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how to creat drop down in React native?

i'm building React Native with Expo, trying to make custom dropdown without using liberals so both android and iOS look the same, also the project i working on full of old dependency so i avoid installation more. i trying to build Dropdpwn component (functional component) render that component on Class component

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this is the is what i want to build, drop down able the user select their birthday date. the project already has date piker component

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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I have given an idea of how you can go without using a library, you can define menutypes and use them as props to populate data as required, and other things will help as stated below.

export default Menu extends Component {
    constructor(props) {
    super(props)

      this.state={
        menuItems:[] //Define your menuitems as per props
       }
    }

    renderItem({item,index}){
      return <Text>{item.title}</Title>
    }

    render() {
        var {menuItems} = this.state;
        var {x,y,width} = this.props.dimension;
        var height=120
        var left=x-(width+5)
        return (
            <View style={[styles.menuContainer,{top:positionY,left,width,height}]}>
                  <FlatList
                      data={menuItems}
                      renderItem={this.renderItem.bind(this)}
                      keyExtractor={(item, index) => index.toString()}
                    />
              </View>    
        );
    }
}

const styles=StyleSheet.create({
    menuContainer:{
      flex: 1,
      backgroundColor:'white',
      position:'absolute',
      borderRadius:5,
      shadowColor: '#000000',
      shadowOffset: { width: 0, height: 1 },
      shadowOpacity: 0.2,
      shadowRadius: 2,
      elevation: 2,
    }
});

Here is how you call the menu

<TouchableOpacity onPress={this.handleMenuOpen} ref={this.menuRef}>
    <Text>{"Open Menu"}</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>

handleMenuOpen(){
      this.menuRef.current.measure((fx, fy, width, height, px, py)=>{
           //Use width, px and py to determine dimension of the menu
           this.setState({dimension:{x:px,y:py,width}})
      });
}

{
  this.state.dimension?
     <Menu dimension={this.state.dimension} onSelection={(menuItem)=>{
         //Process your selection
     }/>
  :null
}

Cheers.

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report

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You can also have 1 dropdown to select all of them.

import DateTimePicker from '@react-native-community/datetimepicker';

Using class based component, it is implemented as below

class Component extends PureComponent {
    this.state = {
      mode: 'date',
      date: new Date(),
      date_show: false,
    };

    datePicker(type) {
        this.dateShow('date',type);
    }

    dateShow(mode,type) {
        this.setState({
            date_show: true,
        });
        this.setState({
            mode
        });
    }

setDate(event, date) {
        date = date || this.state.date;

        this.setState({
            date_modal: false,
            date_show: Platform.OS === 'ios',
            date
        });
    }
  render() {
    return (
                  <View>
                    <View>
                        <Text>{lang.DATE}</Text>
                        <Text
                            style={{paddingTop: 10, height: 40,}}
                            onPress={_ => {
                                this.datePicker(1);
                            }}>{Moment(this.state.date).format('DD.MM.YYYY')}</Text>
                        {
                            this.state.date_show &&
                            <DateTimePicker
                                value={this.state.date}
                                mode={this.state.mode}
                                is24Hour={true}
                                display="default"
                                locale='tr'
                                onChange={this.setDate.bind(this)}/>
                        }
                    </View>
                  </View>
    );
  }
}
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report

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For drop down in react native you can use react-native-dropdown-picker, I have attached the code below you can refer the demo.

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { View } from 'react-native';
import DropDownPicker from 'react-native-dropdown-picker'
export default function App() {
const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
const [value, setValue] = useState([]);
const [items, setItems] = useState([
{label: 'Spain', value: 'spain'},
{label: 'Madrid', value: 'madrid'},
{label: 'Barcelona', value: 'barcelona'},
{label: 'Russia', value: 'russia'},
{label: 'Italy', value: 'italy'},
{label: 'Rome', value: 'rome'},
{label: 'Finland', value: 'finland'}
 ]);
return (
<View style={{
  backgroundColor: '#171717',
  flex: 1,
  alignItems: 'center',
  justifyContent: 'center',
  paddingHorizontal: 15
}}>
  <DropDownPicker
    open={open}
    value={value}
    items={items}
    setOpen={setOpen}
    setValue={setValue}
    setItems={setItems}
    multiple={true}
   />
  </View>
 );
}
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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