# expo-glass-effect

> A component that renders a native glass effect view on iOS.

Latest version **57.0.3** (published 2026-09-11) · MIT license · 2.5M weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install expo-glass-effect
pnpm add expo-glass-effect
yarn add expo-glass-effect
bun add expo-glass-effect
```

## Health

**Score 95/100 (A)** — status: active.

Positive: high downloads; has types; no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score; popular repo; extremely popular.

Warnings: no esm support.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 57.0.3 |
| Published | 2026-09-11 |
| First published | 2025-09-03 |
| Weekly downloads | 2.5M |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 55.3 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 52329 |
| Author | 650 Industries, Inc. |
| Maintainers | ide, brentvatne, expoadmin, exponent, bycedric, kudochien, alanhughes, tsapeta, expo-bot, philpl, ccheever, wschurman |
| Keywords | react-native, apple, liquid-glass, expo, expo-glass-effect |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/expo-glass-effect
- Repository: https://github.com/expo/expo
- Homepage: https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/glass-effect/
- Issues: https://github.com/expo/expo/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/expo-glass-effect

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## Recent versions

- 57.0.3 (latest) — 2026-09-11
- 58.0.2 (next) — 2026-09-22
- 58.0.0-canary-20260909-ea7a89a (canary) — 2026-09-09
- 56.0.5-canary-20260701-9100865 (canary-sdk-56) — 2026-07-01
- 55.0.8-canary-20260429-a5e59cf (canary-sdk-55) — 2026-04-29
- 0.1.10 (sdk-54) — 2026-04-27
- 58.0.1 — 2026-09-21
- 58.0.0 — 2026-09-10
- 57.0.2 — 2026-09-08
- 58.0.0-canary-20260902-26df09e — 2026-09-02
- 58.0.0-canary-20260901-2164f24 — 2026-09-02
- 58.0.0-canary-20260812-27f94d4 — 2026-08-12
- 58.0.0-canary-20260806-8c2d007 — 2026-08-06
- 57.0.0-canary-20260723-64edab9 — 2026-07-23
- 57.0.0-canary-20260720-b6d63bc — 2026-07-20
- … 98 more at https://npm.io/package/expo-glass-effect/versions

## README

# Expo GlassEffect

React components that render native iOS liquid glass effect using [UIVisualEffectView](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uivisualeffectview). Supports customizable glass styles and tint color.

# API documentation

- [Documentation for the latest stable release](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/glass-effect/)
- [Documentation for the main branch](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/unversioned/sdk/glass-effect/)

# Installation in managed Expo projects

For [managed](https://docs.expo.dev/archive/managed-vs-bare/) Expo projects, please follow the installation instructions in the [API documentation for the latest stable release](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/glass-effect/).

# Installation in bare React Native projects

For bare React Native projects, you must ensure that you have [installed and configured the `expo` package](https://docs.expo.dev/bare/installing-expo-modules/) before continuing.

### Add the package to your npm dependencies

```
npx expo install expo-glass-effect
```

### Configure for Android

> [!note]
> This package only supports iOS 26+. On unsupported platforms, it will fallback to a regular `View`.

### Configure for iOS

Run `npx pod-install` after installing the npm package.

# Contributing

Contributions are very welcome! Please refer to guidelines described in the [contributing guide](https://github.com/expo/expo#contributing).

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