, etc
- - background color to use if accessibility setting ReduceTransparency is enabled
> Note: The maximum blurAmount on Android is 32, so higher values will be clamped to 32.
> Complete usage example that works on iOS and Android:
`javascript
import React, { Component } from "react";
import { View, Image, Text, StyleSheet } from "react-native";
import { BlurView } from "@react-native-community/blur";
export default class Menu extends Component {
render() {
return (
source={{ uri }}
style={styles.absolute}
/>
{/ in terms of positioning and zIndex-ing everything before the BlurView will be blurred /}
blurType="light"
blurAmount={10}
reducedTransparencyFallbackColor="white"
/>
);
}
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
justifyContent: "center",
alignItems: "center"
},
absolute: {
position: "absolute",
top: 0,
left: 0,
bottom: 0,
right: 0
}
});
`
In this example, the Image component will be blurred, because the BlurView in positioned on top. But the Text will stay unblurred.
If the accessibility setting Reduce Transparency is enabled the BlurView will use reducedTransparencyFallbackColor as it's background color rather than blurring. If no reducedTransparencyFallbackColor is provided, theBlurViewwill use the default fallback color (white, black, or grey depending on blurType)
Uses the same properties as BlurView (blurType, blurAmount, and reducedTransparencyFallbackColor).
> The vibrancy effect lets the content underneath a blurred view show through more vibrantly
> (Note: VibrancyView is only supported on iOS. Also note that the VibrancyView must contain nested views.)
`javascript
import { VibrancyView } from "@react-native-community/blur";
export default class Menu extends Component {
render() {
return (
);
}
}
`
Android uses the BlurView.
If you only need to support iOS, then you can safely ignore these limitations.
In addition to blurType and blurAmount, Android has some extra props that can be used to override the default behavior (or configure Android-specific behavior):
- blurRadius (Number - between 0 and 25) - Manually adjust the blur radius. (Default: matches iOS blurAmount)downsampleFactor
- (Number - between 0 and 25) - Scales down the image before blurring (Default: matches iOS blurAmount)overlayColor
- (Color) - Set a custom overlay color (Default color based on iOS blurType)
This project includes an example React Native app, which was used to make the GIF in this README.
You can run the apps by following these steps:
1. Clone the repository
``
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-blur.git
2. cd to example
``
cd react-native-blur/example
3. Install dependencies
``
npm install
4. Run the apps:
#### Run the iOS app
``
react-native run-ios
#### Run the tvOS app
type:
``
react-native run-ios
react-native link don’t works properly with the tvOS target so we need to add the library manually.
First select your project in Xcode.

After that, select the tvOS target of your application and select « General » tab

Scroll to « Linked Frameworks and Libraries » and tap on the + button

Select RNBlur-tvOS

That’s all, you can use react-native-blur for your tvOS application
#### Run the Android app
``
react-native run-android
On older instances of react-native, BlurView package does not get added into the MainActivity/MainApplication classes where you would see Warning: Native component for 'BlurView' does not exist in RN YellowBox or console.
To rectify this, you can add the BlurViewPackage manually in MainActivity/MainApplication classes
`java
...
import com.cmcewen.blurview.BlurViewPackage;
...
public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
...
@Override
protected List
return Arrays.
new MainReactPackage(),
new BlurViewPackage()
);
}
...
}
``
Feel free to contact me on twitter or create an issue