Quick Start

This walkthrough shows how to add Storyly to your React Native application and show your first story in it.

You can also check out the demo on GitHub

Storyly Demo for React Native (opens new window)

Before you begin

This walkthrough contains sample instance information. However, if you want to work with your own content as well, please login into Storyly Dashboard (opens new window) and get your instance token.

The sample instance information for testing purposes;

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Installation

Storyly React Native package is available through npm (opens new window). Source code is also available through the Storyly React Native Github page. (opens new window), contributions are more than welcomed 🙂

yarn add storyly-react-native

npm install --save storyly-react-native

Android Installation

Storyly SDK is developed using Kotlin language. So, there are some requirements to use Kotlin plugin in the project. Especially if you're encountering a Plugin with id 'kotlin-android' not found. error, this part fixes that.

You need to add kotlin-gradle-plugin to Android project's main Gradle file (android/build.gradle)

buildscript {
    dependencies {
        classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.4.30")
    }
}

Moreover, Storyly SDK is developed using the AndroidX library package instead of the Support Library. So, you need to ensure that your project also supports these packages. You can do this check and add related lines if it's missing in the application's Android project's Gradle properties file (android/gradle.properties)

android.useAndroidX=true
android.enableJetifier=true

WARNING

Storyly SDK targets Android API level 17 (Android 4.2, Jelly Bean) or higher.

iOS Installation

Storyly React Native contains platform-specific (native) code. Autolinking is needed to be done so that your project can discover and use this code. If your application depends on react-native 0.60+, Autolinking is handled by react native as is mentioned in autolinking in react-native (opens new window). Otherwise, react-native 0.60-, please refer for detailed explanation Linking Libraries in iOS (opens new window) for correct handling of autolinking.

// react-native 0.60-
react-native link storyly-react-native

After linking, you need to update Pods of the app;

// this should be executed inside 'ios' folder
pod update 

npx pod-install

WARNING

Please note that you need to use Storyly with use_frameworks! option in Podfile. If you need to add it without using use_frameworks! option, add following lines to your Podfile before updating Pods

dynamic_frameworks = ['Storyly', 'SDWebImage']
pre_install do |installer|
  installer.pod_targets.each do |pod|
    if dynamic_frameworks.include?(pod.name)
      def pod.dynamic_framework?;
        true
      end
      def pod.build_type;
        Pod::BuildType.dynamic_framework
      end
    end
  end
end

WARNING

Storyly SDK targets iOS 9 or higher.

WARNING

Please note that CocoaPods (opens new window) version should be 1.9+

Import Storyly

Importing Storyly in your React Native application is quite easy:

import { Storyly } from 'storyly-react-native';

Initialize Storyly

Storyly extends Component so that you can use inherited functionality as it is. You can add the following lines inside any view of your app;

<Storyly
  style={{ width: '100%', height: 120 }}
  ref={ref => { this.storyly = ref }}
  storylyId=STORYLY_INSTANCE_TOKEN/>      

WARNING

storylyId: It's required for your app's correct initialization.

TIP

Please do not forget to use your own token. You can get your token from the Storyly Dashboard -> Settings -> App Settings (opens new window)

Just hit the run. Now, you should be able to enjoy Storyly 🎉!

WARNING

If you can't see Storyly in your application, please check that your token is correct. For more details please check console logs.