react-native-extended-stylesheet
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Drop-in replacement of React Native StyleSheet with media-queries, variables, dynamic themes, relative units, percents, math operations, scaling and other styling stuff.
Use this Expo snack to play with Extended StyleSheets right in the browser or in Expo app.
npm i react-native-extended-stylesheet --save
EStyleSheet.create() instead of StyleSheet.create():/* component.js */
import EStyleSheet from 'react-native-extended-stylesheet';
// define extended styles
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
column: {
width: '80%' // 80% of screen width
},
text: {
color: '$textColor', // global variable $textColor
fontSize: '1.5rem' // relative REM unit
},
'@media (min-width: 350) and (max-width: 500)': { // media queries
text: {
fontSize: '2rem',
}
}
});
// use styles as usual
class MyComponent extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<View style={styles.column}>
<Text style={styles.text}>Hello</Text>
</View>
);
}
}
EStyleSheet.build() to actually calculate styles:/* app.js */
import EStyleSheet from 'react-native-extended-stylesheet';
EStyleSheet.build({ // always call EStyleSheet.build() even if you don't use global variables!
$textColor: '#0275d8'
});
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Global variables are passed to EStyleSheet.build() and available in all stylesheets.
// app entry: set global variables and calc styles
EStyleSheet.build({
$textColor: '#0275d8'
});
// component: use global variables
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
text: {
color: '$textColor'
}
});
// global variable as inline style or as props to components
<View style = {{
backgroundColor: EStyleSheet.value('$textColor')
}}>
...
</View>
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Local variables can be defined directly in sylesheet and have priority over global variables.
To define local variable just start it with $:
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
$textColor: '#0275d8',
text: {
color: '$textColor'
},
icon: {
color: '$textColor'
},
});
Local variables are also available in result style: styles.$textColor.
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Changing app theme contains two steps:
To re-build app styles you can call EStyleSheet.build() with new set of global variables:
EStyleSheet.build({
$theme: 'light', // required variable for caching!
$bgColor: 'white',
});
Please note that special variable
$themeis required for proper caching of calculated styles.
Re-rendering whole component tree is currently a bit tricky in React.
One option is to wrap app into component and re-mount it on theme change:
toggleTheme() {
const theme = EStyleSheet.value('$theme') === 'light' ? darkTheme : lightTheme;
EStyleSheet.build(theme);
this.setState({render: false}, () => this.setState({render: true}));
}
render() {
return this.state.render ? <App/> : null;
}
The caveat is that all components loss their state.
In the future it may be possible with forceDeepUpdate() method (see facebook/react#7759).
The approach is open for discusison, feel free to share your ideas in #22,
#47.
You can check out full theming code in examples/theming or in Expo snack.
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Media queries allows to have different styles for different screens, platform, direction and orientation.
They are supported as properties with @media prefix (thanks for idea to @grabbou,
#5).
Media queries can operate with the following values:
ios|androidwidth, min-width, max-widthheight, min-height, max-heightorientation (landscape|portrait)aspect-ratiodirection (ltr|rtl)You can use media queries on:
Examples:
// global level
EStyleSheet.build({
'@media ios': {
$fontSize: 12,
},
'@media android': {
$fontSize: 16,
},
});
// sheet level
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
column: {
width: '80%',
},
'@media (min-width: 350) and (max-width: 500)': {
column: {
width: '90%',
}
}
});
// style level
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
header: {
'@media ios': {
color: 'green',
},
'@media android': {
color: 'blue',
},
}
});
You can check out full example code in examples/media-queries or in Expo snack.
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Any value can contain one of following math operations: *, /, +, -. Operands can be numbers, variables and percents.
For example, to render circle you may create style:
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
$size: 20,
circle: {
width: '$size',
height: '$size',
borderRadius: '0.5 * $size'
}
});
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Similar to CSS3 rem unit it allows to define any integer value as relative to the root element. In our case root value is special rem global variable that can be set in EStyleSheet.build(). It makes easy to scale app depending on screen size and other conditions. Default rem is 16.
// component
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
text: {
fontSize: '1.5rem',
marginHorizontal: '2rem'
}
});
// app entry
let {height, width} = Dimensions.get('window');
EStyleSheet.build({
$rem: width > 340 ? 18 : 16
});
You can check out full example code in examples/rem or in Expo snack.
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Percent values are supported natively since React Native 0.43.
EStyleSheet passes them through to original StyleSheet except cases, when you use calculations with percents,
e.g. "100% - 20". Percents are calculated relative to screen width/height on application launch.
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
column: {
width: '100% - 20'
}
});
Percents in nested components
If you need sub-component with percent operations relative to parent component - you can achieve that with variables.
For example, to render 2 sub-columns with 30%/70% width of parent column:
render() {
return (
<View style={styles.column}>
<View style={styles.subColumnLeft}></View>
<View style={styles.subColumnRight}></View>
</View>
);
}
...
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
$columnWidth: '80%',
column: {
width: '$columnWidth',
flexDirection: 'row'
},
subColumnLeft: {
width: '0.3 * $columnWidth'
},
subColumnRight: {
width: '0.7 * $columnWidth'
}
});
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You can apply scale to components by setting special $scale variable.
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
$scale: 1.5,
button: {
width: 100,
height: 20,
marginLeft: 10
}
});
This helps to create reusable components that could be scaled depending on prop:
class Button extends React.Component {
static propTypes = {
scale: React.PropTypes.number
};
render() {
let style = getStyle(this.props.scale)
return (
<View style={style.button}>
</View>
);
}
}
let getStyle = function (scale = 1) {
return EStyleSheet.create({
$scale: scale,
button: {
width: 100,
height: 20,
marginLeft: 10
}
});
}
To cache calculated styles please have a look on caching section.
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Original react-native stylesheets are calculated to integer numbers and original values are unavailable.
But sometimes they are needed. Let's take an example:
You want to render text and icon with the same size and color.
You can take this awesome icon library
and see that <Icon> component has size and color props.
It would be convenient to define style for text and keep icon's size/color in sync.
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
text: {
fontSize: '1rem',
color: 'gray'
}
});
In runtime styles created with original react's StyleSheet will look like:
styles = {
text: 0
}
But extended stylesheet saves calculated values under _text property:
styles = {
text: 0,
_text: {
fontSize: 16,
color: 'gray'
}
}
To render icon we just take styles from _text:
return (
<View>
<Icon name="rocket" size={styles._text.fontSize} color={styles._text.color} />
<Text style={styles.text}>Hello</Text>
</View>
);
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Extended stylesheet supports 4 pseudo classes: :first-child, :nth-child-even, :nth-child-odd, :last-child. As well as in traditional CSS it allows to apply special styling for first/last items or render stripped rows.
To get style for appropriate index you should use EStyleSheet.child() method.
It's signature: EStyleSheet.child(stylesObj, styleName, index, count).
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
row: {
fontSize: '1.5rem',
borderTopWidth: 1
},
'row:nth-child-even': {
backgroundColor: 'gray' // make stripped
},
'row:last-child': {
borderBottomWidth: 1 // render bottom edge for last row
}
});
...
render() {
return (
<View>
{items.map((item, index) => {
return (
<View key={index} style={EStyleSheet.child(styles, 'row', index, items.length)}></View>
);
})}
</View>
);
}
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For the deepest customization you can specify any value as a function that will be executed on EStyleSheet build. For example, you may darken or lighten color of variable via npm color package:
import Color from 'color';
import EStyleSheet from 'react-native-extended-stylesheet';
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
button: {
backgroundColor: () => Color('green').darken(0.1).hexString() // <-- value as a function
}
});
render() {
return (
<TouchableHighlight style={styles.button}>
...
</TouchableHighlight>
);
}
The common pattern is to use EStyleSheet.value() inside the function to get access to global variables:
EStyleSheet.build({
$prmaryColor: 'green'
});
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
button: {
backgroundColor: () => Color(EStyleSheet.value('$prmaryColor')).darken(0.1).hexString()
}
});
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If you use dynamic styles depending on runtime prop or you are making reusable component with dynamic styling
you may need stylesheet creation in every render() call. Let's take example from scaling section:
class Button extends React.Component {
static propTypes = {
scale: React.PropTypes.number
};
render() {
let style = getStyle(this.props.scale)
return (
<View style={style.button}>
</View>
);
}
}
let getStyle = function (scale = 1) {
return EStyleSheet.create({
$scale: scale,
button: {
width: 100,
height: 20,
marginLeft: 10
}
});
}
To avoid creating styles on every render you can use lodash.memoize: store result for particular parameters and returns it from cache when called with the same parameters. Updated example:
import memoize from 'lodash.memoize';
let getStyle = memoize(function (scale = 1) {
return EStyleSheet.create({
$scale: scale,
button: {
width: 100,
height: 20,
marginLeft: 10
}
});
});
Now if you call getStyle(1.5) 3 times actually style will be created on the first call
and two other calls will get it from cache.
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It is possible to outline all components that are using EStyleSheet. For that set global $outline variable:
EStyleSheet.build({$outline: 1});
Note that components without styles will not be outlined, because RN does not support default component styling yet.
To outline particular component set local $outline variable:
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
$outline: 1,
column: {
width: '80%',
flexDirection: 'row'
},
...
});
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Hot module reload (HMR) allows you to change code and see live updates without loosing app state. It is very handy for tuning styles. EStyleSheet supports HMR with the following options:
// app.js
EStyleSheet.build({
$fontColor: 'black'
});
...
module.hot.accept(() => {
EStyleSheet.clearCache();
EStyleSheet.build(); // force style re-calculation
});
See full example of HMR here.
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/**
* Creates extended stylesheet object
*
* @param {Object} source style
* @returns {Object} extended stylesheet object
*/
create (source) {...}
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/**
* Calculates all stylesheets
*
* @param {Object} [globalVars] global variables for all stylesheets
*/
build (globalVars) {...}
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/**
* Calculates particular expression.
*
* @param {*} value
* @param {String} [prop] property for which value is calculated. For example, to calculate percent values
* the function should know is it 'width' or 'height' to use proper reference value.
* @returns {*} calculated result
*/
value (value, prop) {...}
Please note that in most cases EStyleSheet.value() should be used inside function, not directly:
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
button1: {
width: () => EStyleSheet.value('$contentWidth') + 10 // <-- Correct!
},
button2: {
width: EStyleSheet.value('$contentWidth') + 10 // <-- Incorrect. Because EStyleSheet.build() may occur later and $contentWidth will be undefined at this moment.
}
});
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/**
* Returns styles with pseudo classes :first-child, :nth-child-even, :last-child according to index and count
*
* @param {Object} stylesheet
* @param {String} styleName
* @param {Number} index index of item for style
* @param {Number} count total count of items
* @returns {Object|Array} styles
*/
child (styles, styleName, index, count) {...}
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/**
* Subscribe to event. Currently only 'build' event is supported.
*
* @param {String} event
* @param {Function} listener
*/
subscribe (event, listener) {...}
This method is useful when you want to pre-render some component on init.
As extended style is calculated after call of EStyleSheet.build(),
it is not available instantly after creation so you should wrap pre-render
info listener to build event:
const styles = EStyleSheet.create({
button: {
width: '80%',
}
});
// this will NOT work as styles.button is not calculated yet
let Button = <View style={styles.button}></View>;
// but this will work
let Button;
EStyleSheet.subscribe('build', () => {
Button = <View style={styles.button}></View>;
});
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/**
* Unsubscribe from event. Currently only 'build' event is supported.
*
* @param {String} event
* @param {Function} listener
*/
unsubscribe (event, listener) {...}
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Dynamic theme change is possible only with loosing components local state
When theme styles are re-calculated - all components should be re-rendered.
Currently it can be done via re-mounting components tree, please see #47.
Note: it is not issue if you are using state container like Redux and can easily re-render app in the same state
Dynamic orientation change is not supported
Please see #9 for more details.
Old RN versions (< 0.43) can crash the app with percent values
RN >= 0.43 supports percent values natively (#32) and EStyleSheet since 0.5.0 just proxy percent values to RN as is (#77) to keep things simple.
Older RN versions (< 0.43) can't process percents and EStyleSheet process such values.
So if you are using RN < 0.43, you should stick to EStyleSheet@0.4.0.
"Unresolved variable: ..."
EStyleSheet.build() in entry point of your app.$variable name without typos.EStyleSheet.value() before the styles are built. See #50 for details.Please see CHANGELOG.md
If you have any ideas or something goes wrong feel free to open new issue.
MIT @ Vitaliy Potapov
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0.12.0 (Jul 5, 2019)
.subscribe() method and add .unsubscribe() ([#109])FAQs
Extended StyleSheets for React Native
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