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.

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

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npm i --save @valor/nativescript-websockets

yarn add @valor/nativescript-websockets

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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).

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

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

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

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

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

yarn add @nativescript-community/ui-image

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

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

yarn add @nativescript-community/ui-label

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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.

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npm i --save @nativescript-community/https

yarn add @nativescript-community/https

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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.

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npm i --save @klippa/nativescript-http

yarn add @klippa/nativescript-http

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