MultiLine Text / Break Text in React Native

MultiLine Text

In this Example of MultiLine Text / Break Text in React Native, we will see how can you break the text of a Text Component in multiline using a new line character. So let’s get started.

To Break the Text

<View style={styles.container}>
  <Text style={styles.paragraph}>
  Hello This is an example of 
    {'\n'}
    multiline text
  </Text>
  <Text style={styles.paragraph}>
     {`Here is an other way to set multiline text.`}
  </Text>
</View>

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-cli

Run the following commands to create a new React Native project

react-native init ProjectName

If 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.X

react-native init ProjectName --version react-native@next

This will make a project structure with an index file named App.js in your project directory.

Code for MultiLine Text

Open App.js in any code editor and replace the code with the following code.

App.js

//MultiLine Text / Break Text in React Native
//https://aboutreact.com/multi-line-text-break-text-in-react-native/

//import React in our code
import React from 'react';

//import all the components we are going to use
import {SafeAreaView, StyleSheet, View, Text} from 'react-native';

const App = () => {
  return (
    <SafeAreaView style={{flex: 1}}>
      <View style={styles.container}>
        <Text style={styles.paragraph}>
          Hello This is an example of
          {'\n'}
          multiline text
        </Text>
        <Text style={styles.paragraph}>
          {`Here is an other way to 
          set multiline text.`}
        </Text>
      </View>
    </SafeAreaView>
  );
};

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    paddingTop: 30,
    backgroundColor: '#ecf0f1',
    padding: 8,
  },
  paragraph: {
    margin: 24,
    fontSize: 18,
    textAlign: 'center',
  },
});

export default App;

To Run the React Native App

Open the terminal again and jump into your project using.

cd ProjectName

To run the project on an Android Virtual Device or on real debugging device

react-native run-android

or on the iOS Simulator by running (macOS only)

react-native run-ios

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Output Screenshots

Output in Online Emulator

This is how you can Underline Text in React Native. If you have any doubts 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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