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' };

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',
  },
});

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