This is an Example to make Section List in React Native. Section List is a list of sections and headings. It is among the simple but mostly used components. This example will be helpful for you to understand how to use Section List in React Native. You can also check FlatList example for the Simple list.
To Import Section List in React Native Code
1 | import {SectionList} from 'react-native' |
Render Using
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | <SectionList ItemSeparatorComponent={<strong>Separator View</strong>} sections={<strong>Section Data</strong>} renderSectionHeader={({ section }) => (<strong>Header View</strong>)} renderItem={({ item }) => (<strong>Single Item View</strong>)} keyExtractor={(item, index) => index} /> |
In this example, we will make a list of country names with the header of their initials. 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.
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 | //This is an example code for SectionList// import React, { Component } from 'react'; //import react in our code. import { StyleSheet , View , SectionList , Text , Platform , Alert} from 'react-native'; //import all the components we are going to use. export default class App extends Component<{}> { GetSectionListItem = item => { //Function for click on an item Alert.alert(item); }; FlatListItemSeparator = () => { return ( //Item Separator <View style={{height: 0.5, width: '100%', backgroundColor: '#C8C8C8'}}/> ); }; render() { var A = [{'id':'1','value':'Afghanistan'}, {'id':'2','value':'Afghanistan'}, {'id':'3','value':'Afghanistan'}]; var B = [{'id':'4','value':'Benin'}, {'id':'5','value':'Bhutan'}, {'id':'6','value':'Bosnia'}, {'id':'7','value':'Botswana'}, {'id':'8','value':'Brazil'}, {'id':'9','value':'Brunei'}, {'id':'10','value':'Bulgaria'},]; var C = [{'id':'11','value':'Cambodia'}, {'id':'12','value':'Cameroon'}, {'id':'13','value':'Canada'}, {'id':'14','value':'Cabo'}]; return ( <View style={{ marginTop: Platform.OS == 'ios' ? 20 : 30 }}> <SectionList ItemSeparatorComponent={this.FlatListItemSeparator} sections={[ { title: 'Section Head For Data A', data: A }, { title: 'Section Head For Data B', data: B }, { title: 'Section Head For Data C', data: C }, ]} renderSectionHeader={({ section }) => ( <Text style={styles.SectionHeaderStyle}> {section.title} </Text> )} renderItem={({ item }) => ( // Single Comes here which will be repeatative for the FlatListItems <Text style={styles.SectionListItemStyle} //Item Separator View onPress={this.GetSectionListItem.bind(this, 'Id: '+item.id+' Name: '+item.value)}> {item.value} </Text> )} keyExtractor={(item, index) => index} /> </View> ); } } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ SectionHeaderStyle: { backgroundColor: '#CDDC89', fontSize: 20, padding: 5, color: '#fff', }, SectionListItemStyle: { fontSize: 15, padding: 15, color: '#000', backgroundColor: '#F5F5F5', }, }); |
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 SectionList. 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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hello sir, i have a question about sectionlist, how can we delete sectionlist item
Hello, Instead of providing var provide the data using the state and on click of it instead of showing an alert, delete the same record from the array and update the state so that it will update the list.
Have a look at How to Add or Remove FlatList Item with Animation example for hint.