mojavad / universal-gradient-text

A universal RN Text component with a gradient overlay that works on web and mobile.

Universal Gradient Text 🌌

Simplest way to add gradient texts to universal React Native Projects

A universal text component with a gradient overlay that works on web and mobile. Under the hood, the library has dependencies on expo-linear-gradient & @react-native-masked-view/masked-view. As a result, you will need Expo Modules to be setup for bare RN projects. On web, gradient texts are done with CSS.

Installation

yarn add universal-gradient-text

Expo

In Expo apps, you will also need to add the following dependencies:

npx expo install expo-linear-gradient @react-native-masked-view/masked-view

NextJS

On Next, you will need to follow extra steps to transpile the library. Update your next.config.js:

...
transpilePackages: [
  ...
  'universal-gradient-text',
  'expo-linear-gradient',
  '@react-native-masked-view'
],
...

Usage

For instructions on how to use the library, see the docs website.