SearchBar

SearchBars are used to search or filter items. Use a SearchBar when the number of items directly impacts a user's ability to find one of them.

Default SearchBar

Platform specific SearchBar

iOS

Android

Usage

import { SearchBar } from 'react-native-elements';

export default class App extends React.Component {
  state = {
    search: '',
  };

  updateSearch = (search) => {
    this.setState({ search });
  };

  render() {
    const { search } = this.state;

    return (
      <SearchBar
        placeholder="Type Here..."
        onChangeText={this.updateSearch}
        value={search}
      />
    );
  }
}

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Props

This component inherits all React Native Elements Input props, which means all native TextInput props that come with a standard React Native TextInput element, along with the following:

• platform
• clearIcon
• searchIcon
• cancelIcon (platform="android" only)
• containerStyle
• inputContainerStyle
• inputStyle
• leftIconContainerStyle
• rightIconContainerStyle
• lightTheme (platform="default" only)
• loadingProps
• onChangeText
• onClear
• placeholder
• placeholderTextColor
• round (platform="default" only)
• showCancel (platform="ios" only)
• showLoading
• underlineColorAndroid
• cancelButtonTitle
• cancelButtonProps
• onCancel

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Reference

platform

choose the look and feel of the search bar. One of "default", "ios", "android"

Type	Default
string	"default"

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clearIcon

This props allows to override the Icon props or use a custom component. Use null or false to hide the icon.

Type	Default
{...Icon props} OR component	none

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searchIcon

This props allows to override the Icon props or use a custom component. Use null or false to hide the icon.

Type	Default
{...Icon props} OR component	none

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cancelIcon (platform="android" only)

This props allows to override the Icon props or use a custom component. Use null or false to hide the icon.

Type	Default
{...Icon props} OR component	none

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containerStyle

style the container of the SearchBar

Type	Default
object (style)	inherited styling

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inputContainerStyle

style the container of the TextInput

Type	Default
object (style)	inherited styling

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inputStyle

style the TextInput

Type	Default
object (style)	inherited styling

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leftIconContainerStyle

style the icon container on the left side

Type	Default
object (style)	inherited styling

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rightIconContainerStyle

style the icon container on the right side

Type	Default
object (style)	inherited styling

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lightTheme (platform="default" only)

change theme to light theme

Type	Default
boolean	false

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loadingProps

props passed to ActivityIndicator

Type	Default
object	{ }

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onChangeText

method to fire when text is changed

Type	Default
function	none

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onClear

method to fire when input is cleared

Type	Default
function	none

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placeholder

set the placeholder text

Type	Default
string	''

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placeholderTextColor

set the color of the placeholder text

Type	Default
string	'#86939e'

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round (platform="default" only)

change TextInput styling to rounded corners

Type	Default
boolean	false

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showCancel (platform="ios" only)

When true the cancel button will stay visible after blur events.

Type	Default
boolean	false

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showLoading

show the loading ActivityIndicator effect

Type	Default
boolean	false

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underlineColorAndroid

specify other than the default transparent underline color

Type	Default
string (color)	transparent

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cancelButtonTitle

(iOS only) title of the cancel button on the right side

Type	Default
string	"Cancel"

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cancelButtonProps

(iOS only) props passed to cancel Button

Also receives all TouchableOpacity props

• buttonStyle
• buttonTextStyle
• color
• disabled
• buttonDisabledStyle
• buttonDisabledTextStyle

buttonStyle

cancel Button styling

Type	Default
object (style)	none

buttonTextStyle

cancel Button Text styling

Type	Default
object (style)	none

color

cancel Button text color

Type	Default
string (color)	#007aff

disabled

Prop to indicate cancel Button is disabled

Type	Default
boolean	false

buttonDisabledStyle

Disabled cancel Button styling

Type	Default
object (style)	none

buttonDisabledTextStyle

Styles for the text when cancel Button is disabled

Type	Default
object (style)	{ color: '#cdcdcd' }

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onCancel

callback fired when pressing the cancel button (iOS) or the back icon (Android)

Type	Default
function	null

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Interaction methods

method	description
focus	call focus on the textinput (example)
blur	call blur on the textinput (example)
clear	call clear on the textinput (example)
cancel	(Android and iOS SearchBars only) call cancel on the SearchBar (left arrow on Android, Cancel button on iOS). This will basically blur the input and hide the keyboard (example)

Calling methods on SearchBar

Store a reference to the SearchBar in your component by using the ref prop provided by React (see docs):

<SearchBar
  ref={search => this.search = search}
  ...
/>

You can then access SearchBar methods like so:

this.search.focus();
this.search.blur();
this.search.clear();
this.search.cancel(); // Only available if `platform` props is "ios" | "android"