React Native Safari View

React Native Safari View is a Safari View Controller wrapper for React Native.

react-native-safari-view

Documentation

Install

npm i --save react-native-safari-view

Support

Due to the rapid changes being made in the React Native ecosystem, we are not officially going to support this module on anything but the latest version of React Native. The current supported version is indicated on the React Native badge at the top of this README. If it's out of date, we encourage you to submit a pull request!

Usage

Linking the Library

In order to use Safari View, you must first link the library your project. There's excellent documentation on how to do this in the React Native Docs.

Displaying the Safari View

Once you've linked the library, you'll want to make it available to your app by requiring it:

var SafariView = require('react-native-safari-view');

Displaying the Safari View is as simple as calling:

SafariView.show({
  url: 'https://github.com/naoufal'
});

URL Change Notifications

There isn't an API for retrieving URL changes provided by SFSafariViewController or its delegate in iOS, so there's no way to know where the user is navigating to. However, it is possible to get a notification when the Safari View navigates to an URL scheme specified by your app (e.g. your-app-name://). This is especially useful for implementing callback oriented flows such as in OAuth2 / OpenID Connect.

To get URL notifications for your URL scheme you'll need to:

Register an URL scheme in your Xcode Project
Make sure you've set up Linking in your react-native project.
Listen for URL changes in your react-native code (i.e. Linking.addEventListener('url', eventHandler));

Example

Using Safari View in your app will usually look like this:

import React, { Component } from "react";
import SafariView from "react-native-safari-view";
 
class YourComponent extends Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
  }
 
  _pressHandler() {
    SafariView.isAvailable()
      .then(SafariView.show({
        url: "https://github.com/naoufal"
      }))
      .catch(error => {
        // Fallback WebView code for iOS 8 and earlier
      });
  }
 
  render() {
    return (
      <View>
        ...
        <Button onPress={this._pressHandler}>
          Show Safari View
        </Button>
      </View>
    );
  }
}

Methods

show(safariOptions)

Displays a Safari View with the provided url.

Arguments

safariOptions - An Object containing a url key and optionally a readerMode key, a tintColor, and/or a barTintColor.

safariOptions

url - A String containing the url you want to load in the Safari View
readerMode - A Boolean indicating to use Safari's Reader Mode if available
tintColor - A String containing a hex, rgba or rgba color to use for the browser controls
barTintColor - A String containing a hex, rgba or rgba color to use for the background of the browser controls (only available on iOS 10 and higher)
fromBottom - A 'Boolean' indicating to open the Safari View from the bottom

Examples

SafariView.show({
  url: "http://facebook.github.io/react/blog/2015/03/26/introducing-react-native.html",
  readerMode: true // optional,
  tintColor: "#000" // optional
  barTintColor: "#fff" // optional
});

isAvailable()

Checks if Safari View is available on the device.

Example

SafariView.isAvailable()
  .then(available => {
    console.log("SafariView is available.");
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.log(error);
  });

dismiss()

Dismisses the currently active Safari View.

Example

SafariView.dismiss()

Events

The following events are fired by the Safari View.

onShow

Example

let showSubscription = SafariView.addEventListener(
  "onShow",
  () => {
    StatusBar.setBarStyle("light-content");
  }
);

onDismiss

Example

let dismissSubscription = SafariView.addEventListener(
  "onDismiss",
  () => {
    StatusBar.setBarStyle("default");
  }
);

License

Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

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