Adds base64 support.

README.md

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Returns a Promise of the image URI.
  - **`width`** / **`height`** *(number)*: the width and height of the image to capture.
  - **`format`** *(string)*: either `png` or `jpg`/`jpeg` or `webm` (Android). Defaults to `png`.
  - **`quality`** *(number)*: the quality. 0.0 - 1.0 (default). (only available on lossy formats like jpeg)
+ - **`base64`** *(bool)*: if true, the promise returns the base64 encoded data instead of the uri. Defaults to `false`.
 
 
 ## Getting started

android/src/main/java/fr/greweb/reactnativeviewshot/RNViewShotModule.java

@@ -61,10 +61,11 @@ public class RNViewShotModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
         DisplayMetrics displayMetrics = context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics();
         Integer width = options.hasKey("width") ? (int)(displayMetrics.density * options.getDouble("width")) : null;
         Integer height = options.hasKey("height") ? (int)(displayMetrics.density * options.getDouble("height")) : null;
+        boolean base64 = options.hasKey("base64") ? options.getBoolean("base64") : false;
         try {
             File tmpFile = createTempFile(getReactApplicationContext(), format);
             UIManagerModule uiManager = this.reactContext.getNativeModule(UIManagerModule.class);
-            uiManager.addUIBlock(new ViewShot(tag, compressFormat, quality, width, height, tmpFile, promise));
+            uiManager.addUIBlock(new ViewShot(tag, compressFormat, quality, width, height, tmpFile, base64, promise));
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
             promise.reject(ViewShot.ERROR_UNABLE_TO_SNAPSHOT, "Failed to snapshot view tag "+tag);
@@ -135,4 +136,4 @@ public class RNViewShotModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
         return File.createTempFile(TEMP_FILE_PREFIX, ext, cacheDir);
     }
 
-}
+}

android/src/main/java/fr/greweb/reactnativeviewshot/ViewShot.java

@@ -3,15 +3,18 @@ package fr.greweb.reactnativeviewshot;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.net.Uri;
+import android.util.Base64;
 import android.view.View;
 
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Promise;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.NativeViewHierarchyManager;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIBlock;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 
 /**
  * Snapshot utility class allow to screenshot a view.
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@ public class ViewShot implements UIBlock {
     private Integer width;
     private Integer height;
     private File output;
+    private boolean base64;
     private Promise promise;
 
     public ViewShot(
@@ -35,6 +39,7 @@ public class ViewShot implements UIBlock {
             @Nullable Integer width,
             @Nullable Integer height,
             File output,
+            boolean base64,
             Promise promise) {
         this.tag = tag;
         this.format = format;
@@ -42,26 +47,35 @@ public class ViewShot implements UIBlock {
         this.width = width;
         this.height = height;
         this.output = output;
+        this.base64 = base64;
         this.promise = promise;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void execute(NativeViewHierarchyManager nativeViewHierarchyManager) {
-        FileOutputStream fos = null;
+        OutputStream os = null;
         View view = nativeViewHierarchyManager.resolveView(tag);
         try {
-            fos = new FileOutputStream(output);
-            captureView(view, fos);
-            String uri = Uri.fromFile(output).toString();
-            promise.resolve(uri);
+            if (base64) {
+                os = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+                captureView(view, os);
+                byte[] bytes = ((ByteArrayOutputStream) os).toByteArray();
+                String data = Base64.encodeToString(bytes, Base64.NO_WRAP);
+                promise.resolve(data);
+            } else {
+                os = new FileOutputStream(output);
+                captureView(view, os);
+                String uri = Uri.fromFile(output).toString();
+                promise.resolve(uri);
+            }
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
             promise.reject(ERROR_UNABLE_TO_SNAPSHOT, "Failed to snapshot view tag "+tag);
         }
         finally {
-            if (fos != null) {
+            if (os != null) {
                 try {
-                    fos.close();
+                    os.close();
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     e.printStackTrace();
                 }
@@ -74,7 +88,7 @@ public class ViewShot implements UIBlock {
      * @param view the view to capture
      * @return the screenshot or null if it failed.
      */
-    private void captureView (View view, FileOutputStream fos) {
+    private void captureView (View view, OutputStream os) {
         int w = view.getWidth();
         int h = view.getHeight();
         if (w <= 0 || h <= 0) {
@@ -90,6 +104,6 @@ public class ViewShot implements UIBlock {
         if (bitmap == null) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Impossible to snapshot the view");
         }
-        bitmap.compress(format, (int)(100.0 * quality), fos);
+        bitmap.compress(format, (int)(100.0 * quality), os);
     }
-}
+}

index.js

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export function takeSnapshot(
     height ?: number;
     format ?: "png" | "jpg" | "jpeg" | "webm";
     quality ?: number;
+    base64 ?: bool;
   }
 ): Promise<string> {
   if (typeof view !== "number") {

ios/RNViewShot.m

@@ -70,13 +70,20 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(takeSnapshot:(nonnull NSNumber *)target
                 return;
             }
 
-            // Save to a temp file
             NSError *error = nil;
-            NSString *tempFilePath = RCTTempFilePath(format, &error);
-            if (tempFilePath) {
-                if ([data writeToFile:tempFilePath options:(NSDataWritingOptions)0 error:&error]) {
-                    resolve(tempFilePath);
-                    return;
+            if ([[options objectForKey:@"base64"] boolValue]) {
+                // Return as a base64'd string
+                NSString *dataString = [data base64EncodedStringWithOptions:0];
+                resolve(dataString);
+                return;
+            } else {
+                // Save to a temp file
+                NSString *tempFilePath = RCTTempFilePath(format, &error);
+                if (tempFilePath) {
+                    if ([data writeToFile:tempFilePath options:(NSDataWritingOptions)0 error:&error]) {
+                        resolve(tempFilePath);
+                        return;
+                    }
                 }
             }