react-native-shimmer-kit

React Native Shimmer Kit

A JavaScript library used for creating shimmer effect in React Native.

Get Started

Install library

Using Yarn

yarn add react-native-shimmer-kit

Or using NPM

npm install react-native-shimmer-kit --save

Install dependencies

For React Native CLI:

Using Yarn

yarn add react-native-linear-gradient

Or using NPM

npm install react-native-linear-gradient --save

Note: checkout react-native-linear-gradient for more information.

For Expo Go:

expo install expo-linear-gradient

Note: checkout expo-linear-gradient for more information.

Configure for iOS

Run cd ios && pod install

Configure for Android

No additional set up necessary.

Usage

React Native CLI:

import Shimmer from 'react-native-shimmer-kit';

const YourShimmer = () => (
  <Shimmer
    width={120}
    height={120}
    borderRadius={60}
    duration={3000}
    colors={['#93C5FD', '#BFDBFE', '#BFDBFE', '#93C5FD']}
  />
);

Expo Go:

import {LinearGradient as ExpoLinearGradient} from 'expo-linear-gradient';
import Shimmer from 'react-native-shimmer-kit';

const YourShimmer = () => (
  <Shimmer
    width={120}
    height={120}
    borderRadius={60}
    duration={3000}
    colors={['#93C5FD', '#BFDBFE', '#BFDBFE', '#93C5FD']}
    LinearGradientComponent={ExpoLinearGradient} // <~ required this for expo project
  />
);

Props

Prop	Description	Required	Type	Default
width	width of shimmer	✅	number	undefined
height	height of shimmer	✅	number	undefined
borderRadius	the radius of the shimmer's corners	⬜	number	0
marginVertical	the top-bottom margin of shimmer	⬜	number	0
marginHorizontal	the left-right margin of shimmer	⬜	number	0
marginTop	the right margin of shimmer	⬜	number	0
marginBottom	the bottom margin of shimmer	⬜	number	0
marginLeft	the left margin of shimmer	⬜	number	0
marginRight	the right margin of shimmer	⬜	number	0
colors	array of colors for gradient background	⬜	string[]	['#E6E6E6', '#f5f5f5', '#f5f5f5', '#E6E6E6']
duration	duration of shimmer over a row	⬜	number	1500
islooped	loop the animation	⬜	boolean	true
isReversed	reverse direction of the animation	⬜	boolean	false
customStyle	custom style for shimmer	⬜	ViewStyle	undefined
LinearGradientComponent	LinearGradient components ('react-native-linear-gradient' or 'expo-linear-gradient')	⬜	React component	react-native-linear-gradient