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Expo Instagram Reels

It provides a component that allows you to display a list of reels similar to the Instagram app.

Features

✨ App Preview

Video Preview

Installation

Just run the below command in your project folder

Note:- This runs only in an Expo Managed and Bare(expo) project and not in React Native CLI project.

To install,

npm install --save expo-instagram-reels

Usage

import Reels from 'expo-instagram-reels';

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// Pass the array of objects with _id and uri as props
<Reels videos={videos} />

Parameters

Required Parameters

Parameter required Default Description
videos YES [] List of videos for reels

Container Parameters

Parameter required Default Description
backgroundColor NO black Background color of the whole container

Header Parameters

Parameter required Default Description
headerTitle NO "Reels" Title to be shown on the top header bar
headerIconName NO arrowright iconName from AntDesign family
headerIconColor NO white icon color for the header bar
headerIconSize NO 24 icon size for the header bar
headerIcon NO null Custom icon component to display
headerComponent NO null custom component to show instead of header bar
onHeaderIconPress NO null function to execute when user presses the back icon in the header Bar

Button Options Parameters

Parameter required Default Description
optionsComponent NO null A custom component to show instead of default options such as like, comment etc.
pauseOnOptionsShow NO true Whether to pause the playback when user touches the scren or not
onSharePress NO null Function to execute when user presses the share button. Gives _id in props
onCommentPress NO null Function to execute when user presses the comment button. Gives _id in props
onLikePress NO null Function to execute when user presses the like button. Gives _id in props
onDislikePress NO null Function to execute when user presses the dislike button. Gives _id in props

Video Player Parameters

Parameter required Default Description
onFinishPlaying NO null Function to execute on every video finish

Slider component Parameters

Parameter required Default Description
minimumTrackTintColor NO null The color used for the track to the left of the button.
maximumTrackTintColor NO null The color used for the track to the right of the button.
thumbTintColor NO null Color of the foreground switch grip.

Time display Parameters

Parameter required Default Description
timeElapsedColor NO "grey" Color of the timestamp which shows total time that has been elapsed since the video started playing
totalTimeColor NO "grey" Color of the timestamp which shows total duration of the clip