rn-perfect-sketch-canvas

A React Native component for drawing perfect pressure-sensitive freehand lines using perfect-freehand and Skia renderer.

Installation

npm install @shopify/react-native-skia rn-perfect-sketch-canvas

Usage

import React, { useRef } from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, SafeAreaView, Button } from 'react-native';
import { SketchCanvas, SketchCanvasRef } from 'rn-perfect-sketch-canvas';

export default function App() {
  const canvasRef = useRef<SketchCanvasRef>(null);

  return (
    <SafeAreaView style={styles.container}>
      <SketchCanvas
        ref={canvasRef}
        strokeColor={'black'}
        strokeWidth={8}
        containerStyle={styles.container}
      />
      <Button onPress={canvasRef.current?.reset} title="Reset" />
    </SafeAreaView>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
  },
});

Props

Property	Type	Default	Description
containerStyle	object	{}	Styles to be applied on canvas component.
strokeColor	string	black	Color of stroke.
strokeWidth	number	8	Size (diameter) of the stroke.
topChildren	ReactNode		Nodes to be put on top of sketch
bottomChildren	ReactNode		Nodes to be put on bottom of sketch (Background)

Methods

Method	Description
reset()	Clear all the paths.
undo()	Undo
redo()	Redo
toBase64(format?: ImageFormat, quality?: number)	Get the base64 of image.
toImage()	Get a snapshot from the canvas in the surface.
toSvg(width: number, height: number, backgroundColor?: string)	Get the svg string of all paths.
toPoints()	Get the array of point groups that got drawn in the canvas.
addPoints(points: [x, y][][])	Draws from an array of point groups.

Contributing

See the contributing guide to learn how to contribute to the repository and the development workflow.

Inspired By

Please check out these previous works that helped inspire the creation of rn-perfect-sketch-canvas.

• terrylinla/react-native-sketch-canvas - A React Native component for drawing by touching on both iOS and Android.
• uragirii/rn-skia-sketch-canvas - A React Native component for drawing using Skia renderer.

License

MIT