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TextInput

TextInput

Learn how to take input from the user using the TextInput component.

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Handling user input is a crucial part of building an interactive application. Taking input from the user in the form of text is one of the ways a user can interact with an application. In React Native, the TextInput component is used to take input from the users. It is one of the foundational components of React Native that allow users to enter text.

Usage

To implement and use the TextInput component, we first have to import it from the react-native library.

import { TextInput } from 'react-native';

Once the TextInput component has been imported, we can use it inside our application using the <TextInput/> tag.

import React from 'react';
import { TextInput } from 'react-native';
const App = () => {
  return (
    <TextInput
      placeholder="Enter your email address"
    />
  );
}
export default App;

Styling

Let’s briefly review some fundamental style properties of the TextInput component.

backgroundColor

This property is used to set the background color of the TextInput component. By default, its value is white.

width

This property can be used to set the width of the TextInput component.

height

This property can be used to set the height of the TextInput component.

borderColor

This property can ...