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# UI Components

## UI Components

The SDK provides React Native components that subscribe to a `VGSShow` instance and display revealed content selected by `contentPath`.

### VGSShowLabel

`VGSShowLabel` reveals and displays text inside a React Native `Text`.

```tsx
const labelRef = React.useRef<VGSShowLabelRef | null>(null);

<VGSShowLabel
  ref={labelRef}
  vgsShow={vgsShow}
  contentPath="json.card.number"
  placeholder="**** **** **** ****"
  placeholderStyle={styles.placeholder}
  isSecureText={true}
  onTextChange={() => {
    setHasText(true);
  }}
  onRevealError={(error) => {
    setStatus(`Text reveal failed (${error.code}).`);
  }}
/>
```

Props:

| Prop               | Description                                                              |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `vgsShow`          | Shared `VGSShow` instance.                                               |
| `contentPath`      | Dot-separated path to a string field in the reveal response.             |
| `placeholder`      | Text displayed before reveal, after clear, or when no text is available. |
| `placeholderStyle` | React Native style applied only to placeholder text.                     |
| `isSecureText`     | Masks displayed text.                                                    |
| `secureTextSymbol` | Mask symbol. A single character is recommended.                          |
| `onTextChange`     | Notification callback. The revealed text is not passed out.              |
| `onCopyTextFinish` | Called after copy with only the selected copy format.                    |
| `onRevealError`    | Called with `VGSShowError` when this label cannot reveal its field.      |

Ref actions:

| Ref member                          | Description                                                      |
| ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `clearText()`                       | Clears displayed text and shows the placeholder when configured. |
| `copyToClipboard({ format })`       | Copies `"raw"` or `"transformed"` text to the runtime clipboard. |
| `setSecureText(rangeOrRanges)`      | Masks one range or a set of ranges.                              |
| `addTransformationRegex(formatter)` | Adds a regex display/copy transformation.                        |
| `resetAllFormatters()`              | Removes all text transformations.                                |

#### Text formatting

Formatting runs before secure masking.

```tsx
React.useEffect(() => {
  const label = labelRef.current;
  if (label === null) {
    return;
  }

  label.resetAllFormatters();
  label.addTransformationRegex({
    pattern: /^(.{4})(.{4})(.{4})(.{4})$/u,
    template: "$1 $2 $3 $4"
  });
}, []);
```

Use transformations only for display or clipboard formatting. Do not move revealed text into app state.

#### Secure text

```tsx
<VGSShowLabel
  vgsShow={vgsShow}
  contentPath="json.card.number"
  isSecureText={true}
  secureTextSymbol="*"
/>
```

For partial masking, use the label ref:

```tsx
labelRef.current?.setSecureText({
  ranges: [
    { start: 5, end: 8 },
    { start: 10, end: 13 }
  ]
});
```

Ranges apply to the displayed text after transformations. Invalid ranges are ignored. An empty explicit ranges array masks nothing.

#### Copy text

```tsx
labelRef.current?.copyToClipboard({ format: "transformed" });
```

Use `"transformed"` when possible. `"raw"` intentionally copies raw revealed text and should be allowed only when the product requirement and compliance review permit it.

### VGSShowImage

`VGSShowImage` reveals base64 JPEG or PNG image content and renders it through React Native's `Image`.

```tsx
const imageRef = React.useRef<VGSShowImageRef | null>(null);

<VGSShowImage
  ref={imageRef}
  vgsShow={vgsShow}
  contentPath="json.card.image"
  contentMode="scaleAspectFit"
  style={{ width: "100%", height: 220 }}
  onImageChange={() => {
    setHasImage(true);
  }}
  onImageError={(error) => {
    setStatus(`Image reveal failed (${error.code}).`);
  }}
/>
```

Props:

| Prop            | Description                                                                                              |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `vgsShow`       | Shared `VGSShow` instance.                                                                               |
| `contentPath`   | Dot-separated path to a base64 image field.                                                              |
| `contentMode`   | `"scaleToFill"`, `"scaleAspectFit"`, `"scaleAspectFill"`, or `"center"`. Defaults to `"scaleAspectFit"`. |
| `style`         | React Native image style. Provide dimensions or flex layout.                                             |
| `onImageChange` | Notification callback. Image base64 is not passed out.                                                   |
| `onImageError`  | Called with `VGSShowError` when image content is missing or invalid.                                     |

Ref members:

| Ref member | Description                                                    |
| ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `hasImage` | `true` when renderable image content is held by the component. |
| `clear()`  | Clears the current image.                                      |

Do not expose, log, hash, cache, or forward image base64 from application code.

### VGSShowPdf

`VGSShowPdf` reveals base64 PDF content and renders it through the SDK's native PDF renderer dependency.

```tsx
const pdfRef = React.useRef<VGSShowPdfRef | null>(null);

<VGSShowPdf
  ref={pdfRef}
  vgsShow={vgsShow}
  contentPath="json.statement"
  style={{ width: "100%", height: 360 }}
  pdfDisplayMode="singlePageContinuous"
  pdfDisplayDirection="vertical"
  pdfAutoScales={true}
  onDocumentChange={() => {
    setHasDocument(true);
  }}
  onDocumentError={(error) => {
    setStatus(`PDF reveal failed (${error.code}).`);
  }}
/>
```

Props:

| Prop                  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `vgsShow`             | Shared `VGSShow` instance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `contentPath`         | Dot-separated path to a base64 PDF field.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `style`               | React Native view style. Provide dimensions or flex layout.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `pdfDisplayMode`      | `"singlePage"` renders only the first page. `"singlePage"` and `"twoUp"` enable paging. `"singlePageContinuous"` and `"twoUpContinuous"` use continuous scrolling. Defaults to `"singlePageContinuous"`. The React Native renderer does not display two pages side by side. |
| `pdfDisplayDirection` | `"vertical"` or `"horizontal"`. Defaults to `"vertical"`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `pdfAutoScales`       | Maps to the renderer fit policy. Defaults to `true`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `displayAsBook`       | Accepted for API compatibility with other VGS Show SDKs. It has no visual effect in the current React Native renderer.                                                                                                                                                      |
| `pageShadowsEnabled`  | Accepted for API compatibility with other VGS Show SDKs. It has no visual effect in the current React Native renderer.                                                                                                                                                      |
| `pdfBackgroundColor`  | Optional renderer background color.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `onDocumentChange`    | Notification callback. PDF base64 is not passed out.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `onDocumentError`     | Called with `VGSShowError` when PDF content is missing or invalid.                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

Ref members:

| Ref member    | Description                                                  |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `hasDocument` | `true` when renderable PDF content is held by the component. |
| `clear()`     | Clears the current PDF.                                      |

Provide a stable size for the PDF renderer with `style`; otherwise the native view may render with no visible area. Increase `requestTimeoutInterval` for large documents when your route contract allows larger reveal responses.

Do not expose, log, hash, cache, or forward PDF base64 from application code.


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