React Native backgroundColor overlay over image
I am using an image as the background for one of my pages. I'd like to add a backgroundColor with an opacity over the image. I'm not sure how I can achieve this with React Native.
render() {
return (
<Image source={require('./assets/climbing_mountain.jpeg')} style={styles.container}>
<Text>Hello</Text>
</Image>
)
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
width: null,
height: null,
}
Here is how I'd achieve this on a web page: How to make in CSS an overlay over an image?
A cool thing you can do is drop an absolutely positioned view over it.
<View>
<Image source={require('./assets/climbing_mountain.jpeg')} style= {StyleSheet.absoluteFillObject}} resizeMode='cover'>
<Text>Hello</Text>
</Image>
<View style={styles.overlay} />
</View>
...
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
overlay: {
...StyleSheet.absoluteFillObject,
backgroundColor: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.5)'
}
})
absoluteFillObject
is the same as
{
position: 'absolute',
top: 0,
left: 0,
right: 0,
bottom: 0
}
If you want to be able to tap through your overlay, just set the pointerEvents
prop on the view to none
docs: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/stylesheet.html#absolutefillobject
I was able to get this working thanks to @Kevin Velasco.
render() {
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<Image source={require('./assets/climbing_mountain.jpeg')} style={styles.imageContainer}>
</Image>
<View style={styles.overlay} />
</View>
)
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
width: null,
height: null,
},
imageContainer: {
flex: 1,
width: null,
height: null,
},
overlay: {
...StyleSheet.absoluteFillObject,
backgroundColor: 'rgba(69,85,117,0.7)',
}
})