Create a circular progress bar countdown timer in React-Native + Skia

React-Native Skia is a new library that enables developers to use the Skia graphics engine, famous for powering Google Chrome and Android, directly in their React Native projects. It's a powerful tool that gives us the flexibility to create advanced graphics, charts, and animations that can truly elevate our custom components. In this tutorial we gonna learn how to harness its power to create a customized countdown timer that makes use of an animated circular progress bar, utilized by many apps out there.

Step 1 - Initializing the project:

Let's start by creating a new Expo project using typescript. You can start it by running the command:

npx create-expo-app -t expo-template-blank-typescript

You should also install Skia for Expo:

npx expo install @shopify/react-native-skia

Step 2 - Building the timer:

Now that we have a blank project running, let's start coding. First we gonna need to build a hook for our countdown timer.

import { useState, useEffect } from 'react

export const useCountdown = (totalTime: number) => {
  const [countdown, setCountdown] = useState<number>(totalTime)
  const [isPaused, setIsPaused] = useState<boolean>(true)

  useEffect(() => {
    if (countdown === 0 || isPaused) return

    const interval = setInterval(() => {
      setCountdown((prevCountdown) => prevCountdown - 1)
    }, 1000)

    return () => clearInterval(interval)
  }, [countdown, isPaused])

  const toggle = () => setIsPaused((prevIsPaused) => !prevIsPaused)

  const reset = () => setCountdown(totalTime)

  return { countdown, toggle, isPaused, reset }
}        

This hook we called useCountdown will first receive a totalTime, representing the time in seconds that the countdown is gonna run. This totalTime is gonna be set to the state countdown by default.

We also added a state called isPaused to represent if the application is running or not.

Inside the useEffect is where the magic happens. We start it with an if clause that returns when the countdown is finished, or when the application is paused.

We then set the countdown state every second, using setInterval.

Now we create 2 functions, one for pausing/resuming the timer and another for reseting it.

Now we just export everything and our timer is done.

Step 3 - Creating the Progress Bar:

Now we can jump into the Progress Bar. For this we gonna make use of react-native-skia, for the drawing and animations. Here's the complete code:

import { memo, useMemo, useEffect } from 'react
import { View } from 'react-native'
import {
  Canvas,
  Path,
  Skia,
  Group,
  useComputedValue,
  mix,
  useValue,
  vec,
  SweepGradient,
  useClockValue,
  useValueEffect,
} from '@shopify/react-native-skia'

interface CircularProgressProps {
  size?: number
  strokeWidth?: number
  duration?: number
  maxValue: number
  currentValue: number
}

const CircularProgress: React.FC<CircularProgressProps> = ({
  size = 194,
  strokeWidth = 12,
  maxValue = 100,
  currentValue = 0,
}) => {
  const radius = size / 2 - strokeWidth

  const path = useMemo(() => {
    const p = Skia.Path.Make()
    p.addCircle(strokeWidth + radius, strokeWidth + radius, radius)
    return p
  }, [radius, strokeWidth])

  const progressValue = useValue(currentValue / maxValue)
  const animatedProgress = useValue(progressValue.current)

  useEffect(() => {
    progressValue.current = currentValue / maxValue
  }, [currentValue, maxValue])

  const clock = useClockValue()

  useValueEffect(clock, () => {
    const progressDifference = progressValue.current - animatedProgress.current
    const animationSpeed = 0.05

    if (Math.abs(progressDifference) > 0.001) {
      animatedProgress.current += progressDifference * animationSpeed
    }
  })

  const x = useComputedValue(() => mix(animatedProgress.current, 0, 180), [animatedProgress])
  const progress = useComputedValue(() => x.current / 180, [x])

  return (
    <View 
      style={{ 
        width: size,
        height: size,
        transform: [{ rotate: `-90deg` }],
      }} 
    >
      <Canvas style={{ flex: 1 }}>
        <Group>
          <Path
            path={path}
            style='stroke'
            strokeWidth={strokeWidth}
            color='#6A5ACD19'
            end={1}
            strokeCap='round'
          />
          <Group>
            <SweepGradient c={vec(size, size)} colors={['#4B0082', '#6A5ACD']} />
            <Path
              path={path}
              style='stroke'
              strokeWidth={strokeWidth}
              end={progress}
              strokeCap='round'
            />
          </Group>
        </Group>
      </Canvas>
    </View>
  )
}


export default memo(CircularProgress)        

First let's look at the params it receives. Size is just the size of the component. strokeWidth as you guess, is the thickness of the progress bar. maxValue will be used as a param to measure when the bar is 100% filled, and currentValue is the current percentage compared to the maxValue.

Now we calculate the radius, that's gonna be used for drawing the circle.

We now can create the path. A path in computer graphics, is a series of points or coordinates in a specific order that defines a shape or a series of shapes. In our case it just represents the shape of our circular progress bar. It is essentially the blueprint that will be drawn or rendered on the canvas. We start invoking useMemo, so it'll only re-render when either radius or strokeWidth changes.

To create the path we use Skia's Path.Make method. Then we use addCircle to actually draw the circle we want. This method takes the coordinates in x, y, and the radius. Then it draws it from the top-left corner.

Now we can create progressValue and animatedProgress. For this we gonna need Skia's useValue, which just creates a mutable value that we can use to mutate things performatively.

ProgressValue represents the current progress of the task or operation, as a proportion of the maximum possible value. It's calculated by dividing currentValue by maxValue. So if currentValue is 50 and maxValue is 100, progressValue would be 0.5, indicating the progress is halfway complete.

AnimatedProgress is a reactive value that's used to create a smooth animation effect when the progress changes. At first, it's set to the same value as progressValue.

Now, you might be wondering: why do we need two different values for progress? Here's why: When currentValue changes, progressValue updates instantly to the new ratio. However, if we were to display this change instantly in the UI, it would look like the progress bar is jumping from one state to the next. This can be "meh" for users. To create a smoother effect, animatedProgress is used. The useValueEffect hook from the react-native-skia library sets up an effect that gradually updates animatedProgress to match progressValue. The effect checks if there's a difference between progressValue and animatedProgress (i.e., if progressValue has updated). If there is, it adds a fraction of that difference to animatedProgress. The fraction is determined by animationSpeed, so a smaller animationSpeed will make the animation slower, and a larger one will make it faster.

Ah, this clock thing it receives is a clockValue. This is commonly used in animation libs as a trigger to recalculate animation values on every frame. By setting up an effect with useValueEffect that gets triggered every time clockValue updates, we can create smooth animations by recalculating animatedProgress on every frame.

Finally, we have x, and progress. The first is just a value that represents the animated progress in degrees. The mix function is used to interpolate between two numbers based on the animatedProgress value. The mix function takes three parameters - the progress, the start value, and the end value. In this case, it interpolates between 0 and 180 based on animatedProgress. This means that when animatedProgress is 0, x will be 0, and when animatedProgress is 1, x will be 180. For values in between, x will be a proportionate value in between 0 and 180. This gives us the animated progress in degrees, which we can use to draw the progress bar.

The progress value is calculated by dividing x by 180. So if x is 90 (halfway between 0 and 180), progress will be 0.5, indicating that the progress is halfway complete. This value is used to determine how much of the circular path to draw when rendering the progress bar. It's passed as the end prop to the Path component, which draws the path from the start up to this proportion of the path's total length.

Now we can finally draw the component itself. We start by rotating the View in -90° so the circle can be drawn from the top. We then pass the size param for width and height.

Now we gonna use Skia. In order to draw anything on Skia, you need to draw a Canvas first. This is not so alien for front-end developers, but it's basically a canvas (duh) where you gonna draw your component. We pass flex: 1 so it can have the size of its parent's View.

We now use Groups, also from Skia, and their function is... grouping.

The Path components is where the circles are actually be drawn, you can notice we're using 2. One for the background, using a lighter color, and another for the main color that's gonna vary accordingly to the progress. We then pass the path variable (which contains the circle) to them.

Now notice something important. The main difference between the two Paths besides their color, is the param end. This basically goes from 0 to 1, filling the drawing. Remember this's exactly what progress is doing? This is how we gonna change the circle accordingly to the seconds. The first Path's end though is set to 1, so it's always full.

Now I think I only need to explain this SweepGradient. Well, this is just how Skia applies gradient colors to their components, in this case, the second Path. We don't need this, but it gets prettier if we use it. He knows it should be applied to the following Path because they're in the same Group.

Step 4 - Conclusion:

And this is it. You can find the entire code here, so feel free to use it, copy, or whatever. See you on the next post.

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