expo-privacy-sensitive

Hide sensitive content from screenshots and screen recordings on iOS.

Installation

npx expo install expo-privacy-sensitive

Usage

import { PrivacySensitive } from 'expo-privacy-sensitive';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <View>
      <Text>This is visible in screenshots</Text>

      <PrivacySensitive>
        <Text>This is hidden in screenshots!</Text>
        <Text>Card: 1234 5678 9012 3456</Text>
      </PrivacySensitive>
    </View>
  );
}

API

<PrivacySensitive>

A wrapper component that hides its children from screenshots and screen recordings.

Props

| Prop | Type | Description | |------|------|-------------| | children | ReactNode | Content to protect from screenshots | | style | ViewStyle | Optional style for the container |

Platform Support

| Platform | Support | |----------|---------| | iOS | ✅ Full support | | Android | ⚠️ Renders children normally (no protection) | | Web | ⚠️ Renders children normally (no protection) |

How it works

On iOS, this library uses a technique involving UITextField with isSecureTextEntry enabled. The secure text field creates an internal view (_UITextLayoutCanvasView) that iOS automatically excludes from screenshots and screen recordings. By placing content inside this view, we inherit the same protection.

Requirements

• Expo SDK 51+
• iOS 15.1+
• Works with both old and new React Native architecture (Fabric)

License

MIT