expo-random

Provides a native interface for creating strong random bytes. With Random you can create values equivalent to Node.js core crypto.randomBytes API.

Installation

This package is pre-installed in managed Expo projects as of SDK 33. You may skip the rest of the installation guide if this applies to you.

For bare React Native projects, you must ensure that you have installed and configured the react-native-unimodules package before continuing.

Add the package to your npm dependencies

npm install expo-random

Configure for iOS

Run pod install in the ios directory after installing the npm package.

Configure for Android

No additional set up necessary.

Docoumentation

// in managed apps:
import { Random } from 'expo';

// in bare apps:
import * as Random from 'expo-random';

Methods

getRandomBytesAsync

getRandomBytesAsync(byteCount: number): Promise<Uint8Array>

Generates completely random bytes using native implementations. The byteCount property is a number indicating the number of bytes to generate in the form of a Uint8Array.

Parameters

Returns

Example

const randomBytes = await Random.getRandomBytesAsync(3);

Usage

import React from 'react';
import { View } from 'react-native';
import * as Random from 'expo-random';

export default class DemoView extends React.Component {
  async componentDidMount() {
    const randomBytes = await Random.getRandomBytesAsync(16);

    /* Some crypto operation... */
  }
  render() {
    return <View />;
  }
}