Transforms are style properties that will help you modify the appearance and position of your components using 2D or 3D transformations. However, once you apply transforms, the layouts remain the same around the transformed component hence it might overlap with the nearby components. You can apply margin to the transformed component, the nearby components or padding to the container to prevent such overlaps.

Example

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import React from "react"; import { SafeAreaView, ScrollView, StyleSheet, Text, View } from "react-native"; export default App = () => ( <SafeAreaView style={styles.container}> <ScrollView contentContainerStyle={styles.scrollContentContainer} > <View style={styles.box}> <Text style={styles.text}>Original Object</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ scale: 2 }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>Scale by 2</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ scaleX: 2 }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>ScaleX by 2</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ scaleY: 2 }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>ScaleY by 2</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ rotate: "45deg" }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>Rotate by 45 deg</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [ { rotateX: "45deg" }, { rotateZ: "45deg" } ] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>Rotate X&Z by 45 deg</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [ { rotateY: "45deg" }, { rotateZ: "45deg" } ] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>Rotate Y&Z by 45 deg</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ skewX: "45deg" }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>SkewX by 45 deg</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ skewY: "45deg" }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>SkewY by 45 deg</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [ { skewX: "30deg" }, { skewY: "30deg" } ] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>Skew X&Y by 30 deg</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ translateX: -50 }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>TranslateX by -50 </Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ translateY: 50 }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>TranslateY by 50 </Text> </View> </ScrollView> </SafeAreaView> ); const styles = StyleSheet.create({ container: { flex: 1 }, scrollContentContainer: { alignItems: "center", paddingBottom: 60 }, box: { height: 100, width: 100, borderRadius: 5, marginVertical: 40, backgroundColor: "#61dafb", alignItems: "center", justifyContent: "center" }, text: { fontSize: 14, fontWeight: "bold", margin: 8, color: "#000", textAlign: "center" } });

import React, { Component } from "react"; import { SafeAreaView, ScrollView, StyleSheet, Text, View } from "react-native"; export default class App extends Component { render() { return ( <SafeAreaView style={styles.container}> <ScrollView contentContainerStyle={styles.scrollContentContainer} > <View style={styles.box}> <Text style={styles.text}>Original Object</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ scale: 2 }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>Scale by 2</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ scaleX: 2 }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>ScaleX by 2</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ scaleY: 2 }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>ScaleY by 2</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ rotate: "45deg" }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>Rotate by 45 deg</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [ { rotateX: "45deg" }, { rotateZ: "45deg" } ] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>Rotate X&Z by 45 deg</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [ { rotateY: "45deg" }, { rotateZ: "45deg" } ] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>Rotate Y&Z by 45 deg</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ skewX: "45deg" }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>SkewX by 45 deg</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ skewY: "45deg" }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>SkewY by 45 deg</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [ { skewX: "30deg" }, { skewY: "30deg" } ] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>Skew X&Y by 30 deg</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ translateX: -50 }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>TranslateX by -50</Text> </View> <View style={[styles.box, { transform: [{ translateY: 50 }] }]}> <Text style={styles.text}>TranslateY by 50</Text> </View> </ScrollView> </SafeAreaView> ); } } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ container: { flex: 1 }, scrollContentContainer: { alignItems: "center", paddingBottom: 60 }, box: { height: 100, width: 100, borderRadius: 5, marginVertical: 40, backgroundColor: "#61dafb", alignItems: "center", justifyContent: "center" }, text: { fontSize: 14, fontWeight: "bold", margin: 8, color: "#000", textAlign: "center" } });

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Reference

Methods

transform()

transform accepts an array of transformation objects. Each object specifies the property that will be transformed as the key, and the value to use in the transformation. Objects should not be combined. Use a single key/value pair per object.

The rotate transformations require a string so that the transform may be expressed in degrees (deg) or radians (rad). For example:

transform([{ rotateX: '45deg' }, { rotateZ: '0.785398rad' }]);

The skew transformations require a string so that the transform may be expressed in degrees (deg). For example:

transform([{ skewX: '45deg' }]);

Type	Required
array of objects: {perspective: number}, {rotate: string}, {rotateX: string}, {rotateY: string}, {rotateZ: string}, {scale: number}, {scaleX: number}, {scaleY: number}, {translateX: number}, {translateY: number}, {skewX: string}, {skewY: string}	No

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decomposedMatrix, rotation, scaleX, scaleY, transformMatrix, translateX, translateY

Deprecated. Use the transform prop instead.