How To Create Shadow Effect In React Native

Creating shadows in React Native involves using the elevation style property for Android and the shadow properties for iOS.

Here's a guide to creating shadows in React Native:

Android (using elevation)

To create shadow effect in android, you need to use the elavation property. Here is a simple component with shadow effect in android devices:

import React from 'react';
import { View, Text, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';

const App = () => {
  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <View style={styles.shadowBox}>
        <Text>Shadow Example</Text>
      </View>
    </View>
  );
};

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',
  },
  shadowBox: {
    width: 200,
    height: 100,
    backgroundColor: 'white',
    elevation: 5, // Elevation for shadow on Android
    borderRadius: 10,
    padding: 10,
  },
});

export default App;

Here is the result:

iOS (using shadow properties):

In IOS, the shadow properties (shadowColor, shadowOffset, shadowOpacity, and shadowRadius) are set to create a shadow effect.

import React from 'react';
import { View, Text, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';

const App = () => {
  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <View style={styles.shadowBox}>
        <Text>Shadow Example</Text>
      </View>
    </View>
  );
};

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',
  },
  shadowBox: {
    width: 200,
    height: 100,
    backgroundColor: 'white',
    borderRadius: 10,
    padding: 10,
    // Shadow properties for iOS
    shadowColor: '#000',
    shadowOffset: {
      width: 0,
      height: 2,
    },
    shadowOpacity: 0.25,
    shadowRadius: 3.84,
    elevation: 5, // This elevation prop is required for the shadow to work on Android
  },
});

export default App;

Now, when you run your React Native application (npx react-native run-android or npx react-native run-ios), you should see a component with a shadow effect on both Android and iOS devices.

Conclusion

This article shows how to add shadow effect to your React Native components for both Android and IOS devices. I hope this comprehensive guide helps you effectively add shadows to your React Native app!

Thank you for reading.