Automate Skeleton Loaders in React Native Apps

Description:

Auto Skeleton is a UI component that automates the creation of skeleton loading indicators in your React Native applications.

intelligently analyzes your component structure and generates appropriate skeleton layouts, without the need for manual configuration of loading placeholders.

Features

• 🔄 Automatic skeleton generation based on existing UI
• 🎨 Customizable shimmer effect for loading animations
• 🧩 Supports both old architecture and Fabric in React Native
• 🚫 Ability to exclude specific components from skeleton rendering
• 📱 Cross-platform support for iOS and Android

Use Cases

• Quickly implementing loading states in complex list views or detail pages
• Enhancing user experience in data-heavy apps with long API response times
• Standardizing loading indicators across a large-scale React Native project
• Retrofitting existing React Native apps with modern loading states without extensive refactoring

Preview

HOW TO USE IT

Installation:

npm install react-native-auto-skeleton

or

yarn add react-native-auto-skeleton

Basic Usage:

1. Import the necessary components:

import { AutoSkeletonView, AutoSkeletonIgnoreView } from 'react-native-auto-skeleton';

2. Wrap your content with AutoSkeletonView:

<AutoSkeletonView isLoading={isLoading}>
  {/* Your existing UI components */}
</AutoSkeletonView>

3. To exclude specific components from the skeleton effect:

<AutoSkeletonIgnoreView>
  {/* Components to be ignored by the skeleton */}
</AutoSkeletonIgnoreView>

4. Available component props.

• isLoading (boolean): Enables/disables skeleton state
• shimmerSpeed (Float, default: 1.0): Duration of shimmer animation cycle in seconds
• shimmerBackgroundColor (string, default: ‘#C7C7CC’): Background color of skeleton shapes
• defaultRadius (Float, default: 4): Default corner radius for skeleton elements

FAQS

Q: Does this work with custom React Native components?
A: Yes, Auto Skeleton works with any React Native component, including custom ones. It analyzes the rendered output, not the component definition.

Q: How does it handle dynamic layouts?
A: Auto Skeleton adapts to dynamic layouts by re-analyzing the component tree on each render. However, for optimal performance, try to maintain consistent layouts between loading and loaded states.

Q: Is there a performance impact when using Auto Skeleton on large lists?
A: For very large lists, you might notice a slight performance hit during initial render. In such cases, consider implementing virtualization (e.g., FlatList) and wrapping only visible items with AutoSkeletonView.