react-native-popup-menu-android

Show the native Android material style popup menu on press of an element. This react-native module is a "Native Module" type. However you do not have to link because this is already available inside React Native.

Table of Contents

• Demo
• Usage
  • Installation
  • Import
  • Render
• API
  • showPopupMenu
• Types
  • Exported Types
    • type PopupMenuItem
    • type PopupMenuOptions
      • Android
      • iOS
    • type OnPopupMenuItemSelect
  • Internal Types
    • type PopupAnchor
• Similar Packages

Demo

A demo of the screen recording shown above is available as a Snack:

snack.expo.io :: react-native-popup-menu-android Demo

Usage

Installation

npm i react-native-popup-menu-android

Import

import showPopupMenu from 'react-native-popup-menu-android'

Render

class More extends Component<||> {
    moreButton: null | Element<typeof View>

    render() {
        return (
            <TouchableNativeFeedback onPress={this.showMore}>
                <View ref={this.refMoreButton}>
                    <Text>Show Menu</Text>
                </View>
            </TouchableNativeFeedback>
        )
    }

    refMoreButton = el => this.moreButton = el

    showMore = () => {
        showPopupMenu(
            [
                { id:'edit', label:'Quick Edit' },
                { id:'delete', label:'Trash' },
                { id:'follow', label:'Follow' }
            ],
            this.handleMoreItemSelect,
            this.moreButton
        );
    }

    handleMoreItemSelect = (item: PopupMenuItem) => {
        alert('Pressed: ' + item.label)
    }
}

API

showPopupMenu

static showPopupMenu(
    items: PopupMenuItem,
    onSelect: OnPopupMenuItemSelect,
    anchor: PopupMenuAchor,
    options: PopupMenuOptions
): void

Show the native popup menu relative to element referenced by anchor.

Parameter	Type	Default	Required	Description
items	PopupMenuItem[]		Yes	Array of strings that are offered as autocomplete suggestions.
onSelect	OnPopupMenuItemSelect		Yes	A callback that gets
anchor	PopupAnchor		Yes	A ref to the element from which the menu should be positioned on.
options	PopupOptions	undefined		See PopupOptions.

Types

Flow is used as the typing system.

Exported Types

import type {
    OnPopupMenuItemSelect,
    PopupMenuItem,
    PopupMenuOptions
} from 'react-native-popup-android'

type OnPopupMenuItemSelect

(selectedPopupMenuItem: [PopupMenuItem](#type-popupmenuitem)) => void

type PopupMenuItem

{ id?: any, label: string }

type PopupMenuOptions

Android

{
    onCancel?: () => void
}

Key	Type	Default	Required	Description
onCancel	() => void	undefined		A callback that triggered by user when he dismisses the popup due to (1) hits the hardware back button, or (2) presses outside of the popup menu. This callback is also triggered if an error occurs in trying to display the popup.

iOS

TODO

Internal Types

type PopupAnchor

type PopupAnchor = Element<
  typeof Text |
  typeof TouchableNativeFeedback |
  typeof TouchableWithoutFeedback |
  typeof View
>

Similar Packages

• react-native-popover-menu - Also shows a native popup menu. Includes iOS style popover.
• <PopupMenuAndroid> - Component provided out of the box in React Native.
• react-native-material-menu - Gives the "desktop" material style menu. This is not a native module, it is a javascript implementation.