react-native-story-view

react-native-story-view

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This library provides status/stories features like Instagram/WhatsApp or other social media, It is simple to use and fully customizable. It works on both android and iOS platforms.

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Installation

1. Install Story View

$ npm install react-native-story-view
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$ yarn add react-native-story-view

2. Install peer dependencies

$ npm install react-native-video react-native-reanimated react-native-gesture-handler react-native-video-cache-control @shopify/flash-list lodash
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$ yarn add react-native-video react-native-reanimated react-native-gesture-handler react-native-video-cache-control @shopify/flash-list lodash

Note: If you already have these libraries installed and at the latest version, you are done here!

3. Install cocoapods in the ios project

cd ios && pod install

Note: Make sure to add Reanimated's babel plugin to your babel.config.js

module.exports = {
      ...
      plugins: [
          ...
          'react-native-reanimated/plugin',
      ],
  };

Android Cache control dependency (Mandatory)

In your project's android/app/build.gradle

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.danikula:videocache:2.7.1'
    // Your rest of the code
}

In your project's android/build.gradle

buildscript {
    // Your rest of the code
}
allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
        jcenter()
    }
}

Extra Step

Android:
If you're facing issue related to 'android-scalablevideoview' or 'videocache' module not found. Add this code in android's build.gradle

jcenter() {
    content {
        includeModule("com.yqritc", "android-scalablevideoview")
        includeModule("com.danikula", "videocache")
    }
}

Know more about react-native-video, react-native-reanimated, react-native-gesture-handler, react-native-video-cache-control, @shopify/flash-list and lodash

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StoryView

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Usage

StoryView is divided into several components, MultiStory is the root component. ProfileHeader and Footer are individual components for header and footer. StoryContainer internally used for rendering Story. We'll look usage and customization of all these.

Checkout Multi Story Example here
Checkout Stories Data Format here
Checkout Single Story Example here

Story Data Format

Define the users' stories array in the below format. There will be multiple users and multiple stories inside.

const userStories = [
    {
      id: 1, //unique id (required)
      username: 'Alan', //user name on header
      title: 'Albums', //title below username
      profile: 'https://sosugary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/TheWeeknd_001.jpg', //user profile picture
      stories: [
        {
          id: 0, //unique id (required)
          url: 'https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-IrhmhgPltsdrwMu8-thZohQ-t500x500.jpg', // story url
          type: 'image', //image or video type of story
          duration: 5, //default duration
          storyId: 1,
          isSeen: false,
          showOverlay: true, // to show overlay component
          link: 'https:google.com', // to handle navigation in overlay component
        },
        {
          id: 1,
          url: 'https://storage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4',
          type: 'video',
          duration: 15,
          storyId: 1,
          isSeen: false,
        },
      ],
    },
    {
      id:2,
      username: 'Weekend',
      ...
    }
]

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MultiStory

This is the root component of StoryView package. It displays horizontal list of users with pre-defined ui from StoryAvatar component and uses animated flatlist under the hood to display stories. StoryContainer is used under the hood for story so all customization can be done from storyContainerProps.

Basic Usage

const multiStoryRef = useRef<MultiStoryRef>(null);

<MultiStory
  stories={stories}
  ref={multiStoryRef}
  avatarProps={{
    userNameStyle: { fontSize: 16 },
  }}
  // all StoryContainer props applies here
  storyContainerProps={{
    renderHeaderComponent: ({ userStories, progressIndex, userStoryIndex }) => (
      <Header {...{ userStories, progressIndex, multiStoryRef }} />
    ),
    renderFooterComponent: ({ userStories, progressIndex, userStoryIndex }) => (
      <Footer {...{ userStories }} />
    ),
    barStyle: {
      barActiveColor: Colors.red,
    },
  }}
/>;

Checkout Multi Story Example here

ProfileHeader

This is an individual component, To display user details on header like instagram/whatsapp. In renderHeaderComponent of StoryContainer, Custom component can be assigned. For MultiStory, renderHeaderComponent receives progressIndex, userStories, story and userStoryIndex for getting current user data.

const multiStoryRef = useRef(null);

<MultiStory
  ref={multiStoryRef}
  storyContainerProps={{
    renderHeaderComponent: ({
      userStories,
      story,
      progressIndex,
      userStoryIndex,
    }) => (
      <ProfileHeader
        userImage={{ uri: userStories?.profile ?? '' }}
        userName={userStories?.username}
        userMessage={userStories?.title}
        onClosePress={() => {
          multiStoryRef?.current?.close?.();
        }}
      />
    ),
  }}
/>;

Footer

This is an individual component, To display footer like instagram. Any TextInput props can be directly passed to Footer. In renderFooterComponent of StoryContainer, Custom component can be assigned.

<MultiStory
  storyContainerProps={{
    renderFooterComponent: ({
      userStories,
      story,
      progressIndex,
      userStoryIndex,
    }) => (
      <Footer
        onIconPress={() => {
          console.log('Share icon clicked');
        }}
        onSendTextPress={() => {
          console.log('Message sent');
        }}
        shouldShowSendImage={true}
        shouldShowTextInputSend={true}
        placeholder="Enter Message"
      />
    ),
  }}
/>

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Additional Reference

StoryContainer

This is the core component of StoryView, which provides all functionality of story view and customization. It is used to render all stories in MultiStory. This component is just for reference how storyContainerProps in MultiStory being passed in this component internally.

const [isStoryViewVisible, setIsStoryViewShow] = useState(false);

<StoryContainer
  visible={isStoryViewVisible}
  extended={true}
  // extended enables play & pause feature on single story view default is "true"
  maxVideoDuration={10}
  stories={userStories[0].stories}
  renderFooterComponent={({ story, progressIndex }) => (
    <Footer
      onSendTextPress={() => {
        Alert.alert(`Current Story id ${story?.[progressIndex].id} `);
        Keyboard.dismiss();
      }}
      onIconPress={() => {
        Alert.alert('Current Story progress index' + progressIndex);
      }}
    />
  )}
  renderHeaderComponent={({ story, progressIndex }) => (
    <ProfileHeader
      userImage={{ uri: userStories[0]?.profile ?? '' }}
      userName={userStories[0]?.username}
      userMessage={userStories[0]?.title}
      onImageClick={() => {}}
      onClosePress={() => setIsStoryViewShow(false)}
    />
  )}
  //Callback when all stories completes
  onComplete={() => setIsStoryViewShow(false)}
/>;

MultiStoryContainer

MultiStory is wrapper on this component with extra horizontal user list UI of StoryAvatar. If MultiStory's horizontal list customisation is not sufficient for any use-case, use this base component and add your own customised horizontal user list UI.

Basic Usage

const [isStoryViewVisible, setIsStoryViewShow] = useState(false);
const [pressedIndex, setPressedIndex] = useState<number>(0);

const openStories = (index: number) => {
  setIsStoryViewShow(true);
  setPressedIndex(index);
};

  <View style={styles.container}>
    <FlatList
      horizontal
      data={userStories}
      keyExtractor={item => item?.id?.toString()}
      renderItem={({ item, index }) => (
        <Pressable onPress={() => openStories(index)}>
          <CustomStoryAvatar {...{ item, index }} />
        </Pressable>
      )}
    />
    {isStoryViewVisible && (
      // add other StoryContainer Props
      <MultiStoryContainer
        visible={isStoryViewVisible}
        onComplete={() => setIsStoryViewShow(false)}
        stories={userStories}
        renderHeaderComponent={...}
        renderFooterComponent={...}
        userStoryIndex={pressedIndex}
      />
    )}
  </View>

ProgressBar

ProgressBar customisation can be controlled through StoryContainer itself. enableProgress to make visible the progressbar.progressIndex to start story from any index. barStyle to customize look feel of progressbar.onChangePosition trigger when progressbar index will change returns current index.

<MultiStory
  storyContainerProps={{
    enableProgress: true,
    //Callback when progressbar index changes
    onChangePosition: position => {},
    barStyle: {
      barHeight: 2,
      barInActiveColor: 'green',
      barActiveColor: 'grey',
    },
    maxVideoDuration: 25,
    progressIndex: 0,
  }}
/>

Custom View

Pass any custom view in story view. It will be rendered on top of story view as it has an absolute position. In renderCustomView of StoryContainer, Any custom component can be assigned.

<MultiStory
  storyContainerProps={{
    renderCustomView: () => (
      <View
        style={{
          position: 'absolute',
          top: 40,
          right: 50,
        }}>
        <Image
          source={Images.star}
          style={{
            height: 25,
            width: 25,
            tintColor: 'green',
          }}
        />
      </View>
    ),
  }}
/>

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Custom Overlay View

Pass any custom overlay view in the story view, which will be visible when the story contains showOverlay as true. It will be rendered on top of the image/video. In renderOverlayView, pass a callback function that takes the currently visible item and returns any custom component. In overlayViewPosition, assign one of the following positions: top, middle, or bottom.

<MultiStory
  overlayViewPostion={'top'}
  renderOverlayView={(item: StoryType) => (
    <TouchableOpacity
      style={{
        padding: 10,
        backgroundColor: 'gray',
        borderRadius: 10
      }}
      onPress={() => {
        if (item.link) {
          Linking.openURL(item.link);
        }
      }}>
      <Text style={{ color: 'white' }}>View More...</Text>
    </TouchableOpacity>
  )}
/>

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Story Data

[{
  id: number;
  username: string;
  title: string;
  profile: string;
  stories:Array<Story>[
    {
      id: number;
      url: string;
      type: 'image' | 'video';
      duration: number
      isReadMore: boolean
      storyId: number,
      isSeen?: boolean,
      showOverlay?: boolean,
      link?: string,
    }
  ]
}]

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Transitions

Cube	Scale	Default

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Props

MultiStory

Name	Default	Type	Description
stories*	undefined	StoriesType[]	Array of multiple user stories
ref	null	MultiStoryRef	To access close story method
storyContainerProps	{}	StoryContainerProps	Customize all story props, detailed props in below StoryContainer section
avatarProps	{}	StoryAvatarStyleProps	Customize avatar component styles
onChangePosition	null	(progressIndex, storyIndex) => {}	Callback when progress index changes
transitionMode	TransitionMode.Cube	TransitionMode: {Default, Cube, Scale}	To customize user story transition, (TransitionMode.default : no transition, Transition.scale : zoomIn/zoomOut transition, Transition.Cube: 3D cube transition) cube
onComplete	null	(viewedStories?: Array<boolean[]>) => void	Callback when stories closed or completes. viewedStories contains multi array of boolean whether story is seen or not
renderOverlayView	null	(item?: StoryType) => JSX.Element	The callback for the overlay view is triggered only when the story item has showOverlay property set to true
overlayViewPostion	bottom	string	Position of overlay view (top, middle, bottom)
props	-	FlatListProps	Pass any FlatList props to customize horizontal user list

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StoryAvatarStyleProps

Name	Default	Type	Description
userNameStyle	-	TextStyle	To change style of user name
userImageStyle	-	ImageStyle	To change style of user avatar
containerStyle	-	ViewStyle	To change style of image container
userImageProps	-	ImageProps	To customize image props
userNameProps	-	ViewStyle	To customize text props
rootProps	-	PressableProps	To customize root view props
viewedStoryContainerStyle	-	ViewStyle	To customize story avatar when all stories of it are seen

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MultiStoryContainer

Name	Default	Type	Description
stories*	undefined	StoriesType[]	Array of multiple user stories
visible*	false	boolean	Hide / show story view
userStoryIndex	0	number	Pass clicked index of horizontal user list.
storyContainerProps	{}	StoryContainerProps	Customize all story props, detailed props in below StoryContainer section
onChangePosition	null	(progressIndex, userIndex) => {}	Callback when progress index changes
transitionMode	TransitionMode.Cube	TransitionMode: {Default, Cube, Scale}	To customize user story transition, (TransitionMode.default : no transition, Transition.scale : zoomIn/zoomOut transition, Transition.Cube: 3D cube transition) cube
onComplete	null	() => {}	Callback when stories closed or complete
renderOverlayView	null	(item?: StoryType) => JSX.Element	The callback for the overlay view is triggered only when the story item has showOverlay property set to true
overlayViewPostion	bottom	string	Position of overlay view (top, middle, bottom)
props	-	StoryContainerProps	Pass any StoryContainerProps props to customize story
pointers	{ pageX: 0, pageY: 0 }	PointerType	Pointers will be used internally for modal opening and closing positions, You can pass profile avatar's position offsets here.

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StoryContainer

Name	Default	Type	Description
visible*	false	boolean	Hide / show story view
stories*	undefined	StoryType[]	Array of stories
extended*	true	boolean	Enables pause / play feature on single story view
backgroundColor	#000000	string	Background color of story view
maxVideoDuration	null	number	Override video progress duration (default is actual duration of video)
style	{}	ViewStyle	Style of story view
showSourceIndicator	true	boolean	Display indicator while video loading
sourceIndicatorProps	{}	ActivityIndicatorProps	To override indicator props
onComplete	null	() => {}	Callback when all stories completes
renderHeaderComponent	null	(callback: CallbackProps) => JSX.Element	Render Header component (ProfileHeader) or custom component
renderFooterComponent	null	(callback: CallbackProps) => JSX.Element	Render Footer component (Footer) or custom component
renderCustomView	null	(callback: CallbackProps) => JSX.Element	Render any custom view on Story
renderIndicatorComponent	{}	() => JSX.Element	Render loader when we press on Story, which represent loading state of story
storyContainerViewProps	{}	ViewProps	Root story view props
headerViewProps	{}	ViewProps	Header view wrapper props
footerViewProps	{}	ViewProps	Footer view wrapper props
customViewProps	{}	ViewProps	Custom view wrapper props
videoProps	{}	VideoProperties	To override video properties
ref	{}	StoryRef	To access 'pause' story method and 'viewedStories' stories object (Single Story)
customViewStyle	{}	ViewStyle	Style of custom view container
headerStyle	{}	ViewStyle	Style of header container
footerStyle	{}	ViewStyle	Style of footer container

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CallbackProps

Name	Default	Type	Description
progressIndex	0	number	Current progress index of story
story	undefined	StoryType[]	Current story array
userStories	undefined	StoriesType	Current user story array (Only for Multi Story)
userStoryIndex	undefined	number	Current user story index (Only for Multi Story)

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StoryContainer: Progressbar

Name	Default	Type	Description
progressIndex	0	number	To start story with any index
barStyle	{ barActiveColor: #ffffff' barInActiveColor: #FFFFFF7F barHeight : 2 }	BarStyleProps	Progressbar Style: (barActiveColor, barInActiveColor, barHeight)
enableProgress	true	boolean	To display progressbar
progressViewProps	{}	ViewProps	ProgressBar view wrapper props
onChangePosition	null	(position) => {}	Callback when progress index changes

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ProfileHeader

Name	Default	Type	Description
userImage	{}	ImageSourcePropType	Circular view image
userName	''	string	To display username
userMessage	''	string	Display text below username
customCloseButton	null	any	To render custom close button
closeIconProps	{}	ViewProps	ProgressBar view wrapper props
onImageClick	null	() => {}	Callback on user image click
rootStyle	{}	ViewStyle	root view style changes
containerStyle	{}	ViewStyle	container view style changes
userImageStyle	{}	ImageStyle	To change profile Image view style
userNameStyle	{}	TextStyle	To change profile name style
userMessageStyle	{}	TextStyle	To change profile message/subtext style
closeIconStyle	{}	ImageStyle	To change close icon style
userImageProps	{}	ImageProps	User Image props
userMessageProps	{}	TextProps	User Message Props
userNameProps	{}	TextProps	User Name Props

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Footer

Name	Default	Type	Description
customInput	null	TextInput	Render any custom text input
shouldShowSendImage	true	bool	Show/hide send icon image
onIconPress	null	() => {}	Callback on send icon press
sendIconProps	{}	ImageProps	Additional props to customize 'send' image view
sendText	'Send'	string	To change text 'send' with any other string
shouldShowTextInputSend	true	bool	Show/hide send text inside text input (like instagram)
onSendTextPress	null	() => {}	Callback on send text press
sendTextProps	{}	TextProps	Additional props to customize 'send' text view
sendTextStyle	{}	TextStyle	To change style of send text
sendIconStyle	{}	ImageStyle	To change style of send icon
inputStyle	{}	StyleProp	To change style of input
containerStyle	{}	ViewStyle	To change style of root view
containerViewProps	{}	ViewProps	Root view props
props	-	TextInputProps	Pass any TextInput props on Footer component

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Example

A full working example project is here Example

yarn
yarn example ios   // For ios
yarn example android   // For Android

TODO

• Customize StoryAvatar in reference of Instagram
• Customized Story example
• Refactor Cube transition (make perfect cube in reference of Instagram)
• Landscape support
• Optimize video loading on android

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License

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