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Expo BlurView iconExpo BlurView

A React component that blurs everything underneath the view.

Android
iOS
tvOS
Web
Included in Expo Go
Recommended version:
~15.0.8

A React component that blurs everything underneath the view. Common usage of this is for navigation bars, tab bars, and modals.

Known issues

The blur effect does not update when BlurView is rendered before dynamic content is rendered using, for example, FlatList. To fix this, make sure that BlurView is rendered after the dynamic content component. For example:

<View> <FlatList /> <BlurView /> </View>

Installation

Terminal
- npx expo install expo-blur
- yarn expo install expo-blur
- pnpm expo install expo-blur
- bun expo install expo-blur

If you are installing this in an existing React Native app, make sure to install expo in your project.

Usage

Basic BlurView usage
import { Text, StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native'; import { BlurView } from 'expo-blur'; export default function App() { const text = 'Hello, my container is blurring contents underneath!'; return ( <View style={styles.container}> <View style={styles.background}> {[...Array(20).keys()].map(i => ( <View key={`box-${i}`} style={[styles.box, i % 2 === 1 ? styles.boxOdd : styles.boxEven]} /> ))} </View> <BlurView intensity={100} style={styles.blurContainer}> <Text style={styles.text}>{text}</Text> </BlurView> <BlurView intensity={80} tint="light" style={styles.blurContainer}> <Text style={styles.text}>{text}</Text> </BlurView> <BlurView intensity={90} tint="dark" style={styles.blurContainer}> <Text style={[styles.text, { color: '#fff' }]}>{text}</Text> </BlurView> </View> ); } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ container: { flex: 1, }, blurContainer: { flex: 1, padding: 20, margin: 16, textAlign: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', overflow: 'hidden', borderRadius: 20, }, background: { flex: 1, flexWrap: 'wrap', ...StyleSheet.absoluteFill, }, box: { width: '25%', height: '20%', }, boxEven: { backgroundColor: 'orangered', }, boxOdd: { backgroundColor: 'gold', }, text: { fontSize: 24, fontWeight: '600', }, });

API

import { BlurView } from 'expo-blur';

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Using borderRadius with BlurView

When using BlurView on Android and iOS, the borderRadius property is not applied when provided explicitly. To fix this, you can use the overflow: 'hidden' style since BlurView inherits props from <View>. See Usage for an example.