You need your FontAwesome npm token which can be obtained by logging into your account and then access the Services tab.

Run yarn fa6-upgrade and enter the token when asked to in order to upgrade to the Pro version. It will install the fonts in your repo in the rnvi-fonts directory but the folder can be customized by setting it when executing the command: yarn fa6-upgrade [destination].

If the shell script does not work you can install the Pro version manually. All you really need to do is adding the Pro fonts to the rnvi-fonts directory.

Using the standard icons works just like the standard icons in this library.

import FontAwesome6Pro from '@react-native-vector-icons/fontawesome6-pro';

const icon = <FontAwesome6Pro name="comments" />;

Something special about the FontAwesome6Pro class is that you can also pass props to change the style of the icon:

import FontAwesome6Pro from '@react-native-vector-icons/fontawesome6-pro';

const icon = <FontAwesome6Pro name="comments" solid />;
const icon = <FontAwesome6Pro name="git" brand />;

Valid types

No specified type indicates Regular font.

getImageSource works a little different due to its native backend and how the font is separated into different files. Therefore, the enum FA6Style is defined to help setting the style of the font:

const FA6Style = {
  regular: 'regular',
  light: 'light',
  solid: 'solid',
  brand: 'brand',
  sharp: 'sharp',
  sharpThin: 'sharpThin',
  sharpLight: 'sharpLight',
  sharpSolif: 'sharpSolid',
  duotone: 'duotone',
  thin: 'thin',
};

Use this to select which style the generated image should have:

import FontAwesome6, { FA6Style } from 'react-native-vector-icons/FontAwesome6';

FontAwesome6.getImageSource('comments', 30, '#000', FA6Style.solid).then(
  (source) => this.setState({ image: source })
);

Not passing a style will result in Regular style.