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ImageBackground

A common feature request from developers familiar with the web is background-image. To handle this use case, you can use the <ImageBackground> component, which has the same props as <Image>, and add whatever children to it you would like to layer on top of it.

You might not want to use <ImageBackground> in some cases, since the implementation is basic. Refer to <ImageBackground>'s source code for more insight, and create your own custom component when needed.

Note that you must specify some width and height style attributes.

Example

import React from "react";
import { ImageBackground, StyleSheet, Text, View } from "react-native";

const image = { uri: "https://reactjs.org/logo-og.png" };

const App = () => (
  <View style={styles.container}>
    <ImageBackground source={image} style={styles.image}>
      <Text style={styles.text}>Inside</Text>
    </ImageBackground>
  </View>
);

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    flexDirection: "column"
  },
  image: {
    flex: 1,
    resizeMode: "cover",
    justifyContent: "center"
  },
  text: {
    color: "grey",
    fontSize: 30,
    fontWeight: "bold"
  }
});

export default App;

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Reference

Props

Inherits Image Props.

style

Type	Required
view styles	No

imageStyle

Type	Required
image styles	No

imageRef

Allows to set a reference to the inner Image component

Type	Required
Ref	No