DevTut

# Modal

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import {
  Modal,
  Text,
  View,
  Button,
  StyleSheet,
} from 'react-native';

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  mainContainer: {
    marginTop: 22,
  },
  modalContainer: {
    marginTop: 22,
  },
});

class Example extends Component {
  constructor() {
    super();
    this.state = {
      visibility: false,
    };
  }


  setModalVisibility(visible) {
    this.setState({
      visibility: visible,
    });
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <View style={styles.mainContainer}>
        <Modal
          animationType={'slide'}
          transparent={false}
          visible={this.state.visibility}
        >
          <View style={styles.modalContainer}>
            <View>
              <Text>I'm a simple Modal</Text>
              <Button
                color="#000"
                onPress={() => this.setModalVisibility(!this.state.visibility)}
                title="Hide Modal"
              />
            </View>
          </View>
        </Modal>

        <Button
          color="#000"
          onPress={() => this.setModalVisibility(true)}
          title="Show Modal"
        />
      </View>
    );
  }
}

export default Example;

# Transparent Modal Example

See this example here (opens new window).

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Text, View, StyleSheet, Button, Modal } from 'react-native';
import { Constants } from 'expo';

export default class App extends Component {
  state = {
    modalVisible: false,
  };
  
  _handleButtonPress = () => {
    this.setModalVisible(true);
  };

  setModalVisible = (visible) => {
    this.setState({modalVisible: visible});
  }
  
  render() {
    var modalBackgroundStyle = {
      backgroundColor: 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)'
    };
    var innerContainerTransparentStyle = {backgroundColor: '#fff', padding: 20};
    return (
      <View style={styles.container}>
      <Modal
          animationType='fade'
          transparent={true}
          visible={this.state.modalVisible}
          onRequestClose={() => this.setModalVisible(false)}
          >
          <View style={[styles.container, modalBackgroundStyle]}>
            <View style={innerContainerTransparentStyle}>
              <Text>This is a modal</Text>
              <Button title='close'
                onPress={this.setModalVisible.bind(this, false)}/>
            </View>
          </View>
        </Modal>
        <Button
          title="Press me"
          onPress={this._handleButtonPress}
        />
      
      </View>
    );
  }
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    alignItems: 'center',
    justifyContent: 'center',
    paddingTop: Constants.statusBarHeight,
    backgroundColor: '#ecf0f1',
  }
});

# Parameters

Prop details
animationType it's an enum of ('none', 'slide', 'fade') and it controls modal animation.
visible its a bool that controls modal visiblity.
onShow it allows passing a function that will be called once the modal has been shown.
transparent bool to set transparency.
onRequestClose (android) it always defining a method that will be called when user tabs back button
onOrientationChange (IOS) it always defining a method that will be called when orientation changes
supportedOrientations (IOS) enum('portrait', 'portrait-upside-down', 'landscape', 'landscape-left', 'landscape-right')

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