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Practical guides to liquid glass on the web, iOS and Android.
Apple's glass material is iOS-only, so on Android a React Native app blurs a view it marks. Here is how GlassBackdrop sets that up, what you get before and after Android 12, and how to offer solid glass.
Read articleCSS backdrop-filter gives you frosted glass in every current browser. It cannot bend light. Here is a working frost, the reason refraction needs more, and a React scene that draws it.
Read articleThe system's glass comes from expo-glass-effect and only draws on iOS 26 and later. Here is how to check for it, what to draw everywhere else, and a complete Expo screen that handles all of it.
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