React Native Media Grid

A highly customizable, performant, and accessible media grid component for React Native applications. Display images in an elegant grid layout with support for various configurations and full-screen preview.

Features

• 🎯 Responsive grid layouts (1-4+ images)
• 🖼️ Full-screen image preview with swipe gestures
• ♿️ Fully accessible with VoiceOver/TalkBack support
• 🎨 Customizable styles and spacing
• 📱 Native performance optimizations
• 💪 TypeScript support
• 📦 Zero dependencies

Installation

1npm install react-native-media-grid
2# or
3yarn add react-native-media-grid

Demo

Usage

1import { MediaGrid, type MediaItemType } from 'react-native-media-grid';
2
3const App = () => {
4  const mediaItems: MediaItemType[] = [
5    {
6      url: 'https://example.com/image1.jpg',
7      type: 'image',
8    },
9    {
10      url: 'https://example.com/image2.jpg',
11      type: 'image',
12    },
13    // ... more items
14  ];
15
16  return (
17    <MediaGrid
18      items={mediaItems}
19      spacing={2}
20      maxDisplayItems={4}
21      onMediaPress={(index) => console.log('Media pressed:', index)}
22    />
23  );
24};

Props

MediaGrid Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
items	MediaItemType[]	Required	Array of media items to display
spacing	number	2	Gap between grid items in pixels
maxDisplayItems	number	4	Maximum number of items to display before showing a count overlay
containerStyle	ViewStyle	-	Style for the grid container
itemStyle	ViewStyle	-	Style for individual media items
onMediaPress	(index: number) => void	-	Callback when a media item is pressed

MediaItemType

1interface MediaItemType {
2  url: string;
3  type: 'image';
4}

Grid Layouts

The component automatically adjusts its layout based on the number of items:

• 1 item: Full-width single image
• 2 items: Two equal-width images side by side
• 3 items: Large image on the left, two smaller images stacked on the right
• 4+ items: Large image on the left, three smaller images stacked on the right with a count overlay

Customization

Custom Styling

1<MediaGrid
2  items={mediaItems}
3  containerStyle={{
4    borderRadius: 12,
5    overflow: 'hidden',
6  }}
7  itemStyle={{
8    borderRadius: 8,
9  }}
10  spacing={4}
11/>

Accessibility

The component includes built-in accessibility features:

• VoiceOver/TalkBack support with descriptive labels
• Proper focus management
• Accessible navigation in preview mode
• Screen reader announcements for image transitions

Roadmap 🚀

We're actively working on adding these exciting features:

• 📹 Video support
• 🔍 Pinch-to-zoom in preview mode
• 🖼️ Custom image component support
• 📱 More grid layout variants
• 🎨 Advanced styling options
• 🔄 Custom loading states

Want to contribute to any of these features? Check out our contributing guidelines!

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our contributing guidelines first.

License

MIT

Support

If you like this project, please consider giving it a ⭐️ on GitHub!