react-native-modal-popover

Pure JS popover component for react-native

About this module

The original react-native-popover is now outdated, so I decided to publish my own module to avoid using github url in my package.json. Something got lost in the process of rewriting, but now it uses Modal and native animation drivers, and also has cool helper to use with Touchables. Thanks to @jeanregisser and to the authors of hanging PRs for their code.

Requirements

Previously (version 0.0.6) this module required react version >16.2.0 to work (which corresponds to react-native version >0.52.0).

Version 0.0.7 does not reqire React.Fragment anymore, so you can use with reasonably old versions of react and react-native.

Install

1yarn add react-native-modal-popover

Usage

This module exports two react components, Popover and PopoverController, and one react hook, usePopover. Popover works pretty much like original Popover, and PopoverController is a convenience component that uses React Render Props pattern.

Important this example uses React.Fragment to wrap children, but if you use react-native version older than 0.52, then you should reaplce React.Fragment with View

Using hook

usePopover is preferred modern way to have popover in your app.

1import React from 'react';
2import { Button, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
3import { Popover, usePopover } from 'react-native-modal-popover';
4
5const styles = StyleSheet.create({
6  app: {
7    ...StyleSheet.absoluteFillObject,
8    alignItems: 'center',
9    justifyContent: 'center',
10    backgroundColor: '#c2ffd2',
11  },
12  content: {
13    padding: 16,
14    backgroundColor: 'pink',
15    borderRadius: 8,
16  },
17  arrow: {
18    borderTopColor: 'pink',
19  },
20  background: {
21    backgroundColor: 'rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.5)',
22  },
23});
24
25const App = () => {
26  const {
27    openPopover,
28    closePopover,
29    popoverVisible,
30    touchableRef,
31    popoverAnchorRect,
32  } = usePopover();
33  return (
34    <View style={styles.app}>
35      <Button title="Press me!" ref={touchableRef} onPress={openPopover} />
36      <Popover
37        contentStyle={styles.content}
38        arrowStyle={styles.arrow}
39        backgroundStyle={styles.background}
40        visible={popoverVisible}
41        onClose={closePopover}
42        fromRect={popoverAnchorRect}
43        supportedOrientations={['portrait', 'landscape']}>
44        <Text>Hello from inside popover!</Text>
45      </Popover>
46    </View>
47  );
48};
49
50export default App;

Using PopoverController

Use PopoverController if you cannot use hooks for some reason.

1import React from 'react';
2import { Button, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
3import { Popover, PopoverController } from 'react-native-modal-popover';
4
5const styles = StyleSheet.create({
6  app: {
7    ...StyleSheet.absoluteFillObject,
8    alignItems: 'center',
9    justifyContent: 'center',
10    backgroundColor: '#c2ffd2',
11  },
12  content: {
13    padding: 16,
14    backgroundColor: 'pink',
15    borderRadius: 8,
16  },
17  arrow: {
18    borderTopColor: 'pink',
19  },
20  background: {
21    backgroundColor: 'rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.5)',
22  },
23});
24
25const App = () => (
26  <View style={styles.app}>
27    <PopoverController>
28      {({
29        openPopover,
30        closePopover,
31        popoverVisible,
32        setPopoverAnchor,
33        popoverAnchorRect,
34      }) => (
35        <React.Fragment>
36          <Button
37            title="Press me!"
38            ref={setPopoverAnchor}
39            onPress={openPopover}
40          />
41          <Popover
42            contentStyle={styles.content}
43            arrowStyle={styles.arrow}
44            backgroundStyle={styles.background}
45            visible={popoverVisible}
46            onClose={closePopover}
47            fromRect={popoverAnchorRect}
48            supportedOrientations={['portrait', 'landscape']}>
49            <Text>Hello from inside popover!</Text>
50          </Popover>
51        </React.Fragment>
52      )}
53    </PopoverController>
54  </View>
55);
56
57export default App;

Props

Popover

Prop	Type	Optional	Default	Description
visible	bool	Yes	false	Show/Hide the popover
fromRect	Rect	No*		Rectangle at which to anchor the popover. Optional when used inside PopoverTouchable, required when used standalone. If you set this property, you should also change it when screen orientation changes.
displayArea	Rect	Yes	Screen - 10px padding	Area where the popover is allowed to be displayed. Important note: if you use non-default value here and you want to handle screen orientation changes, it is your responsibility to change this value when screen orientation changes.
placement	string	Yes	'auto'	How to position the popover - top | bottom | start | end | auto. When 'auto' is specified, it will determine the ideal placement so that the popover is fully visible within displayArea.
onClose	function	Yes		Callback to be fired when the user closes the popover
onDismiss	function	Yes		Callback to be fired after the popup closes
backgroundStyle	ViewStyle	Yes		Custom style to be applied to background overlay
contentStyle	ViewStyle	Yes		Custom style to be applied to popover reactangle. Use it to set round corners, background color, etc.
arrowStyle	ViewStyle	Yes		Custom style to be applied to popover arrow. Use borderTopColor to match content backgroundColor
duration	number	Yes	300	Animation duration
easing	(show: boolean) => (value: number) => number	Yes	show => show ? Easing.out(Easing.back(1.70158)) : Easing.inOut(Easing.quad)	Function that returns easing function for show or hide animation, depending on show argument
useNativeDriver	bool	Yes	false	Defines if animations should use native driver
supportedOrientations	array of enum('portrait', 'portrait-upside-down', 'landscape', 'landscape-left', 'landscape-right')	Yes		This prop is passed to react-native Modal, see react-native docs. Set this to ['portrait', 'landscape'] if you want your popover to resprect screen orientation.
calculateStatusBar	bool	Yes	false	Defines if while use status bar height while calculating "Y" origin of anchor.

PopoverController and usePopover hook

PopoverController accepts function as children. This function is called with one argument of type PopoverControllerRenderProps and returns react element. The children of this element are your UI handle to open popover (Button, Toggle, whatever) and Popover element itself. Pass properties to you handle and Popover, and PopoverController will make them work together behind the scenes. All the props are required to make controller work.

usePopover returns object with same props as PopoverControllerRenderProps, except that ref has different name: touchableRef.

PopoverControllerRenderProps:

Prop	Type	Description
openPopover	() => void	Call this function when you want to open popover, e.g. pass to onPress of a Button
closePopover	() => void	Call this function when you want to close popover. Typically you pass this as onClose prop of Popover, which will make popover close when tapped outside. If you have a button inside popover which should close the popover, pass this function to this button.
popoverVisible	boolean	Pass this to visible prop of Popover component
setPopoverAnchor (PopoverController) / touchableRef (usePopover)	ref function	Pass this as ref to popover UI handle. This will bind popover display position to the position of this UI handle.
popoverAnchorRect	Rect	Pass this as fromRect prop of Popover component

Rect

Rect is an object with the following properties: {x: number, y: number, width: number, height: number}

Using without PopoverController

In this case you have to handle refs, measure UI handle and manage popover visibility manually:

1import React from 'react';
2import {
3  findNodeHandle,
4  NativeModules,
5  StyleSheet,
6  Text,
7  View,
8} from 'react-native';
9import Button from './Button';
10import Popover from './popover';
11
12const styles = StyleSheet.create({
13  app: {
14    ...StyleSheet.absoluteFillObject,
15    padding: 10,
16    backgroundColor: '#c2ffd2',
17    alignItems: 'center',
18  },
19});
20
21export default class App2 extends React.Component {
22  state = {
23    showPopover: false,
24    popoverAnchor: { x: 0, y: 0, width: 0, height: 0 },
25  };
26
27  setButton = (e) => {
28    const handle = findNodeHandle(this.button);
29    if (handle) {
30      NativeModules.UIManager.measure(handle, (x0, y0, width, height, x, y) => {
31        this.setState({ popoverAnchor: { x, y, width, height } });
32      });
33    }
34  };
35
36  openPopover = () => {
37    this.setState({ showPopover: true });
38  };
39
40  closePopover = () => this.setState({ showPopover: false });
41
42  render() {
43    return (
44      <View style={styles.app}>
45        <Button
46          ref={(r) => {
47            this.button = r;
48          }}
49          icon="arrow-up"
50          onPress={this.openPopover}
51          onLayout={this.setButton}
52        />
53        <Popover
54          visible={this.state.showPopover}
55          fromRect={this.state.popoverAnchor}
56          onClose={this.closePopover}
57          placement="bottom">
58          <Text>Hi</Text>
59        </Popover>
60      </View>
61    );
62  }
63}

Contributing

If you want to add some features, feel free to submit PR.