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@react-native-module/randombytes
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import { randomBytes } from "@react-native-module/randombytes";
// synchronous API
const rand = randomBytes(4);
// asynchronous API
// uses iOS-side SecRandomCopyBytes
randomBytes(4, (err, bytes) => {
// bytes is a Buffer object
console.log(bytes.toString("hex"));
});
This module has peerDependency "react-native"
A typical workflow:
npm install --save @react-native-module/randombytes
yarn add @react-native-module/randombytes
react-native link
If Automatic installation failed you, dry your tears and read on.
iOSDrag RNRandomBytes.xcodeproj from node_modules/react-native-randombytes into your XCode project.
Click on the project in XCode, go to Build Phases, then Link Binary With Libraries and add libRNRandomBytes.a
Confused? See an example with screenshots here
Android// file: android/settings.gradle
...
include ':randombytes', ':app'
project(':randombytes').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-randombytes/android')
// file: android/app/build.gradle
...
dependencies {
...
compile project(':randombytes')
}
...
import com.bitgo.randombytes.RandomBytesPackage // import
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements DefaultHardwareBackBtnHandler {
private ReactInstanceManager mReactInstanceManager;
private ReactRootView mReactRootView;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
mReactRootView = new ReactRootView(this);
mReactInstanceManager = ReactInstanceManager.builder()
.setApplication(getApplication())
.setBundleAssetName("index.android.bundle")
.setJSMainModuleName("index.android")
.addPackage(new MainReactPackage())
.addPackage(new RandomBytesPackage()) // register package here
.setUseDeveloperSupport(BuildConfig.DEBUG)
.setInitialLifecycleState(LifecycleState.RESUMED)
.build();
mReactRootView.startReactApplication(mReactInstanceManager, "AwesomeProject", null);
setContentView(mReactRootView);
}
...
Windowsreact-native link react-native-randombytes
Depending on your project versions and the state of RN-Windows this may not always work. If it does not, a manual installation guide can be found here:
https://github.com/Microsoft/react-native-windows/blob/master/docs/LinkingLibrariesWindows.md
FAQs
implementation of randomBytes for React Native
The npm package @react-native-module/randombytes receives a total of 6 weekly downloads. As such, @react-native-module/randombytes popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @react-native-module/randombytes demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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