Difference between revisions of "Using SVG in expo react native app"

Latest revision as of 08:31, 31 May 2025

1 - install these libraties

• npx expo install react-native-svg
• npm install --save-dev react-native-svg-transformer

2 - Add metro.config.js in the root

const { getDefaultConfig } = require("expo/metro-config");

module.exports = (() => {
  const config = getDefaultConfig(__dirname);

  const { transformer, resolver } = config;

  config.transformer = {
    ...transformer,
    babelTransformerPath: require.resolve("react-native-svg-transformer/expo")
  };
  config.resolver = {
    ...resolver,
    assetExts: resolver.assetExts.filter((ext) => ext !== "svg"),
    sourceExts: [...resolver.sourceExts, "svg"]
  };

  return config;
})();

3 - if it's a typescript project add declarations.d.ts in the root

declare module "*.svg" {
  import React from "react";
  import { SvgProps } from "react-native-svg";
  const content: React.FC<SvgProps>;
  export default content;
}

4 - run the project with npx expo start

5 - Use like this

import Destination from '../../assets/images/svg/destination.svg'
...
 <Destination width={100} height={100} />