Creating Customizable Flashbars in React Native

Introduction to Flashbars

Flashbars are a modern, animated GUI element that renders lightweight details about an app event. They typically appear in a corner of the screen and disappear after a pre-defined timeout.

Using react-native-flash-message

In this article, we’ll explore how to build and customize flashbar components in React Native using the popular react-native-flash-message library.

What is react-native-flash-message?

react-native-flash-message is a JavaScript-based solution that allows you to create flashbars according to device orientation and status bar height. It offers a consistent flashbar look and feel across Android and iOS platforms and provides various props to customize the flashbar colors, icons, styles, content, and transition animations.

Key Features of react-native-flash-message

• Cross-platform support
• Customizability and more…

Basic Usage

To get started, install the library using npm or yarn:

npm install react-native-flash-message

Then, import the library and use the FlashMessage component:

import React from 'eact';
import { FlashMessage } from 'eact-native-flash-message';

const App = () => {
  return (
    
  );
};

Customizing Flashbars

You can customize the flashbar by passing various props to the FlashMessage component. For example, you can change the background color and text color:

import React from 'eact';
import { FlashMessage } from 'eact-native-flash-message';

const App = () => {
  return (
    
  );
};

Stay tuned for more customization options and advanced usage of react-native-flash-message!