React-native-ar-viewer NPM

react-native-ar-viewer

AR viewer for react native that uses Sceneform on Android and ARKit on iOS

Installation

npm install react-native-ar-viewer

Android

Required AR features:

Add the following to your AndroidManifest.xml:

<meta-data android:name="com.google.ar.core" android:value="required" tools:replace="android:value" />

If you already have <meta-data android:name="com.google.ar.core" android:value="required" /> don't forget to add the tools:replace="android:value" attribute.
Check that your <manifest> tag contains xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" attribute.

iOS

Remember to add NSCameraUsageDescription entry in your Info.plist with a text explaining why you request camera permission.
In XCode file tree, go to Pods > Development pods > react-native-ar-viewer, right-click on "Add Files to Pods"... Then select the environment.skybox folder in your node_modules/react-native-ar-viewer/ios folder. In add file window, check "react-native-ar-viewer-ARViewerBundle". It should appear with a blue icon on the file tree. Check if res.hdr is present inside, if not, add it manually. It should look like that:

File formats

The viewer only supports USDZ files for iOS and GLB for Android. Other formats may work, but are not officialy supported.

Usage

You should download your model locally using for example React Native File System in order to run the viewer on iOS. Android supports natively file URL (https:// instead of file://)

import { ArViewerView } from "react-native-ar-viewer";
import { Platform } from 'react-native';
// ...

<ArViewerView 
    style={{flex: 1}}
    model={Platform.OS === 'android' ? 'dice.glb' : 'dice.usdz'}
    lightEstimation
    manageDepth
    allowRotate
    allowScale
    allowTranslate
    disableInstantPlacement
    onStarted={() => console.log('started')}
    onEnded={() => console.log('ended')}
    onModelPlaced={() => console.log('model displayed')}
    onModelRemoved={() => console.log('model not visible anymore')}
    planeOrientation="both" />

Props

Prop	Type	Description	Required
`model`	`string`	Enables ambient light estimation (see below)	Yes
`lightEstimation`	`bool`	Enables ambient light estimation (see below)	No
`manageDepth`	`bool`	Enables depth estimation and occlusion (only iOS, see below)	No
`allowRotate`	`bool`	Allows to rotate model	No
`allowScale`	`bool`	Allows to scale model	No
`allowTranslate`	`bool`	Allows to translate model	No
`disableInstructions`	`bool`	Disables instructions view	No
`disableInstantPlacement`	`bool`	Disables placement on load	No
`planeOrientation`	`"horizontal"`, `"vertical"`, `"both"` or `"none"`	Sets plane orientation (default: `both`)	No

lightEstimation:

With	Without

manageDepth:

With	Without

Others:

allowRotate	allowScale	planeOrientation: both

Events

Prop	Parameter	Description
`onStarted`	`none`	Triggers on AR session started
`onEnded`	`none`	Triggers on AR session ended
`onModelPlaced`	`none`	Triggers when model is placed
`onModelRemoved`	`none`	Triggers when model is removed
`onError`	`{ message: string }`	Triggers on any error and returns an object containing the error message

Commands

Commands are sent using refs like the following example:

  // ...
  const ref = React.useRef() as React.MutableRefObject<ArViewerView>;
  
  const reset = () => {
    ref.current?.reset();
  };
  
  return (
    <ArViewerView
      model={yourModel}
      ref={ref} />
  );
  // ...

Command	Args	Return	Description
`reset()`	`none`	`void`	Removes model from plane
`rotate()`	`x, y, z`	`void`	Manually rotates the model using `yaw as x`, `pitch as y` and `roll as z` in degrees
`takeScreenshot()`	`none`	`Promise<String>`	Takes a screenshot of the current view (camera + model) and returns a base64 jpeg string as a promise