TextInput
Learn how to take input from the user using the TextInput component.
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 (<TextInputplaceholder="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 ...