Set Background Image in React Native

Posted By: Harish

We can show an image using the Image component, but to show as a background image, we have to add extra views and an Image component and stack them to use as a background image.

But with the ImageBackground component, we can simply add a background image.

Lets see its usage with an example.

Create A New Project

Create a new react-native project by using npx. Check documentation for creating a new react native project.

npx react-native@latest init ImageRN

Example Implementation

We will create a simple screen with a background image and a normal image at the center.

First import ImageBackground component from react-native.

ImageBackground component has Image component’s props. So, we will add a local asset image as a source. Remote image can also be used.

//App.tsx
...
import { ImageBackground } from 'react-native';
...
<ImageBackground
  style={styles.image_background}
  resizeMode="cover"
  source={require('./assets/background.png')}
>
</ImageBackground>
...

If we run the app,

#for Android
npx react-native run-android

#for ios
npx react-native run-ios

We will see the linked image. To have it as a background image, we have to add components inside the ImageBackground component.

Now, import and add the Image component with an image. Here, we will use a remote image.

...
 <ImageBackground ...>
  <Image
    style={styles.image}
    resizeMode="cover"
    source={{
      uri: 'https://iet-images.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/fav.png'
    }}
  />
</ImageBackground>
...

If we reload the screen, we can see an image over the background image. In this way we can set a background image easily.

We can say that this ImageBackground component is a view with an image.

Complete code of our example,

//App.tsx
import React from "react";
import {
  Text,
  StyleSheet,
  SafeAreaView,
  StatusBar,
  View,
  Image,
  ImageBackground,
} from "react-native";

export default function App() {
  return (
    <SafeAreaView style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: 'white' }}>
      <StatusBar
        barStyle="dark-content"
      />
      <View style={styles.container}>
        <Text style={styles.text}>
          ifelsething.com
        </Text>
        <Text style={styles.text}>
          background image in react native
        </Text>
        <ImageBackground
          style={styles.image_background}
          resizeMode="cover"
          source={require('./assets/background.png')}
        >
          <Image
            style={styles.image}
            resizeMode="cover"
            source={{
              uri: 'https://iet-images.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/fav.png'
            }}
          />
        </ImageBackground>
      </View>
    </SafeAreaView>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    margin: 10,
    gap: 20
  },
  text: {
    fontSize: 15,
    color: 'black',
    fontStyle: 'italic'
  },
  image_background: {
    flex: 1,
    alignItems: 'center',
    justifyContent: 'center',
  },
  image: {
    flexShrink: 1,
    width: 300,
    height: 300
  },
});

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