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Example of an absolutely positioned <Image /> with text overlaid in React Native
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import {
AppRegistry,
Image,
Text,
} from 'react-native';
const remote = 'https://s15.postimg.org/tw2qkvmcb/400px.png';
export default class BackgroundImage extends Component {
render() {
const resizeMode = 'center';
const text = 'This is some text inlaid in an <Image />';
return (
<Image
style={{
backgroundColor: '#ccc',
flex: 1,
resizeMode,
position: 'absolute',
width: '100%',
height: '100%',
justifyContent: 'center',
}}
source={{ uri: remote }}
>
<Text
style={{
backgroundColor: 'transparent',
textAlign: 'center',
fontSize: 30,
padding: 40,
}}
>
{text}
</Text>
</Image>
);
}
}
AppRegistry.registerComponent('BackgroundImage', () => BackgroundImage);
@CoderHar
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@thekevinscott hi have been searching for a method to make a background picture for my form page actually the code abbove you have given is not working it shows an error
screenshot_1516610840

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josemigallas commented Dec 5, 2018

This is deprecated.. use instead ImageBackground.

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