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Customization

The React Native @imgly/editor-react-native module is built on top of the native Android and iOS UI implementation and has no dedicated React Native UI. However, you still have access to the same customization options as for iOS and Android. To use them you need to configure them natively for both platforms.

Native Interfaces

In order to allow intuitive and easily accessible native customization of the editors, we provide dedicated interfaces and convenience functions for both iOS and Android. This layer is written in Swift and available via the IMGLYEditorModuleSwiftAdapter.shared instance. The editor that is opened via the IMGLYEditorModuleSwiftAdapter.openEditor() function can be completely customized and exchanged. For this to work you can use the IMGLYEditorModuleSwiftAdapter.builderClosure which provides an optional EditorPreset and metadata with which you can provide any prebuilt or custom editor view. The metadata parameter of the openEditor function can be utilized to provide customization details from the React Native side of your app to the native side:

iOS

On iOS, we provide fallback functions for our default editors via:

  • EditorBuilder.design()
  • EditorBuilder.apparel()
  • EditorBuilder.photo()
  • EditorBuilder.video()
  • EditorBuilder.postcard()

In case you want a completely custom UI, you can use the EditorBuilder.custom function that allows you to return a custom View based on a given EditorConfig, an EditorPreset, metadata and an EditorBuilderResult:

1. Import the dependencies:

import IMGLYEditorModule
import SwiftUI

2. Assign your custom editor:

IMGLYEditorModule.builderClosure = { _, metadata ->
if (metadata?.get("custom") == true) {
EditorBuilder.custom {
CustomEditor(settings, result, onClose)
}
} else {
EditorBuilder.design()
}
}

Further, we provide convenience extensions both for the OnCreate and OnExport callbacks to reduce the amount of code you need to write. For a detailed example, please take a look at our showcases app.

Android

On Android, we provide fallback functions for our default editors via

  • EditorBuilder.design()
  • EditorBuilder.apparel()
  • EditorBuilder.photo()
  • EditorBuilder.postcard()
  • EditorBuilder.video().

In case you want a completely custom UI, you can use the EditorBuilder.custom function that allows you to return a custom @Composable function based on a given EditorConfig, an EditorPreset, metadata and an EditorBuilderResult:

1. Update the android/app/build.gradle file and add the following:

android {
(...)
kotlinOptions {
jvmTarget = "1.8"
}
buildFeatures {
compose true
}
composeOptions {
kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion = "1.5.10"
}
}
dependencies {
implementation "ly.img:editor:1.39.0"
implementation(platform("androidx.compose:compose-bom:2023.05.01"))
implementation "androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.6.1"
}

2. Import the dependencies:

import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
import ly.img.editor.reactnative.module.IMGLYEditorModule
import ly.img.editor.reactnative.module.builder.EditorBuilder
import ly.img.editor.reactnative.module.builder.EditorBuilderResult
import ly.img.editor.reactnative.module.model.EditorSettings

3. Assign your custom editor:

IMGLYEditorModule.builderClosure = { _, metadata ->
if (metadata?.get("custom") == true) {
EditorBuilder.custom {
CustomEditor(settings, result, onClose)
}
} else {
EditorBuilder.design()
}
}

Further, we provide a class called EditorDefaults which contains convenience methods for both the OnCreate and OnExport callbacks to reduce the amount of code you need to write. For a detailed example, please take a look here.