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React components that render a glass effect using iOS's native UIVisualEffectView.

iOS
GlassView is only available on iOS 26 and above. It will fallback to regular View on unsupported platforms.

React components that render native iOS liquid glass effect using UIVisualEffectView. Supports customizable glass styles and tint color.

Installation

Terminal
- npx expo install expo-glass-effect

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

Known issues

The isInteractive prop can only be set once on mount and cannot be changed dynamically after the component has been rendered. If you need to toggle interactive behavior, you must remount the component with a different key.

Usage

GlassView

The GlassView component renders the native iOS glass effect. It supports different glass effect styles and can be customized with tint colors for various aesthetic needs.

Basic GlassView usage
import { StyleSheet, View, Image } from 'react-native';
import { GlassView } from 'expo-glass-effect';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <Image
        style={styles.backgroundImage}
        source={{
          uri: 'https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1506905925346-21bda4d32df4?w=400&h=400&fit=crop',
        }}
      />

      {/* Basic Glass View */}
      <GlassView style={styles.glassView} />

      {/* Glass View with clear style */}
      <GlassView style={styles.tintedGlassView} glassEffectStyle="clear" />
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
  },
  backgroundImage: {
    ...StyleSheet.absoluteFill,
    width: '100%',
    height: '100%',
  },
  glassView: {
    position: 'absolute',
    top: 100,
    left: 50,
    width: 200,
    height: 100,
    borderRadius: 12,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',
    padding: 20,
  },
  tintedGlassView: {
    position: 'absolute',
    top: 250,
    left: 50,
    width: 200,
    height: 100,
    borderRadius: 12,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',
    padding: 20,
  },
  text: {
    fontSize: 16,
    fontWeight: '600',
    color: '#000',
    textAlign: 'center',
  },
});

GlassContainer

The GlassContainer component allows you to combine multiple glass views into a combined effect.

GlassContainer example
import { StyleSheet, View, Image } from 'react-native';
import { GlassView, GlassContainer } from 'expo-glass-effect';

export default function GlassContainerDemo() {
  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <Image
        style={styles.backgroundImage}
        source={{
          uri: 'https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1547036967-23d11aacaee0?w=400&h=600&fit=crop',
        }}
      />
      <GlassContainer spacing={10} style={styles.containerStyle}>
        <GlassView style={styles.glass1} isInteractive />
        <GlassView style={styles.glass2} />
        <GlassView style={styles.glass3} />
      </GlassContainer>
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
  },
  backgroundImage: {
    ...StyleSheet.absoluteFillObject,
    width: '100%',
    height: '100%',
  },
  containerStyle: {
    position: 'absolute',
    top: 200,
    left: 50,
    width: 250,
    height: 100,
    flexDirection: 'row',
    alignItems: 'center',
    gap: 5,
  },
  glass1: {
    width: 60,
    height: 60,
    borderRadius: 30,
  },
  glass2: {
    width: 50,
    height: 50,
    borderRadius: 25,
  },
  glass3: {
    width: 40,
    height: 40,
    borderRadius: 20,
  },
});

isLiquidGlassAvailable

The isLiquidGlassAvailable function let's you check, if the Liquid Glass effect is available in the compiled application. It validates the system and compiler versions, as well as the Info.plist settings.

import { isLiquidGlassAvailable } from 'expo-glass-effect';

export default function CheckLiquidGlass() {
  return (
    <Text>
      {isLiquidGlassAvailable()
        ? 'Liquid Glass effect is available'
        : 'Liquid Glass effect is not available'}
    </Text>
  );
}

API

import { GlassView, GlassContainer, isLiquidGlassAvailable } from 'expo-glass-effect';

Components

GlassContainer

Type: React.Element<GlassContainerProps>

GlassContainerProps

spacing

Optional • Type: number • Default: undefined

The distance at which glass elements start affecting each other. Controls when glass elements begin to merge together.

Inherited Props

GlassView

Type: React.Element<GlassViewProps>

GlassViewProps

glassEffectStyle

Optional • Type: GlassStyle • Default: 'regular'

Glass effect style to apply to the view.

isInteractive

Optional • Type: boolean • Default: false

Whether the glass effect should be interactive.

tintColor

Optional • Type: string

Tint color to apply to the glass effect.

Inherited Props

Methods

isLiquidGlassAvailable()

Indicates whether the app is using the Liquid Glass design. The value will be true when the Liquid Glass components are available in the app.

This only checks for component availability. The value may also be true if the user has enabled accessibility settings that limit the Liquid Glass effect. To check if the user has disabled the Liquid Glass effect via accessibility settings, use AccessibilityInfo.isReduceTransparencyEnabled().

Returns:
boolean

Types

GlassStyle

Literal Type: string

Acceptable values are: 'clear' | 'regular'