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.
import React from 'react';
import { ImageBackground, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
const image = { uri: 'https://reactjs.org/logo-og.png' };
export default function App() {
return (
<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',
},
});
Allows to set a reference to the inner Image component