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A MaskedView component with an API compatible with @react-native-masked-view/masked-view. The opaque pixels of maskElement reveal the masked content behind it; transparent pixels hide it.

Under the hood this component bridges arbitrary React Native children into the platform-specific @expo/ui masking primitives:

• Android: Jetpack Compose graphics layer compositing with BlendMode.DstIn.
• iOS: SwiftUI .mask modifier.

Installation

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

Migrating from @react-native-masked-view/masked-view

• Update the import from import MaskedView from '@react-native-masked-view/masked-view' to import { MaskedView } from '@expo/ui/community/masked-view'.
• The androidRenderingMode prop is not supported. The Compose-based implementation always uses an offscreen graphics layer, so the prop has no equivalent and is omitted from the public types.
• Web is not implemented. On web, children render unmasked and a one-time console warning is logged. For web targets, prefer the CSS primitive that fits your specific case:
  • Gradient text — background-clip: text with color: 'transparent' and a CSS gradient/image as the background.
  • Alpha fade — mask-image: linear-gradient(...) (or WebkitMaskImage) directly on the content view.
  • Shape mask (circle, rounded rectangle, and so on) — clip-path: circle(...) / inset(...) / path(...), or border-radius + overflow: 'hidden'.

Basic usage

import { MaskedView } from '@expo/ui/community/masked-view';
import { StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';

export default function MaskedViewExample() {
  return (
    <MaskedView
      style={{ width: 300, height: 80 }}
      maskElement={
        <View style={{ flex: 1, alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
          <Text style={{ fontSize: 64, fontWeight: 'bold' }}>EXPO</Text>
        </View>
      }>
      <View
        style={[
          StyleSheet.absoluteFill,
          {
            experimental_backgroundImage:
              'linear-gradient(135deg, #FF3B30, #FF9500, #FFCC00, #34C759, #007AFF, #AF52DE)',
          },
        ]}
      />
    </MaskedView>
  );
}

Alpha-fade mask

Only the alpha channel of the maskElement matters: opaque pixels reveal content, transparent pixels hide it. Use a LinearGradient (from expo-linear-gradient) that goes from opaque to transparent — 'black' (for example) to 'transparent' below — to fade content out along an axis.

import { MaskedView } from '@expo/ui/community/masked-view';
import { LinearGradient } from 'expo-linear-gradient';
import { StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';

export default function AlphaFadeExample() {
  return (
    <MaskedView
      style={{ width: 300, height: 80, flexDirection: 'row' }}
      maskElement={
        <LinearGradient
          colors={['black', 'transparent']}
          start={{ x: 0, y: 0 }}
          end={{ x: 1, y: 0 }}
          style={StyleSheet.absoluteFill}
        />
      }>
      <View style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: '#3D5A80' }} />
      <View style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: '#DAA520' }} />
      <View style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: '#E07A5F' }} />
    </MaskedView>
  );
}

API

import { MaskedView } from '@expo/ui/community/masked-view';

Component