react-native-simple-popover

react-native-simple-popover provides a simple popover implementation and supports automatic popover placement.

Installation

$ npm install react-native-simple-popover

This package does not provide native modules and does not require linking and rebuilding your application.

API

<PopoverContainer>

Provides ability for child Popover components to register and render inside this element. Child popovers are constrained by this component and render above the children.

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
padding	Number	0	Pads component area to constrain your popovers.
children	ReactElements	null	Element tree that you want your popovers to render in.

<Popover>

Renders component with defined properties around the wrapped component.

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
component	Component	0	Popover component to render.
isVisible	Boolean	true	Defines if popover is visible.
arrowColor	Color	'white'	Popover's arrow color.
arrowWidth	Number	15	Popover's arrow width.
arrowHeight	Number	10	Popover's arrow height.
placement	String	'auto'	Where popover should be placed related to the wrapped component. If 'auto', all placement options are tried and first suitable placement option is picked. Supported placement options: 'left', 'right', 'top', 'bottom', 'auto'.
children	ReactElement	null	Element that you want your popover to point to.
pointerEvents	String	'box-none'	Controls whether the View can be the target of touch event. Supported options: 'auto', 'none', 'box-none' and 'box-only'.
offset	Object	{ x: 0, y: 0 }	Popover's offset setting.

Example

Please check Example directory for an example project with the following implementation:

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import {
  AppRegistry,
  Button,
  StyleSheet,
  Text,
  TextInput,
  View
} from 'react-native';
import { Popover, PopoverContainer } from 'react-native-simple-popover';
 
class Example extends Component {
 
  state = {
    isPopoverVisible: true,
    popoverPlacement: 'top',
  };
 
  render() {
    return (
      <PopoverContainer padding={20}>
        <View style={styles.container}>
          <Popover
            placement={this.state.popoverPlacement}
            arrowColor="#114B5F"
            arrowWidth={16}
            arrowHeight={8}
            isVisible={this.state.isPopoverVisible}
            component={() => (
              <View style={styles.popoverContainer}>
                <Text style={styles.popoverText}>
                  This is a very long popover text.
                  Container padding affects max width and height of this popover.
                </Text>
              </View>
            )}
          >
            <Text style={styles.welcome}>
              Welcome to React Native!
            </Text>
          </Popover>
          <View style={styles.buttons}>
            <Button
              title="Toggle Popover"
              onPress={() => {
                this.setState({ isPopoverVisible: !this.state.isPopoverVisible });
              }}
            />
            <Button
              title="Toggle Placement"
              onPress={() => {
                this.setState({
                  popoverPlacement: this.state.popoverPlacement === 'top' ? 'bottom': 'top'
                });
              }}
            />
          </View>
        </View>
      </PopoverContainer>
    );
  }
}
 
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',
    backgroundColor: '#F5FCFF',
  },
  welcome: {
    fontSize: 20,
    textAlign: 'center',
    margin: 10,
  },
  buttons: {
    position: 'absolute',
    flexDirection: 'row',
    flex: 1,
    top: 0,
    left: 0,
    marginTop: 20,
  },
  popoverContainer: {
    backgroundColor: '#114B5F',
    padding: 8,
    borderRadius: 5,
  },
  popoverText: {
    color: '#E4FDE1',
  }
});
 
AppRegistry.registerComponent('Example', () => Example);