Group

The Group component is an essential construct in React Native Skia. Group components can be deeply nested with one another. It can apply the following operations to its children:

• Paint properties
• Transformations
• Clipping operations
• Bitmap Effects

Name	Type	Description
transform?	Transform2d	Same API than in React Native. The default origin of the transformation is, however, different. It is the center object in React Native and the top-left corner in Skia.
origin?	Point	Sets the origin of the transformation. This property is not inherited by its children.
clip?	RectOrRRectOrPath	Rectangle, rounded rectangle, or Path to use to clip the children.
invertClip?	boolean	Invert the clipping region: parts outside the clipping region will be shown and, inside will be hidden.
layer?	RefObject<Paint>	Draws the children as a bitmap and applies the effects provided by the paint.

Paint Properties

Its children will inherit all paint attributes applied to a group. These attributes can be properties like color or style or children like <Shader />, or <ImageFilter /> for instance (see painting).

tsx
import {Canvas, Circle, Group} from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
export const PaintDemo = () => {
  const r = 128;
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Circle cx={r} cy={r} r={r} color="#51AFED" />
      {/* The paint is inherited by the following sibling and descendants. */}
      <Group color="lightblue" style="stroke" strokeWidth={10}>
        <Circle cx={r} cy={r} r={r / 2} />
        <Circle cx={r} cy={r} r={r / 3} color="white" />
      </Group>
    </Canvas>
  );
};

tsx
import {Canvas, Circle, Group} from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
export const PaintDemo = () => {
  const r = 128;
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Circle cx={r} cy={r} r={r} color="#51AFED" />
      {/* The paint is inherited by the following sibling and descendants. */}
      <Group color="lightblue" style="stroke" strokeWidth={10}>
        <Circle cx={r} cy={r} r={r / 2} />
        <Circle cx={r} cy={r} r={r / 3} color="white" />
      </Group>
    </Canvas>
  );
};

Transformations

The transform property is identical to its homonymous property in React Native except for one significant difference: in React Native, the origin of transformation is the center of the object, whereas it is the top-left position of the object in Skia.

The origin property is a helper to set the origin of the transformation. This property is not inherited by its children.

Simple Transformation

tsx
import {Canvas, Fill, Group, RoundedRect} from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const SimpleTransform = () => {
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Fill color="#e8f4f8" />
      <Group color="lightblue" transform={[{ skewX: Math.PI / 6 }]}>
        <RoundedRect x={64} y={64} width={128} height={128} r={10} />
      </Group>
    </Canvas>
  );
};

tsx
import {Canvas, Fill, Group, RoundedRect} from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const SimpleTransform = () => {
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Fill color="#e8f4f8" />
      <Group color="lightblue" transform={[{ skewX: Math.PI / 6 }]}>
        <RoundedRect x={64} y={64} width={128} height={128} r={10} />
      </Group>
    </Canvas>
  );
};

Transformation of Origin

tsx
import {Canvas, Fill, Group, RoundedRect} from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const SimpleTransform = () => {
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Fill color="#e8f4f8" />
      <Group
        color="lightblue"
        origin={{ x: 128, y: 128 }}
        transform={[{ skewX: Math.PI / 6 }]}
      >
        <RoundedRect x={64} y={64} width={128} height={128} r={10} />
      </Group>
    </Canvas>
  );
};

tsx
import {Canvas, Fill, Group, RoundedRect} from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const SimpleTransform = () => {
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Fill color="#e8f4f8" />
      <Group
        color="lightblue"
        origin={{ x: 128, y: 128 }}
        transform={[{ skewX: Math.PI / 6 }]}
      >
        <RoundedRect x={64} y={64} width={128} height={128} r={10} />
      </Group>
    </Canvas>
  );
};

Clipping Operations

clip provides a clipping region that sets what part of the children should be shown. Parts inside the region are shown, while those outside are hidden. When using invertClip, everything outside the clipping region will be shown, and parts inside the clipping region will be hidden.

Clip Path

tsx
import {Canvas, Group, Image, useImage} from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const Clip = () => {
  const image = useImage(require("./assets/oslo.jpg"));
  const star =
    "M 128 0 L 168 80 L 256 93 L 192 155 L 207 244 L 128 202 L 49 244 L 64 155 L 0 93 L 88 80 L 128 0 Z";
  if (!image) {
    return null;
  }
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Group clip={star}>
        <Image
          image={image}
          x={0}
          y={0}
          width={256}
          height={256}
          fit="cover"
        />
      </Group>
    </Canvas>
  );
};

tsx
import {Canvas, Group, Image, useImage} from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const Clip = () => {
  const image = useImage(require("./assets/oslo.jpg"));
  const star =
    "M 128 0 L 168 80 L 256 93 L 192 155 L 207 244 L 128 202 L 49 244 L 64 155 L 0 93 L 88 80 L 128 0 Z";
  if (!image) {
    return null;
  }
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Group clip={star}>
        <Image
          image={image}
          x={0}
          y={0}
          width={256}
          height={256}
          fit="cover"
        />
      </Group>
    </Canvas>
  );
};

Invert Clip

tsx
import {Canvas, Group, Image, useImage} from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const Clip = () => {
  const image = useImage(require("./assets/oslo.jpg"));
  const star =
    "M 128 0 L 168 80 L 256 93 L 192 155 L 207 244 L 128 202 L 49 244 L 64 155 L 0 93 L 88 80 L 128 0 Z";
  if (!image) {
    return null;
  }
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Group clip={star} invertClip>
        <Image
          image={image}
          x={0}
          y={0}
          width={256}
          height={256}
          fit="cover"
        />
      </Group>
    </Canvas>
  );
};

tsx
import {Canvas, Group, Image, useImage} from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const Clip = () => {
  const image = useImage(require("./assets/oslo.jpg"));
  const star =
    "M 128 0 L 168 80 L 256 93 L 192 155 L 207 244 L 128 202 L 49 244 L 64 155 L 0 93 L 88 80 L 128 0 Z";
  if (!image) {
    return null;
  }
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Group clip={star} invertClip>
        <Image
          image={image}
          x={0}
          y={0}
          width={256}
          height={256}
          fit="cover"
        />
      </Group>
    </Canvas>
  );
};

Layer Effects

Using the layer property will create a bitmap drawing of the children. You can use it to apply effects. This is particularly useful to build effects that need to be applied to a group of elements and not one in particular.

tsx
import {Canvas, Group, Circle, Blur, Paint, ColorMatrix, usePaintRef} from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const Clip = () => {
  const paint = usePaintRef();
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Paint ref={paint}>
        <ColorMatrix
          matrix={[
            1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 18, -7,
          ]}
        >
          <Blur blur={20} />
        </ColorMatrix>
      </Paint>
      <Group color="lightblue" layer={paint}>
        <Circle cx={0} cy={128} r={128 * 0.95} />
        <Circle
          cx={256}
          cy={128}
          r={128 * 0.95}
        />
      </Group>
    </Canvas>
  );
};

tsx
import {Canvas, Group, Circle, Blur, Paint, ColorMatrix, usePaintRef} from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const Clip = () => {
  const paint = usePaintRef();
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Paint ref={paint}>
        <ColorMatrix
          matrix={[
            1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 18, -7,
          ]}
        >
          <Blur blur={20} />
        </ColorMatrix>
      </Paint>
      <Group color="lightblue" layer={paint}>
        <Circle cx={0} cy={128} r={128 * 0.95} />
        <Circle
          cx={256}
          cy={128}
          r={128 * 0.95}
        />
      </Group>
    </Canvas>
  );
};

Fitbox

The FitBox component is based on the Group component and allows you to scale drawings to fit into a destination rectangle automatically.

Name	Type	Description
src	SKRect	Bounding rectangle of the drawing before scaling
dst	SKRect	Bounding rectangle of the drawing after scale
fit?	Fit	Method to make the image fit into the rectangle. Value can be contain, fill, cover fitHeight, fitWidth, scaleDown, none (default is contain)

Example

Consider the following SVG export. Its bounding source rectangle is 0, 0, 664, 308:

xml
<svg width="664" height="308" viewBox="0 0 664 308" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <path d="M 170.1 215.5 C 165 222.3..." fill="black"/>
</svg>

xml
<svg width="664" height="308" viewBox="0 0 664 308" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <path d="M 170.1 215.5 C 165 222.3..." fill="black"/>
</svg>

We would like to automatically scale that path to our canvas of size 256 x 256:

tsx
import {Canvas, FitBox, Path, rect} from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const Hello = () => {
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ width: 256, height: 256 }}>
      <FitBox src={rect(0, 0, 664, 308)} dst={rect(0, 0, 256, 256)}>
        <Path path="M 170.1 215.5 C 165 222.3..." />
      </FitBox>
    </Canvas>
  );
}

tsx
import {Canvas, FitBox, Path, rect} from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const Hello = () => {
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ width: 256, height: 256 }}>
      <FitBox src={rect(0, 0, 664, 308)} dst={rect(0, 0, 256, 256)}>
        <Path path="M 170.1 215.5 C 165 222.3..." />
      </FitBox>
    </Canvas>
  );
}