Bottom Action Menu
This is an Example to make React Native Bottom Action Menu. To make Bottom Action Menu, we are going to use ActionSheet
component from react-native-actionsheet
library.
This can be mostly seen by the IOS developers as it looks like a default select option in IOS. With the help of the Bottom Action Menu, you can provide the facility to select from multiple options.
How to use the ActionSheet Component?
<ActionSheet
ref={actionSheet}
// Title of the Bottom Sheet
title={'Which one do you like ?'}
// Options Array to show in bottom sheet
options={optionArray}
// Define cancel button index in the option array
// This will take the cancel option in bottom
// and will highlight it
cancelButtonIndex={4}
// Highlight any specific option
destructiveButtonIndex={1}
onPress={(index) => {
// Clicking on the option will give you alert
alert(optionArray[index]);
}}
/>
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 command line interface to make our React Native App.
If you have previously installed a global react-native-cli package, please remove it as it may cause unexpected issues:
npm uninstall -g react-native-cli @react-native-community/cli
Run the following commands to create a new React Native project
npx react-native init ProjectName
If you want to start a new project with a specific React Native version, you can use the --version argument:
npx react-native init ProjectName --version X.XX.X
Note If the above command is failing, you may have old version of react-native
or react-native-cli
installed globally on your pc. Try uninstalling the cli and run the cli using npx.
This will make a project structure with an index file named App.js in your project directory.
Installation of Dependency
To use ActionSheet
you need to install react-native-actionsheet
package. To install this
Open the terminal and jump into your project
cd ProjectName
Run the following command
npm install react-native-actionsheet --save
This command will copy all the dependencies into your node_module directory. –save is optional, it is just to update the react-native-action sheet dependency in your package.json file.
Code for Bottom Action Menu
Open App.js in any code editor and replace the code with the following code
App.js
// React Native Bottom Action Menu
// https://aboutreact.com/react-native-bottom-action-menu/
// import React in our code
import React, {useRef} from 'react';
// import all the components we are going to use
import {
SafeAreaView,
StyleSheet,
View,
TouchableHighlight,
Text,
} from 'react-native';
// import ActionSheet
import ActionSheet from 'react-native-actionsheet';
const App = () => {
let actionSheet = useRef();
var optionArray = [
'Option 1',
'Option 2',
'Option 3',
'Option 4',
'Cancel'
];
const showActionSheet = () => {
//To show the Bottom ActionSheet
actionSheet.current.show();
};
return (
<SafeAreaView style={styles.container}>
<View style={styles.container}>
<Text style={styles.titleStyle}>
React Native Bottom Action Menu
</Text>
<TouchableHighlight
style={styles.buttonStyle}
onPress={showActionSheet}>
<Text style={styles.buttonTextStyle}>
Open Buttom ActionSheet
</Text>
</TouchableHighlight>
<Text style={styles.titleStyle}>
www.aboutreact.com
</Text>
<ActionSheet
ref={actionSheet}
// Title of the Bottom Sheet
title={'Which one do you like ?'}
// Options Array to show in bottom sheet
options={optionArray}
// Define cancel button index in the option array
// This will take the cancel option in bottom
// and will highlight it
cancelButtonIndex={4}
// Highlight any specific option
destructiveButtonIndex={1}
onPress={(index) => {
// Clicking on the option will give you alert
alert(optionArray[index]);
}}
/>
</View>
</SafeAreaView>
);
};
export default App;
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
justifyContent: 'center',
alignContent: 'center',
textAlign: 'center',
paddingTop: 30,
backgroundColor: '#307ecc',
padding: 16,
},
buttonStyle: {
width: '100%',
height: 40,
padding: 10,
backgroundColor: '#f5821f',
marginTop: 30,
},
buttonTextStyle: {
color: 'white',
textAlign: 'center',
},
titleStyle: {
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 ProjectName
1. Start Metro Bundler
First, you will need to start Metro, the JavaScript bundler that ships with React Native. To start Metro bundler run following command:
npx react-native start
Once you start Metro Bundler it will run forever on your terminal until you close it. Let Metro Bundler run in its own terminal. Open a new terminal and run the application.
2. Start React Native Application
To run the project on an Android Virtual Device or on real debugging device:
npx react-native run-android
or on the iOS Simulator by running (macOS only)
npx react-native run-ios
Output Screenshots
Android
IOS
Output in Online Emulator
This is how you can make React Native Button Action Menu. If you have any doubts or 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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