A simple Facebook Chat Head like bubble for react native
react-native-floating-bubble
A simple Facebook Chat Head like bubble for react native. Special thanks to bubble-for-android because this is just react native wrapper for that library.
Installation
$ npm install react-native-floating-bubble --save
Mostly automatic installation
$ react-native link react-native-floating-bubble
Manual installation
Android
- Open up
android/app/src/main/java/[...]/MainActivity.java
- Add
import com.reactlibrary.RNFloatingBubblePackage;
to the imports at the top of the file - Add
new RNFloatingBubblePackage()
to the list returned by thegetPackages()
method
- Append the following lines to
android/settings.gradle
:include ':react-native-floating-bubble' project(':react-native-floating-bubble').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-floating-bubble/android')
- Insert the following lines inside the dependencies block in
android/app/build.gradle
:compile project(':react-native-floating-bubble')
iOS
- This library is not supported for iOS. This functionality is not there.
Usage
Methods
import { showFloatingBubble, hideFloatingBubble, requestPermission, initialize } from "react-native-floating-bubble"
// To display the bubble over other apps you need to get 'Draw Over Other Apps' permission from androind.
// If you initialize without having the permission App could crash
requestPermission()
.then(() => console.log("Permission Granted"))
.catch(() => console.log("Permission is not granted"))
// Initialize bubble manage
initialize()
.then(() => console.log("Initialized the bubble mange"))
// Show Floating Bubble: x=10, y=10 position of the bubble
showFloatingBubble(10, 10)
.then(() => console.log("Floating Bubble Added"));
// Hide Floatin Bubble
hideFloatingBubble()
.then(() => console.log("Floating Bubble Removed"));
Events
You can listen to bubble press and bubble remove events using DeviceEventEmitter
.
Events: floating-bubble-press
, floating-bubble-remove
DeviceEventEmitter.addListener("floating-bubble-press", (e) => {
// What to do when user press the bubble
console.log("Press Bubble")
});
DeviceEventEmitter.addListener("floating-bubble-remove", (e) => {
// What to do when user removes the bubble
console.log("Remove Bubble")
});
Change Bubble Icon
Place the icon file as android/app/src/main/res/drawable/bubble_icon.png