GradientText Component

A beautiful and customizable gradient text component for React Native Expo applications. Create awesome text effects with smooth color gradients in any direction.

✨ Features

• 🎨 Customizable Colors - Use any gradient color combination
• 📐 Direction Control - Horizontal, vertical, or diagonal gradients
• 🎯 Easy Integration - Drop-in replacement for React Native Text
• 🔧 Flexible Styling - Supports all Text component styles
• 📱 Expo Compatible - Works seamlessly with Expo managed workflow
• ⚡ Performance Optimized - Efficient rendering using MaskedView

📦 Installation

Install the package and required peer dependencies:

npm install expo-gradient-text
npx expo install expo-linear-gradient @react-native-masked-view/masked-view

🚀 Quick Start

import React from 'react';
import { View } from 'react-native';
import GradientText from 'expo-gradient-text';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}>
      <GradientText style={{ fontSize: 32, fontWeight: 'bold' }}>
        Hello Gradient!
      </GradientText>
    </View>
  );
}

📖 API Reference

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
children	string | React.ReactNode	Required	The text content to display
colors	string[]	['#FF6B6B', '#4ECDC4']	Array of colors for the gradient
start	{x: number, y: number}	{x: 0, y: 0}	Starting point of the gradient
end	{x: number, y: number}	{x: 1, y: 0}	Ending point of the gradient
style	TextStyle	{}	Style object for the text
...textProps	TextProps	-	All other React Native Text props

Gradient Direction Guide

// Horizontal (left to right)
start={{ x: 0, y: 0 }} end={{ x: 1, y: 0 }}

// Vertical (top to bottom)  
start={{ x: 0, y: 0 }} end={{ x: 0, y: 1 }}

// Diagonal (top-left to bottom-right)
start={{ x: 0, y: 0 }} end={{ x: 1, y: 1 }}

// Diagonal (top-right to bottom-left)
start={{ x: 1, y: 0 }} end={{ x: 0, y: 1 }}

🎨 Usage Examples

Basic Gradient

<GradientText style={{ fontSize: 24, fontWeight: 'bold' }}>
  Welcome!
</GradientText>

Previews

Previews

iOS	Android

Custom Colors

<GradientText 
  colors={['#667eea', '#764ba2']}
  style={{ fontSize: 28, fontWeight: '600' }}
>
  Custom Gradient
</GradientText>

Vertical Gradient

<GradientText 
  colors={['#ff9a9e', '#fecfef']}
  start={{ x: 0, y: 0 }}
  end={{ x: 0, y: 1 }}
  style={{ fontSize: 32, fontWeight: 'bold' }}
>
  Vertical Flow
</GradientText>

Rainbow Effect

<GradientText 
  colors={['#ff0000', '#ff8000', '#ffff00', '#80ff00', '#00ff80', '#0080ff', '#8000ff']}
  style={{ fontSize: 26, fontWeight: 'bold' }}
>
  Rainbow Magic
</GradientText>

Sunset Theme

<GradientText 
  colors={['#ff7e5f', '#feb47b']}
  start={{ x: 0, y: 0 }}
  end={{ x: 1, y: 1 }}
  style={{ fontSize: 30, fontWeight: 'bold' }}
>
  Sunset Vibes
</GradientText>

🎨 Popular Color Combinations

// Ocean Breeze
colors={['#667eea', '#764ba2']}

// Warm Sunset  
colors={['#ff7e5f', '#feb47b']}

// Cool Blues
colors={['#74b9ff', '#0984e3']}

// Purple Dream
colors={['#a29bfe', '#6c5ce7']}

// Green Nature
colors={['#55efc4', '#00b894']}

// Fire Gradient
colors={['#fd79a8', '#fdcb6e', '#e17055']}

// Night Sky
colors={['#2d3436', '#636e72', '#b2bec3']}

🏗️ Component Structure

The component uses a combination of MaskedView and LinearGradient to achieve the gradient text effect:

1. MaskedView - Creates a mask using the text shape
2. LinearGradient - Provides the gradient background
3. Text - Invisible text that defines the mask boundaries

🔧 TypeScript Support

interface GradientTextProps extends TextProps {
  children: React.ReactNode;
  colors?: string[];
  start?: { x: number; y: number };
  end?: { x: number; y: number };
  style?: StyleProp<TextStyle>;
}

📱 Platform Compatibility

• ✅ iOS
• ✅ Android
• ✅ Expo Go
• ✅ Expo Dev Build

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Built with Expo Linear Gradient
• Uses React Native Masked View
• Inspired by modern gradient design trends

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