Images

Loading Images

useImage

Images are loaded using the useImage hook. This hook returns an SkImage instance, which can be passed to the Image component.

Images can be loaded using require statements or by passing a network URL directly. It is also possible to load images from the app bundle using named images.

tsx
import { useImage } from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
// Loads an image from the JavaScript bundle
const image1 = useImage(require("./assets/oslo"));
// Loads an image from the network
const image2 = useImage("https://picsum.photos/200/300");
// Loads an image that was added to the Android/iOS bundle
const image3 = useImage("Logo");

tsx
import { useImage } from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
// Loads an image from the JavaScript bundle
const image1 = useImage(require("./assets/oslo"));
// Loads an image from the network
const image2 = useImage("https://picsum.photos/200/300");
// Loads an image that was added to the Android/iOS bundle
const image3 = useImage("Logo");

Loading an image is an asynchronous operation, so the useImage hook will return null until the image is fully loaded. You can use this behavior to conditionally render the Image component, as shown in the example below.

The hook also provides an optional error handler as a second parameter.

MakeImageFromEncoded

You can also create image instances manually using MakeImageFromEncoded.

tsx
import { Skia } from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
// A sample base64-encoded pixel
const data = Skia.Data.fromBase64("iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mP8/5+hHgAHggJ/PchI7wAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==");
const image = Skia.Image.MakeImageFromEncoded(data);

tsx
import { Skia } from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
// A sample base64-encoded pixel
const data = Skia.Data.fromBase64("iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mP8/5+hHgAHggJ/PchI7wAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==");
const image = Skia.Image.MakeImageFromEncoded(data);

MakeImage

MakeImage allows you to create an image by providing pixel data and specifying the format.

tsx
import { Skia, AlphaType, ColorType } from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const pixels = new Uint8Array(256 * 256 * 4);
pixels.fill(255);
let i = 0;
for (let x = 0; x < 256; x++) {
  for (let y = 0; y < 256; y++) {
    pixels[i++] = (x * y) % 255;
  }
}
const data = Skia.Data.fromBytes(pixels);
const img = Skia.Image.MakeImage(
  {
    width: 256,
    height: 256,
    alphaType: AlphaType.Opaque,
    colorType: ColorType.RGBA_8888,
  },
  data,
  256 * 4
);

tsx
import { Skia, AlphaType, ColorType } from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const pixels = new Uint8Array(256 * 256 * 4);
pixels.fill(255);
let i = 0;
for (let x = 0; x < 256; x++) {
  for (let y = 0; y < 256; y++) {
    pixels[i++] = (x * y) % 255;
  }
}
const data = Skia.Data.fromBytes(pixels);
const img = Skia.Image.MakeImage(
  {
    width: 256,
    height: 256,
    alphaType: AlphaType.Opaque,
    colorType: ColorType.RGBA_8888,
  },
  data,
  256 * 4
);

Note: The nested for-loops in the code sample above seem to have a mistake in the loop conditions. They should loop up to 256, not 256 * 4, as the pixel data array has been initialized with 256 * 256 * 4 elements representing a 256 by 256 image where each pixel is represented by 4 bytes (RGBA).

useImage

useImage is simply a helper function to load image data.

Image Component

Images can be drawn by specifying the output rectangle and how the image should fit into that rectangle.

Name	Type	Description
image	SkImage	An instance of the image.
x	number	The left position of the destination image.
y	number	The top position of the destination image.
width	number	The width of the destination image.
height	number	The height of the destination image.
fit?	Fit	The method used to fit the image into the rectangle. Values can be contain, fill, cover, fitHeight, fitWidth, scaleDown, or none (the default is contain).

Example

tsx
import { Canvas, Image, useImage } from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const ImageDemo = () => {
  const image = useImage(require("./assets/oslo.jpg"));
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Image image={image} fit="contain" x={0} y={0} width={256} height={256} />
    </Canvas>
  );
};

tsx
import { Canvas, Image, useImage } from "@shopify/react-native-skia";
 
const ImageDemo = () => {
  const image = useImage(require("./assets/oslo.jpg"));
  return (
    <Canvas style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Image image={image} fit="contain" x={0} y={0} width={256} height={256} />
    </Canvas>
  );
};

fit="contain"

fit="cover"

fit="fill"

fit="fitHeight"

fit="fitWidth"

fit="scaleDown"

fit="none"

Instance Methods

Name	Description
height	Returns the possibly scaled height of the image.
width	Returns the possibly scaled width of the image.
getImageInfo	Returns the image info for the image.
encodeToBytes	Encodes the image pixels, returning the result as a UInt8Array.
encodeToBase64	Encodes the image pixels, returning the result as a base64-encoded string.
readPixels	Reads the image pixels, returning result as UInt8Array or Float32Array