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Introduction
This is an example of Social Icon using React Native Elements. React Native Element provides lots of cool stuff to use while making a React Native Application and Social Icons are one of them. Developers from a web development background can imagine it is like fa-fa icons. You just need to import @rneui/themed library and you are ready to use almost all the popular social icons in your app.
To make Social Icons using React Native Elements have a look at the following code snippet.
How to use SocialIcon (Circular)?
<SocialIcon
//Social Icon using @rneui/themed
type="twitter"
//Type of Social Icon
onPress={() => {
//Action to perform on press of Social Icon
alert('twitter');
}}
/>How to use Social Icon (Button)?
<SocialIcon
//Social Icon using @rneui/themed
button
//To make a button type Social Icon
title="Sign In facebook"
//Style of the button background
style={{width: 300}}
//Title of Social Button
type="facebook"
//Type of Social Icon
onPress={() => {
//Action to perform on press of Social Icon
alert('facebook');
}}
/>List of Social Icons Available
Here is the list of Social Icons which can be by made easily by changing the type prop in SocialIcon component.
| angellist | envelope | codepen | envelope | etsy | |
| foursquare | github-alt | github | gitlab | ||
| medium | quora | reddit-alien | soundcloud | stack-overflow | |
| steam | stumbleupon | tumblr | twitch | google-plus-official | |
| vimeo | wordpress | youtube |
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/cliRun the following commands to create a new React Native project
npx react-native init ProjectNameIf 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.XNote 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 Dependencies
To use ScialIcons we have to install @rneui/themed and react-native-vector-icons dependencies.
For installation open the terminal and jump into your project using.
cd ProjectNameRun the following command.
npm install @rneui/themed --savenpm install react-native-vector-icons --savePlease visit Example to Use React Native Vector Icons for further instructions to complete the installation of Vector Icons.
CocoaPods Installation
Now we need to install pods
npx pod-installCode
Now Open App.js in any code editor and replace the code with the following code
App.js
// Example of Social Icons using React Native Elements
// https://aboutreact.com/react-native-social-icon/
// Import React
import React from 'react';
// Import required component
import {SafeAreaView, StyleSheet, ScrollView, Text, View} from 'react-native';
// Import to show social icons
import {SocialIcon} from '@rneui/themed';
const App = () => {
return (
<SafeAreaView style={{flex: 1}}>
<ScrollView>
<View style={styles.container}>
<Text style={styles.heading}>
Example of Social Icons using React Native Elements
</Text>
<Text style={styles.textStyle}>www.aboutreact.com</Text>
<View
style={{
flex: 1,
flexDirection: 'column',
justifyContent: 'space-between',
}}>
<View style={{flex: 1, flexDirection: 'row'}}>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
//Social Icon using @rneui/themed
type="angellist"
//Type of Social Icon
onPress={() => {
//Action to perform onPress of the Icon
alert('angellist');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>angellist</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="codepen"
onPress={() => {
alert('codepen');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>codepen</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="envelope"
onPress={() => {
alert('envelope');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>envelope</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="etsy"
onPress={() => {
alert('etsy');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>etsy</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="facebook"
onPress={() => {
alert('facebook');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>facebook</Text>
</View>
</View>
<View style={{flex: 1, flexDirection: 'row'}}>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="foursquare"
onPress={() => {
alert('foursquare');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>foursquare</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="github-alt"
onPress={() => {
alert('github');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>github-alt</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="github"
onPress={() => {
alert('github');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>github</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="gitlab"
onPress={() => {
alert('gitlab');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>gitlab</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="instagram"
onPress={() => {
alert('instagram');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>instagram</Text>
</View>
</View>
<View style={{flex: 1, flexDirection: 'row'}}>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="linkedin"
onPress={() => {
alert('linkedin');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>linkedin</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="medium"
onPress={() => {
alert('medium');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>medium</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="pinterest"
onPress={() => {
alert('pinterest');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>pinterest</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="quora"
onPress={() => {
alert('quora');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>quora</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="reddit-alien"
onPress={() => {
alert('reddit');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>reddit-alien</Text>
</View>
</View>
<View style={{flex: 1, flexDirection: 'row'}}>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="soundcloud"
onPress={() => {
alert('soundcloud');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>soundcloud</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="steam"
onPress={() => {
alert('steam');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>steam</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="youtube"
onPress={() => {
alert('youtube');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>youtube</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="tumblr"
onPress={() => {
alert('tumblr');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>tumblr</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="twitch"
onPress={() => {
alert('twitch');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>twitch</Text>
</View>
</View>
<View style={{flex: 1, flexDirection: 'row'}}>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="twitter"
onPress={() => {
alert('twitter');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>twitter</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="vimeo"
onPress={() => {
alert('vimeo');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>vimeo</Text>
</View>
<View style={{flexDirection: 'column'}}>
<SocialIcon
type="wordpress"
onPress={() => {
alert('wordpress');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>wordpress</Text>
</View>
<View
style={{
flexDirection: 'column',
alignItems: 'center',
}}>
<SocialIcon
type="stumbleupon"
onPress={() => {
alert('stumbleupon');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>stumbleupon</Text>
</View>
</View>
<View style={{flex: 1, flexDirection: 'row'}}>
<View
style={{
flex: 1,
flexDirection: 'row',
alignContent: 'center',
justifyContent: 'center',
}}>
<View
style={{
width: '100%',
alignItems: 'center',
flexDirection: 'column',
}}>
<SocialIcon
type="stack-overflow"
onPress={() => {
alert('stack');
}}
/>
<Text style={{flex: 1, textAlign: 'center'}}>
stack-overflow
</Text>
</View>
</View>
<View
style={{
flex: 1,
flexDirection: 'row',
alignContent: 'center',
justifyContent: 'center',
}}>
<View
style={{
width: '100%',
alignItems: 'center',
flexDirection: 'column',
}}>
<SocialIcon
type="google-plus-official"
onPress={() => {
alert('google');
}}
/>
<Text style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>
google-plus-official
</Text>
</View>
</View>
</View>
</View>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In angellist"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="angellist"
onPress={() => {
alert('angellist');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In codepen"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="codepen"
onPress={() => {
alert('codepen');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In envelope"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="envelope"
onPress={() => {
alert('envelope');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In etsy"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="etsy"
onPress={() => {
alert('etsy');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
button
style={{width: 300}}
title="Sign In facebook"
type="facebook"
onPress={() => {
//Action to perform on press of Social Icon
alert('facebook');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In foursquare"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="foursquare"
onPress={() => {
alert('foursquare');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In Github Alt"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="github-alt"
onPress={() => {
alert('github-alt');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In github"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="github"
onPress={() => {
alert('github');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In gitlab"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="gitlab"
onPress={() => {
alert('gitlab');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In instagram"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="instagram"
onPress={() => {
alert('instagram');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In linkedin"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="linkedin"
onPress={() => {
alert('linkedin');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In medium"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="medium"
onPress={() => {
alert('medium');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In pinterest"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="pinterest"
onPress={() => {
alert('pinterest');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In quora"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="quora"
onPress={() => {
alert('quora');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In reddit-alien"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="reddit-alien"
onPress={() => {
alert('reddit');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In soundcloud"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="soundcloud"
onPress={() => {
alert('soundcloud');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In Stack Overflow"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="stack-overflow"
onPress={() => {
alert('stack-overflow');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In steam"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="steam"
onPress={() => {
alert('steam');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In youtube"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="youtube"
onPress={() => {
alert('youtube');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In tumblr"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="tumblr"
onPress={() => {
alert('tumblr');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In twitch"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="twitch"
onPress={() => {
alert('twitch');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In twitter"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="twitter"
onPress={() => {
alert('twitter');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In Google Plus"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="google-plus-official"
onPress={() => {
alert('google');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In vimeo"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="vimeo"
onPress={() => {
alert('vimeo');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In wordpress"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="wordpress"
onPress={() => {
alert('wordpress');
}}
/>
<SocialIcon
title="Sign In stumbleupon"
style={{width: 300}}
button
type="stumbleupon"
onPress={() => {
alert('stumbleupon');
}}
/>
</View>
</ScrollView>
</SafeAreaView>
);
};
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
alignItems: 'center',
justifyContent: 'center',
padding: 16,
},
heading: {
fontSize: 20,
textAlign: 'center',
},
textStyle: {
fontSize: 16,
textAlign: 'center',
color: 'grey',
marginVertical: 16,
},
});
export default App;To Run the React Native App
Open the terminal again and jump into your project using.
cd ProjectName1. 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 startOnce 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-androidor on the iOS Simulator by running (macOS only)
npx react-native run-iosOutput Screenshots
Output in Online Emulator
That was the example of Social Icons using React Native Elements. 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!
Hope you liked it. 🙂
how would I add links to the icons?
You can see onPress method with every icon where you can set your action. For this example I have just used alert to show the clicked social media button name.