react-native-blur VS react-native-image-crop-picker

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

Recently added this library: https://github.com/ivpusic/react-native-image-crop-picker but after trying to debug the issues that I get on build, I saw that this library is unavailable for linking through rnpm and only through cocoapods. Is there any way to unlink the library using rnpm and then install cocoa pods and do it that way? I don't want to create some conflicts between the two.

Whenever taking a look at Expo support for a library, I always just do a search in the issues for "expo" -- https://github.com/ivpusic/react-native-image-crop-picker/issues/1572 -- probably a deal breaker. Sometimes I also just spin up a quick test expo application to try something out.

issues sauce

Also I am following this https://github.com/ivpusic/react-native-image-crop-picker

Hello, I'm making an app that should be able to take pictures with the camera and import pictures from the gallery, so I'm trying to install this react-native-image-crop-picker ( https://github.com/ivpusic/react-native-image-crop-picker ) for that but I have some troubles. I can install successfully "npm i react-native-image-crop-picker --save", but I can't do "pod install" in ios folder. What is "pod install" used for, and how can i run it on windows? I know it can run on macOS, I tried https://airtdave.medium.com/using-cocoapods-on-windows-dec471735f51 but it doesn't work. Is there anything similar to react-native-image-crop-picker, the application should be able to open the camera and import images from the gallery?