react-native-blur VS react-native-maps

Today while using Instagram i randomly clicked on a profile picture and it actually opened up in the center of the screen. What grabbed my attention was in the background i.e., the blur effect used by Instagram. I'm very confused whether it is an actual blur or not? Because to me it does not look like an actual blur. Also if it is a blur, does anyone know how they might have implemented it? I have used the following packages before but the effect on the android devices does not look good at all - https://github.com/Kureev/react-native-blur Also I've heard of skia, but didn't use it. Anyone who have used it before?

I'm using react-native-blur package for that.

dependencies": { "@apollo/client": "3.6.2", "@invertase/react-native-apple-authentication": "2.1.5", "@react-native-community/blur": "https://github.com/Kureev/react-native-blur/archive/refs/tags/v3.6.1.tar.gz", "@react-native-community/cameraroll": "4.1.2", "@react-native-community/netinfo": "8.3.0", "@react-native-community/slider": "4.2.2", "@react-native-firebase/analytics": "14.9.1", "@react-native-firebase/app": "14.9.1", "@react-native-firebase/auth": "14.9.1", "@react-native-firebase/crashlytics": "14.9.1", "@react-native-firebase/dynamic-links": "14.9.1", "@react-native-firebase/firestore": "14.9.1", "@react-native-firebase/functions": "14.9.1", "@react-native-firebase/in-app-messaging": "14.9.1", "@react-native-firebase/messaging": "14.9.1", "@react-native-firebase/storage": "14.9.1", "@react-native-google-signin/google-signin": "7.2.2", "@react-navigation/native": "6.0.10", "@react-navigation/stack": "6.2.1", "@stream-io/flat-list-mvcp": "0.10.1", "algoliasearch": "4.13.0", "dayjs": "1.11.1", "expo": "45.0.0", "expo-location": "~14.2.2", "geolib": "3.3.3", "graphql": "16.4.0", "lodash": "4.17.21", "react": "17.0.2", "react-instantsearch-native": "6.24.2", "react-native": "0.68.1", "react-native-bootsplash": "4.1.5", "react-native-create-thumbnail": "1.5.1", "react-native-document-picker": "8.1.0", "react-native-fast-image": "8.5.11", "react-native-fs": "2.20.0", "react-native-gesture-handler": "2.4.2", "react-native-get-random-values": "1.8.0", "react-native-haptic-feedback": "1.13.1", "react-native-image-crop-picker": "0.37.3", "react-native-image-picker": "4.8.2", "react-native-image-resizer": "1.4.5", "react-native-mmkv": "2.3.3", "react-native-permissions": "3.3.1", "react-native-reanimated": "2.8.0", "react-native-redash": "16.2.4", "react-native-responsive-fontsize": "0.5.1", "react-native-safe-area-context": "4.2.5", "react-native-screens": "3.13.1", "react-native-share": "7.4.0", "react-native-shared-element": "0.8.4", "react-native-svg": "12.3.0", "react-native-touchable-scale": "2.1.2", "react-native-vector-icons": "9.1.0", "react-native-video": "5.2.0", "react-native-vision-camera": "2.13.3", "react-navigation-shared-element": "3.1.3", "recyclerlistview": "3.0.5", "stream-chat": "6.5.1", "stream-chat-react-native": "4.3.1", "uuid": "8.3.2", "webpack": "5.0.0" }, "devDependencies": { "@babel/core": "7.12.9", "@babel/preset-env": "7.17.10", "@babel/runtime": "7.12.5", "@react-native-community/eslint-config": "2.0.0", "@types/jest": "26.0.23", "@types/lodash": "4.14.182", "@types/react-instantsearch-native": "6.3.2", "@types/react-native": "0.67.3", "@types/react-native-vector-icons": "6.4.10", "@types/react-native-video": "5.0.13", "@types/react-test-renderer": "17.0.1", "@types/uuid": "8.3.4", "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "5.17.0", "@typescript-eslint/parser": "5.17.0", "babel-jest": "26.6.3", "babel-plugin-module-resolver": "4.1.0", "babel-plugin-react-native-web": "0.17.7", "eslint": "7.32.0", "eslint-config-prettier": "8.5.0", "eslint-plugin-react": "7.29.4", "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "4.5.0", "eslint-plugin-react-native": "4.0.0", "jest": "26.6.3", "metro-react-native-babel-preset": "0.67.0", "prettier": "2.6.2", "react-test-renderer": "17.0.2", "typescript": "4.4.4" }, ```

I've done something like this last year using the already mentioned https://github.com/Kureev/react-native-blur and a modal on top. Not an ideal solution and struggled a lot with having the modal display the element at the same height on a scroll view. Also the blur effect is really expensive in terms of performance on Android and sometimes it creates an halo around elements.

"@react-native-community/blur": "https://github.com/Kureev/react-native-blur/archive/refs/tags/v3.6.1.tar.gz",

https://github.com/Kureev/react-native-blur worked first try on both platforms for me

Web-site: https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-maps GitHub stars: 11.2k Price: Free License: MIT License Demo: – Type of support: Community support via GitHub issues Documentation: Full documentation

First of all you need to install a npm package called react-native-maps which we will use to display data that HERE provides. You can see installation instructions here.