NativeScript-SideDrawer

A Nativescript plugin that allows developers to simply integrate the infamous side drawer pattern.

iOS	Android

Features

• Smooth animations
• Pull from side of screen
• Rebound/bounce back open
• Tap off drawer to close
• Follows both Material and Human Interface guidelines

Installation

tns plugin add nativescript-sidedrawer

Example

Import the plugin.

import { TnsSideDrawer } from 'nativescript-sidedrawer'

Build the drawer with TnsSideDrawer.build passing config options.

TnsSideDrawer.build({
    templates: [{
        title: 'Home',
        androidIcon: 'ic_home_white_24dp',
        iosIcon: 'ic_home_white',
    }, {
        title: 'Judgment Day',
        androidIcon: 'ic_gavel_white_24dp',
        iosIcon: 'ic_gavel_white',
    }, {
        title: 'Bank Roll',
        androidIcon: 'ic_account_balance_white_24dp',
        iosIcon: 'ic_account_balance_white',
    }, {
        title: 'Fix Stuff',
        androidIcon: 'ic_build_white_24dp',
        iosIcon: 'ic_build_white',
    }, {
        title: 'This Is Me',
        androidIcon: 'ic_account_circle_white_24dp',
        iosIcon: 'ic_account_circle_white',
    }],
    title: 'This App Name',
    subtitle: 'is just as awesome as this subtitle!',
    listener: (index) => {
        this.i = index
    },
    context: this,
})

Toggle the side drawer with TnsSideDrawer.toggle.

TnsSideDrawer.toggle()

Configuration

Drawer

TnsSideDrawerOptions {
    templates: Array<TnsSideDrawerItem> // see below
    textColor?: Color // color of all text including title, subtitle, and items
    headerBackgroundColor?: Color
    backgroundColor?: Color // background color under the header
    logoImage?: ImageSource // defaults to your app icon
    title?: string // large text in the header
    subtitle?: string // small text in the header
    listener: TnsSideDrawerOptionsListener // see below
    context?: any // see below
}

Templates

Template icons MUST be a resource string.

TnsSideDrawerItem {
    title: string
    androidIcon?: string
    iosIcon?: string
}

Listener

The listener function ONLY gets called everytime a drawer item is successfully tapped.

type TnsSideDrawerOptionsListener = (index: number) => void

You can optionally pass a this context to the context option.

iOS Quirks

Because you can drag the edge of your screen to go back,

you'll need to manually add and remove the gesture recognition by calling their methods and passing the Page instance.

Let's say this is your home page.

export function onLoaded(args: EventData) {
    let page: Page = <Page>args.object
    TnsSideDrawer.addGesture(page)
}
export function onUnloaded(args: EventData) {
    let page: Page = <Page>args.object
    TnsSideDrawer.removeGesture(page)
}

Android Quirks

None.

Thanks to

mikepenz for the Android MaterialDrawer implementation.