Recommended Plugins

This page serves as a quick reference for finding plugins for commonly used features. Feel free to request additional plugins to be listed here by submitting a request on the Docs GitHub Repository.

WebSockets ​

@valor/nativescript-websockets ​

For web-compatible WebSockets, we recommend installing the @valor/nativescript-websockets plugin:

npm i --save @valor/nativescript-websockets

yarn add @valor/nativescript-websockets

Image Caching ​

For image-heavy applications, it's a good practice to adopt an image-caching strategy that helps keep the memory usage down (remote images are cached after first download for example).

@triniwiz/nativescript-image-cache-it ​

One of the go-to plugins is @triniwiz/nativescript-image-cache-it. It uses SDWebImage on iOS and Glide on android.

npm i --save @triniwiz/nativescript-image-cache-it

yarn add @triniwiz/nativescript-image-cache-it

@nativescript-community/ui-image ​

Another great plugin is from the NativeScript-Community '@nativescript-community/ui-image'. It uses SDWebImage on iOS and Fresco on android.

npm i --save @nativescript-community/ui-image

yarn add @nativescript-community/ui-image

Text ​

@nativescript-community/ui-label ​

As an alternative to the core Label, check out @nativescript-community/ui-label.

npm i --save @nativescript-community/ui-label

yarn add @nativescript-community/ui-label

HTTP ​

@nativescript-community/https ​

A drop-in replacement for the core HTTP with improvements and additions like connection pooling, form data support and certificate pinning. Check out @nativescript-community/https.

npm i --save @nativescript-community/https

yarn add @nativescript-community/https

@klippa/nativescript-http ​

A drop-in replacement for the core HTTP with improvements and additions like connection pooling, form data support and certificate pinning. Check out @klippa/nativescript-http.

npm i --save @klippa/nativescript-http

yarn add @klippa/nativescript-http