This is an Example of Tooltip in React Native for Android and IOS using react-native-walkthrough-tooltip library. The Tooltip is a common graphical user interface element. It is used to show the usability of any button or any option.
In this example, we will see how to show a tooltip on a click of a button. So let’s get started.
Import Tooltip using
1 | import Tooltip from 'react-native-walkthrough-tooltip'; |
To Show Tooltip
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | <Tooltip animated={true} //(Optional) When true, tooltip will animate in/out when showing/hiding arrowSize={{ width: 16, height: 8 }} //(Optional) Dimensions of arrow bubble pointing to the highlighted element backgroundColor="rgba(0,0,0,0.5)" //(Optional) Color of the fullscreen background beneath the tooltip. isVisible={this.state.toolTipVisible} //(Must) When true, tooltip is displayed content={<Text>Hello! AboutReact</Text>} //(Must) This is the view displayed in the tooltip placement="bottom" //(Must) top, bottom, left, right, auto. onClose={() => this.setState({ toolTipVisible: false })} //(Optional) Callback fired when the user taps the tooltip > <TouchableHighlight style={styles.touchable} onPress={() => this.setState({ toolTipVisible: true })}> <Text style={styles.touchableText}>Say Hi to AboutReact</Text> </TouchableHighlight> </Tooltip> |
For this example, we will make a screen with 1 buttons using TouchableHighlight and on the click of the button we will change the visibility state of Tootip to make it visible.
To Make a React Native App
Getting started with React Native will help you to know more about the way you can make a React Native project. We are going to use react-native init to make our React Native App. Assuming that you have node installed, you can use npm to install the react-native-cli command line utility. Open the terminal and go to the workspace and run
npm install -g react-native-cliRun the following commands to create a new React Native project
react-native init ProjectNameIf you want to start a new project with a specific React Native version, you can use the --version argument:
react-native init ProjectName --version X.XX.Xreact-native init ProjectName --version react-native@nextThis will make a project structure with an index file named App.js in your project directory.
Installation of Dependency
To use Tooltip we need to install react-native-walkthrough-tooltip dependency.
To install this open the terminal and jump into your project using
1 | cd ProjectName |
Run the following command to install
1 | npm install react-native-walkthrough-tooltip --save |
This command will copy all the dependency into your node_module directory.
–save is optional, it is just to update the react-native-walkthrough-tooltip dependency in your package.json file.
Now Open App.js in any code editor and replace the code with the following code.
App.js
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 | /*This is an example of Tooltip in React Native*/ import React, { Component } from 'react'; //import React import { Text, View, StyleSheet, TouchableHighlight, Image, } from 'react-native'; //import Basic Component from React Native import Tooltip from 'react-native-walkthrough-tooltip'; //Import Tooltip export default class App extends Component { constructor() { super(); this.state = { toolTipVisible: false, //state to control the visibility of Tooltip }; } render() { return ( <View style={styles.container}> <Text style={styles.largeText}>www.aboutreact.com</Text> <Text style={styles.largeText}>Example of Tooltip</Text> <Tooltip animated={true} //(Optional) When true, tooltip will animate in/out when showing/hiding arrowSize={{ width: 16, height: 8 }} //(Optional) Dimensions of arrow bubble pointing to the highlighted element backgroundColor="rgba(0,0,0,0.5)" //(Optional) Color of the fullscreen background beneath the tooltip. isVisible={this.state.toolTipVisible} //(Must) When true, tooltip is displayed content={<Text>Hello! AboutReact</Text>} //(Must) This is the view displayed in the tooltip placement="bottom" //(Must) top, bottom, left, right, auto. onClose={() => this.setState({ toolTipVisible: false })} //(Optional) Callback fired when the user taps the tooltip > <TouchableHighlight style={styles.touchable} onPress={() => this.setState({ toolTipVisible: true })}> <Text style={styles.touchableText}>Say Hi to AboutReact</Text> </TouchableHighlight> </Tooltip> </View> ); } } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ container: { flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignContent: 'center', textAlign: 'center', paddingTop: 30, backgroundColor: '#307ecc', padding: 16, }, touchable: { width: '100%', height: 40, padding: 10, backgroundColor: '#f5821f', marginTop: 30, }, touchableText: { color: 'white', textAlign: 'center', }, largeText: { color: 'white', textAlign: 'center', fontSize: 20, marginTop: 10, }, }); |
To Run the React Native App
Open the terminal again and jump into your project using.cd ProjectNamereact-native run-androidreact-native run-ios (macOS only).Android
IOS
This is how you can make a Tooltip in React Native for Android and IOS using react-native-walkthrough-tooltip. If you have any doubt or you want to share something about the topic you can comment below or contact us here. There will be more posts coming soon. Stay tuned!
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