@birdwingo/react-native-instagram-stories

Features 🌟

📸 Capture Moments: Easily integrate Instagram-like stories in your React Native app to let users share their favorite moments.

✨ Inspired by Instagram: Crafted with inspiration from the real Instagram stories feature, capturing its essence and style.

📱 Mobile-Friendly: Designed with mobile users in mind, providing a smooth and responsive experience on all devices.

💾 Using Async Storage: Utilize Async Storage to save the progress of users and load them whenever they want.

🛠️ Developer Friendly: Well-documented and easy to set up, making the developer's life a breeze.

🚀 High Performance: Optimized for speed, ensuring a lag-free experience for users.

💡 Rich Features: Support for video, images, and text, plus more – all in one powerful package!

🎉 Community Support: Join a growing community of developers and users, eager to help and share their experiences.

About

react-native-instagram-stories component is a versatile React Native component designed to display a horizontal scrollable list of user stories, similar to the stories feature found in the Instagram app. It provides a visually appealing way to showcase stories with various customizable options. It is used in the Birdwingo mobile app for Birdwingo Academy which allows users to learn the basics of investing in stocks and ETFs.

Installation

npm install react-native-svg
npm install react-native-reanimated
npm install react-native-gesture-handler
npm install @birdwingo/react-native-instagram-stories

Integration with Storage and Video

The component offers an option to save and track the progress of seen stories using saveProgress. If you use saveProgress, please make sure you have @react-native-async-storage/async-storage installed.

If you use video in your stories, please make sure you have react-native-video installed.

Usage

To use the InstagramStories component, you need to import it in your React Native application and include it in your JSX code. Here's an example of how to use it:

import React from "react";
import { View } from "react-native";
import InstagramStories from "@birdwingo/react-native-instagram-stories";

const YourComponent = () => {
  const stories = [
    {
      id: "user1",
      name: "User 1",
      imgUrl: "user1-profile-image-url",
      stories: [
        { id: "story1", sourceUrl: "story1-image-url" },
        { id: "story2", sourceUrl: "story1-video-url", mediaType: "video" },
        // ...
      ],
    }, // ...
  ];

  return (
    <View>
      <InstagramStories
        stories={stories}
        // ...
      />
    </View>
  );
};

export default YourComponent;

Props

Name	Type	Default value	Description
stories	InstagramStoryProps[]	required	An array of stories.
saveProgress	boolean	false	A boolean indicating whether to save and track the progress of seen stories.
avatarBorderColors	string[]	DEFAULT_COLORS	An array of string colors representing the border colors of story avatars.
avatarSeenBorderColors	string[]	[ '#2A2A2C' ]	An array of string colors representing the border colors of seen story avatars.
avatarSize	number	60	The size of the story avatars.
avatarStyle	ViewStyle / ViewStyle[]		The ViewStyleing of the Avatar Component.
storyAvatarSize	number	25	The size of the avatars shown in the header of each story.
listContainerStyle	ScrollViewProps['contentContainerStyle']		Additional styles for the list container.
listContainerProps	ScrollViewProps		Props to be passed to the underlying ScrollView component.
containerStyle	ViewStyle		Additional styles for the story container.
textStyle	TextStyle		Additional styles for text elements.
progressDuration	number	10000	The duration of the story animations in ms.
animationConfig	object	{duration: 800}	The configuration of react-native-reanimated withTiming - config.
videoAnimationMaxDuration	number		The max duration of the video story animations in ms. If is this property not provided, the whole video will be played.
backgroundColor	string	'#000000'	The background color of story container.
showName	boolean	false	Whether you want to show user name under avatar in avatar list.
nameTextStyle	TextStyle		Additional styles for name text elements.
videoProps	react-native-video		Additional props for video component. For more information, follow react-native-video.
closeIconColor	string	'#00000099'	The color of story close icon.
onShow	( id: string ) => void		Callback when a story is shown.
onHide	( id: string ) => void		Callback when a story is hidden.

Public Methods

Name	Type	Description
spliceStories	( stories: InstagramStoryProps[], index?: number ) => void	Insert new stories at a specific index. If you don't provide index property, stories will be pushed to the end of array.
spliceUserStories	( stories: InstagramStoryProps[], user: string, index?: number ) => void	Insert new stories for a specific user at a specific index. If you don't provide index property, stories will be pushed to the end of array
setStories	( stories: InstagramStoryProps[] ) => void	Replace the current stories with a new set of stories.
clearProgressStorage	() => void	Clear the progress storage for seen stories.
hide	() => void	Hide stories if currently visible
show	( id?: string ) => void	Show stories modal with provided story id. If id is not provided, will be shown first story

Types

InstagramStoryProps

Parameter	Type	Required
id	string	true
imgUrl	string	false
name	string	false
stories	StoryItemProps[]	true

Please note that id parameter must be unique for every user

StoryItemProps

Parameter	Type	Required
id	string	true
sourceUrl	string	true
mediaType	'video' | 'image' (default: 'image')	false
renderContent	() => ReactNode	false

Please note that id parameter must be unique for every story

Default Gradient Colors

Default colors for avatar gradient are the same as on Instagram - [ '#F7B801', '#F18701', '#F35B04', '#F5301E', '#C81D4E', '#8F1D4E' ]

Sponsor

react-native-instagram-stories is sponsored by Birdwingo.
Download Birdwingo mobile app to see react-native-instagram-stories in action!