react-native-random-bytes

A library to generate cryptographically-secure random bytes. Uses SecRandomCopyBytes on iOS and SecureRandom on Android.

Usage

The library exports a single function:

generateRandomBytes(length: number) => Promise<Uint8Array>

Takes a length, the number of bytes to generate, and returns a Promise that resolves with a Uint8Array.

import { generateRandomBytes } from 'react-native-random-bytes';

generateRandomBytes(12).then(randomBytes => console.log(randomBytes));

Installation

$ yarn add react-native-random-bytes

Automatic linking with react-native link

$ react-native link react-native-random-bytes

Manual linking

iOS

1. In XCode, in the project navigator, right click Libraries ➜ Add Files to [your project's name]
2. Go to node_modules ➜ react-native-random-bytes and add RNRandomBytes.xcodeproj
3. In XCode, in the project navigator, select your project. Add libRNRandomBytes.a to your project's Build Phases ➜ Link Binary With Libraries
4. Run your project (Cmd+R)<

Android

1. Open up android/app/src/main/java/[...]/MainActivity.java

• Add import net.rhogan.rnrandombytes.RNRandomBytesPackage; to the imports at the top of the file
• Add new RNRandomBytesPackage() to the list returned by the getPackages() method

2. Append the following lines to android/settings.gradle:

   include ':react-native-random-bytes'
   project(':react-native-random-bytes').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, 	'../node_modules/react-native-random-bytes/android')
   

3. Insert the following lines inside the dependencies block in android/app/build.gradle:

     compile project(':react-native-random-bytes')