This is an Example to Use Ionicons in React Native using react-native-ionicons. Ionicons are beautifully crafted open source icons built by the Ionic Framework team.
You can use Ionicons very anywhere easily. You can visit the official site of the Ionicons to find a variety of icons.
Use of Ionicons in React Native
To use the Ionicons in React Native you have to import react-native-ionicons dependency which will provide an Icon component. You can use this Icon component to create an Icon.
Prop “name” will render the same icon in Android and IOS.
1 | <Icon name="information-circle-outline" /> |
But if you want to show the different icon for Android and IOS for the same Icon component then you can also use ios and android prop and can set the different icons.
1 | <Icon ios="ios-add" android="md-add" /> |
Props
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | IconName | – | Icon name used on all platforms |
| android | IconName | – | Icon name for Android devices |
| ios | IconName | – | Icon name for iOS devices |
| color | ?string | – | Icon color |
| size | ?number | 30 | Icon size, namely fontSize |
In this example, We will create a simple Screen with different icons and will run it in Android and IOS to see the changes. So Let’s get started.
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 Icon component you need to install react-native-ionicons dependency.
To install this open the terminal and jump into your project
1 | cd ProjectName |
Run the following command
1 | npm install react-native-ionicons --save |
This command will copy all the dependencies into your node_module directory. –save is optional, it is just to update the react-native-ionicons dependancy in your package.json file.
Linking of Dependency
After the updation of React Native 0.60, they have introduced autolinking feature means we do not require to link the library but they have also mentioned that some libraries need linking and react-native-ionicons is one of those cases. So for that we need to link the library using
1 | react-native link react-native-ionicons |
CocoaPods Installation
Now we need to install pods
1 | cd ios && pod install && cd .. |
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 | /*This is an Example of Ionicons in React Native*/ import React, {Component} from 'react'; //import react in our project import {Platform, StyleSheet, Text, View} from 'react-native'; //import basic react native components import Icon from 'react-native-ionicons' //import Ionicons type Props = {}; export default class App extends Component<Props> { render() { return ( <View style={styles.container}> <Text style={styles.instructions}>Example of Ion Icons</Text> {/*Icon name used on all platforms*/} <Text style={styles.instructions}><Icon name="add" /></Text> <Icon name="information-circle-outline" /> {/*Different Icon for different platforms*/} <Text style={styles.instructions}><Icon ios="ios-add" android="md-add" /></Text> <Icon ios="ios-add" android="md-add" /> {/*Different Icon for different platforms*/} <Text style={styles.instructions}><Icon ios="ios-album" android="md-add" /></Text> <Icon ios="ios-albums" android="md-add" /> </View> ); } } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ container: { flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center', backgroundColor: '#F5FCFF', }, instructions: { textAlign: 'center', color: '#333333', margin: 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).IOS
Android
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