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React Native Gesture Image Viewer
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  • 2.x

      • Installation

      React Native Reanimated v3 Users

      If you're using React Native Reanimated v3, version 1.x of this library is recommended for the best experience.

      👉 Go to v1.x Documentation

      Version 2.x only supports React Native Reanimated v4.

      Important

      react-native-gesture-image-viewer is a high-performance viewer library built on react-native-reanimated and react-native-gesture-handler.
      Therefore, you must install React Native Reanimated and Gesture Handler before using this library. Please refer to the official documentation of these libraries for detailed setup guides.

      Minimum Requirements

      LibraryMinimum Version
      react>=18.0.0
      react-native>=0.75.0
      react-native-gesture-handler>=2.24.0
      react-native-reanimated>=4.0.0
      react-native-worklets>=0.5.0

      React Native Reanimated Setup

      Install react-native-reanimated and react-native-worklets packages:

      npm
      yarn
      pnpm
      bun
      deno
      npm install react-native-reanimated
      • react-native-worklets was separated from react-native-reanimated for better modularity and must be installed separately.
      npm
      yarn
      pnpm
      bun
      deno
      npm install react-native-worklets

      Configure Babel

      Expo

      Expo Go Support

      To use Reanimated 4 in Expo Go environment, you need to use Expo SDK 54(beta).

      Run prebuild to update the native code in the ios and android directories.

      npm
      yarn
      pnpm
      bun
      deno
      npm expo prebuild

      And that's it! Reanimated 4 is now configured in your Expo project.
      Since Expo SDK 50, the Expo starter template includes the Reanimated babel plugin by default.

      React Native CLI

      When using React Native Community CLI, you also need to manually add the react-native-worklets/plugin plugin to your babel.config.js.

      babel.config.js
      module.exports = {
  presets: [
    ... // don't add it here :)
  ],
  plugins: [
    ...
    // for web
    '@babel/plugin-transform-export-namespace-from',
    // react-native-worklets/plugin has to be listed last.
    'react-native-worklets/plugin',
  ],
};

      React Native Gesture Handler Setup

      npm
      yarn
      pnpm
      bun
      deno
      npm install react-native-gesture-handler
      • react-native-gesture-handler generally doesn't require additional setup, but please refer to the official documentation for your specific environment.
      • For using gestures in Android modals, you would normally need to wrap modal content with GestureHandlerRootView. However, this library already includes GestureHandlerRootView internally, so no additional wrapping is needed when using modals.

      Install React Native Gesture Image Viewer

      You’re all set! 🎉
      Start by installing react-native-gesture-image-viewer

      npm
      yarn
      pnpm
      bun
      deno
      npm install react-native-gesture-image-viewer@2