React Native Share API to Share TextInput message
React Native Share API to Share TextInput message includes the React Native Share component which is used to share any content. We usually add a share button in our app to share something with other users either using any social media or any other medium. Here is the example of React Native Share API to Share TextInput message from our App.
To Import Share API in Code
1 | import {Share} from 'react-native' |
Use of Share API
1 2 3 4 5 | Share.share({ message: this.state.inputValue.toString(), }) .then(result => console.log(result)) .catch(errorMsg => console.log(errorMsg)); |
In this example, We will share the input of a TextInput on button click using the Share API provided by React Native. It will open different platforms where you can share the content like Mail, Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp etc. 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
Run the following commands to create a new React Native projectnpm install -g react-native-cli
This will make a project structure with an index file named App.js in your project directory.react-native init ProjectName
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 | //This is an example code to Share Text Message using Share API// import React, { Component } from 'react'; //import react in our code. import { View, Text, StyleSheet, Share, TextInput, TouchableOpacity, } from 'react-native'; //import all the components we are going to use. export default class Myapp extends Component<{}> { constructor() { super(); this.state = { inputValue: '', }; } ShareMessage = () => { //Here is the Share API Share.share({ message: this.state.inputValue.toString(), }) //after successful share return result .then(result => console.log(result)) //If any thing goes wrong it comes here .catch(errorMsg => console.log(errorMsg)); }; render() { return ( <View style={styles.MainContainer}> <TextInput underlineColorAndroid="transparent" placeholder="Enter Text to Share" style={styles.TextInputStyle} onChangeText={TextInputText => { this.setState({ inputValue: TextInputText }); }} /> <TouchableOpacity onPress={this.ShareMessage} activeOpacity={0.5} style={styles.button}> <Text style={styles.TextStyle}>Share this Text</Text> </TouchableOpacity> </View> ); } } const styles = StyleSheet.create({ MainContainer: { flex: 1, alignItems: 'center', paddingTop: 100, padding: 40, }, TextInputStyle: { borderWidth: 1, borderColor: '#009688', width: '100%', height: 40, textAlign: 'center', }, button: { paddingTop: 10, paddingBottom: 10, marginTop: 20, width: '100%', backgroundColor: '#646464', }, TextStyle: { color: '#fff', textAlign: 'center', }, }); |
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
That was the React Native Share API. If you have any doubt or you want to share something about the topic you can comment below or contact us here. The remaining components will be covered in the next article. Stay tuned!
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