Uses EPUB.js to parse and render epubs on iOS and Android using React Native.
To use the components in your own app install via npm or yarn
npm install --save epubjs-rn
then link the required libraries with
react-native link react-native-static-server && react-native link react-native-webview && react-native link react-native-zip-archive && RNFB_ANDROID_PERMISSIONS=true react-native link rn-fetch-blob && react-native link @lightbase/react-native-orientation && react-native link @react-native-community/async-storage
then require the components
you need
import { Epub } from 'epubjs-rn';
Then you can add the reader element in your code:
<Epub src={"https://s3.amazonaws.com/epubjs/books/moby-dick/OPS/package.opf"}
flow={"paginated"} />
src
: the url of your epub to renderflow
:paginated
:scrolled
- (default to false, which presents a scrolling view)location
: Can be an EPUBCFI, Chapter Url or Spine PositiononLocationChange
: Function called on every page change, reports current CFIonLocationsReady
: Function called once the locations has been generated. Returns the locations object.onViewAdded
: Function called once a view has been added to the screen.beforeViewRemoved
: Function called before a view will be removed from the screen.width
: width (int) of the Epub Renditionheight
: height (int) of the Epub RenditiononReady
: Function called once book has been opened. Returns the book objectthemes
: JSON object of themes names and css properties to be appliedtheme
: Name of the theme to apply, such aslight
fontSize
: CSS override for font size of theme, needs a css unitfont
: CSS override for font familystylesheet
: Link to css stylesheet containing themesscript
: Url for a javascript file to be injected into the viewminSpreadWidth
: cut off width for spreadsgap
: gap (int) between columns / pagesonPress
: Single taponDlbPress
: double tap on the screenonLongPress
: Press and holdonSelected
: When the browser selects text
To unzip compressed epubs locally and use http to stream them to epubjs,
you will want to use the Streamer
class to manage the files and start a StaticServer.
An example of this method is provided in the example app.
import { Epub, Streamer } from "epubjs-rn";
let streamer = new Streamer();
streamer.start("8899")
.then((origin) => {
console.log("Served from:", origin)
return this.streamer.get("https://s3.amazonaws.com/epubjs/books/moby-dick.epub");
})
.then((src) => {
console.log("Loading from:", src);
return this.setState({src});
});
cd EpubReader/
yarn install -g react-native-cli
yarn i
Then start the iOS or Android App
yarn start
react-native run-ios
react-native run-android
Install flatten-packages and react-native-cli:
npm i -g flatten-packages react-native-cli
Then:
cd EpubReader/
npm i
react-native link
Then start the iOS or Android App
react-native run-ios
react-native run-android
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