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Version: 2.3.2

Header

Headers are navigation components that display information and actions relating to the current screen.

Header

Usage

Header with default components

For quick setup we provide default components, which are React Native Elements Icon for left/right buttons and React Native Text for title. You can customize them with configuration objects passed in as props.

<Header
leftComponent={{ icon: 'menu', color: '#fff' }}
centerComponent={{ text: 'MY TITLE', style: { color: '#fff' } }}
rightComponent={{ icon: 'home', color: '#fff' }}
/>

Left aligned center component

Header
<Header
placement="left"
leftComponent={{ icon: 'menu', color: '#fff' }}
centerComponent={{ text: 'MY TITLE', style: { color: '#fff' } }}
rightComponent={{ icon: 'home', color: '#fff' }}
/>

Header with custom components passed in through props

You can pass in your custom components like this too.

<Header
leftComponent={<MyCustomLeftComponent />}
centerComponent={<MyCustomCenterComponent />}
rightComponent={<MyCustomRightComponent />}
/>

Header with mixed components

You can also mix the content, for example you can have default components defined by configuration combined with custom components. Passing a render function that returns a React Element is valid too.

<Header
leftComponent={<MyCustomLeftComponent />}
centerComponent={this.renderCenterComponent()}
rightComponent={{ icon: 'home', style: { color: '#fff' } }}
/>

Header with custom components passed in as children

<Header>
<MyCustomLeftComponent />
<MyCustomCenterComponent />
<MyCustomRightComponent />
</Header>

Component precedence

Components defined through children take precedence over components passed in as props, so in this case <MyCustomLeftComponent> will be rendered instead of leftComponent={{ icon: 'menu' }}.

<Header leftComponent={{ icon: 'menu' }}>
<MyCustomLeftComponent />
<MyCustomCenterComponent />
<MyCustomRightComponent />
</Header>

Header customisability

We wanted the Header to be as customisable as possible, so you are free to try different combinations of props. For example, if you want to change the left, center, or right component's layout, you can adjust the containerStyle

<Header
statusBarProps={{ barStyle: 'light-content' }}
barStyle="light-content" // or directly
leftComponent={<MyCustomLeftComponent />}
centerComponent={{ text: 'MY TITLE', style: { color: '#fff' } }}
containerStyle={{
backgroundColor: '#3D6DCC',
justifyContent: 'space-around',
}}
/>

Props


Reference

containerStyle

styling around the main container

TypeDefault
stylenone

backgroundColor

sets backgroundColor of the parent component

TypeDefault
stringnone

backgroundImage

sets backgroundImage for parent component

TypeDefault
object (image)none

backgroundImageStyle

styling for backgroundImage in the main container

TypeDefault
stylenone

leftComponent

define your left component here

TypeDefault
{ text: string, ...Text props}
OR
{ icon: string, ...Icon props}
OR
React element or component
none

centerComponent

define your center component here

TypeDefault
{ text: string, ...Text props}
OR
{ icon: string, ...Icon props}
OR
React element or component
none

rightComponent

define your right component here

TypeDefault
{ text: string, ...Text props}
OR
{ icon: string, ...Icon props}
OR
React element or component
none

leftContainerStyle

styling for container around the leftComponent

TypeDefault
style{ flex: 1 }

centerContainerStyle

styling for container around the centerComponent

TypeDefault
style{ flex: 3 }

rightContainerStyle

styling for container around the rightComponent

TypeDefault
style{ flex: 1 }

placement

Alignment for title

TypeDefault
'left', 'center' or 'right''center'

barStyle

Sets the color of the status bar text.

TypeDefault
'default', 'light-content', 'dark-content''default' (source)

statusBarProps

accepts all props for StatusBar

TypeDefault
{ ...StatusBar props }none

ViewComponent

component for container

TypeDefault
React Native ComponentImageBackground

linearGradientProps

displays a linear gradient. See usage.

TypeDefault
{...Gradient props}none

LinearGradient Usage

Using LinearGradient in React Native Elements is supported through the react-native-linear-gradient package. If you're using expo or create-react-native-app then you can use linearGradientProps prop right out the box with no additional setup.

For react-native-cli users, make sure to follow the installation instructions and use it like this:

import { Header } from 'react-native-elements';
import LinearGradient from 'react-native-linear-gradient';

...

<Header
ViewComponent={LinearGradient} // Don't forget this!
linearGradientProps={{
colors: ['red', 'pink'],
start: { x: 0, y: 0.5 },
end: { x: 1, y: 0.5 },
}}
/>