react-native-modal

What is react-native-modal?

react-native-modal is a customizable modal component for React Native applications. It provides a variety of features to create modals with different animations, styles, and behaviors.

What are react-native-modal's main functionalities?

Basic Modal

This code demonstrates a basic modal that can be toggled on and off with a button. The modal contains a simple text and a button to hide the modal.

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { View, Text, Button } from 'react-native';
import Modal from 'react-native-modal';

const BasicModalExample = () => {
  const [isModalVisible, setModalVisible] = useState(false);

  const toggleModal = () => {
    setModalVisible(!isModalVisible);
  };

  return (
    <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}>
      <Button title="Show Modal" onPress={toggleModal} />
      <Modal isVisible={isModalVisible}>
        <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}>
          <Text>Hello!</Text>
          <Button title="Hide Modal" onPress={toggleModal} />
        </View>
      </Modal>
    </View>
  );
};

export default BasicModalExample;

Custom Animation

This code demonstrates a modal with custom animations. The modal slides in from the left and slides out to the right.

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { View, Text, Button } from 'react-native';
import Modal from 'react-native-modal';

const CustomAnimationModalExample = () => {
  const [isModalVisible, setModalVisible] = useState(false);

  const toggleModal = () => {
    setModalVisible(!isModalVisible);
  };

  return (
    <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}>
      <Button title="Show Modal" onPress={toggleModal} />
      <Modal isVisible={isModalVisible} animationIn="slideInLeft" animationOut="slideOutRight">
        <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}>
          <Text>Custom Animation!</Text>
          <Button title="Hide Modal" onPress={toggleModal} />
        </View>
      </Modal>
    </View>
  );
};

export default CustomAnimationModalExample;

Backdrop Customization

This code demonstrates a modal with a customized backdrop. The backdrop color is set to red with an opacity of 0.8.

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { View, Text, Button } from 'react-native';
import Modal from 'react-native-modal';

const BackdropCustomizationModalExample = () => {
  const [isModalVisible, setModalVisible] = useState(false);

  const toggleModal = () => {
    setModalVisible(!isModalVisible);
  };

  return (
    <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}>
      <Button title="Show Modal" onPress={toggleModal} />
      <Modal isVisible={isModalVisible} backdropColor="red" backdropOpacity={0.8}>
        <View style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' }}>
          <Text>Custom Backdrop!</Text>
          <Button title="Hide Modal" onPress={toggleModal} />
        </View>
      </Modal>
    </View>
  );
};

export default BackdropCustomizationModalExample;

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README

react-native-modal

An enhanced, animated and customizable react-native modal.

The goal of react-native-modal is expanding the original react-native Modal component by adding animations and styles customization options while still providing a plain-simple API.

Features

• Smooth enter/exit animations
• Plain simple and flexible APIs
• Customizable backdrop opacity, color and timing
• Listeners for the modal animations ending
• Resize itself correctly on device rotation
• Swipeable
• Scrollable

Setup

This library is available on npm, install it with: npm i react-native-modal or yarn add react-native-modal.

Usage

Since react-native-modal is an extension of the original react native modal, it works in a similar fashion react-native original modal.

1. Import react-native-modal:

import Modal from "react-native-modal";

1. Create a modal and nest its content inside of it:

render () {
    return (
      <View>
        <Modal>
          <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
            <Text>I am the modal content!</Text>
          </View>
        </Modal>
      </View>
    )
  }

1. Then simply show it by setting the isVisible prop to true:

render () {
    return (
      <View>
        <Modal isVisible={true}>
          <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
            <Text>I am the modal content!</Text>
          </View>
        </Modal>
      </View>
    )
  }

The isVisible prop is the only prop you'll really need to make the modal work: you should control this prop value by saving it in your state and setting it to true or false when needed.

A complete example

The following example consists in a component (ModalTester) with a button and a modal. The modal is controlled by the isModalVisible state variable and it is initially hidden, since its value is false.
Pressing the button sets isModalVisible to true, making the modal visible.
Inside the modal there is another button that, when pressed, sets isModalVisible to false, hiding the modal.

import React, { Component } from "react";
import { Button, Text, View } from "react-native";
import Modal from "react-native-modal";

export default class ModalTester extends Component {
  state = {
    isModalVisible: false
  };

  toggleModal = () => {
    this.setState({ isModalVisible: !this.state.isModalVisible });
  };

  render() {
    return (
      <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
        <Button title="Show modal" onPress={this.toggleModal} />
        <Modal isVisible={this.state.isModalVisible}>
          <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
            <Text>Hello!</Text>
            <Button title="Hide modal" onPress={this.toggleModal} />
          </View>
        </Modal>
      </View>
    );
  }
}

For a more complex example take a look at the /example directory.

Available props

Name	Type	Default	Description
animationIn	string or object	'slideInUp'	Modal show animation
animationInTiming	number	300	Timing for the modal show animation (in ms)
animationOut	string or object	'slideOutDown'	Modal hide animation
animationOutTiming	number	300	Timing for the modal hide animation (in ms)
avoidKeyboard	bool	false	Move the modal up if the keyboard is open
coverScreen	bool	true	Will use RN Modal component to cover the entire screen wherever the modal is mounted in the component hierarchy
hasBackdrop	bool	true	Render the backdrop
backdropColor	string	'black'	The backdrop background color
backdropOpacity	number	0.70	The backdrop opacity when the modal is visible
backdropTransitionInTiming	number	300	The backdrop show timing (in ms)
backdropTransitionOutTiming	number	300	The backdrop hide timing (in ms)
customBackdrop	node	null	The custom backdrop element
children	node	REQUIRED	The modal content
deviceHeight	number	null	Device height (useful on devices that can hide the navigation bar)
deviceWidth	number	null	Device width (useful on devices that can hide the navigation bar)
isVisible	bool	REQUIRED	Show the modal?
onBackButtonPress	func	() => null	Called when the Android back button is pressed
onBackdropPress	func	() => null	Called when the backdrop is pressed
onModalWillHide	func	() => null	Called before the modal hide animation begins
onModalHide	func	() => null	Called when the modal is completely hidden
onModalWillShow	func	() => null	Called before the modal show animation begins
onModalShow	func	() => null	Called when the modal is completely visible
onSwipeStart	func	() => null	Called when the swipe action started
onSwipeMove	func	(percentageShown) => null	Called on each swipe event
onSwipeComplete	func	({ swipingDirection }) => null	Called when the swipeThreshold has been reached
onSwipeCancel	func	() => null	Called when the swipeThreshold has not been reached
scrollOffset	number	0	When > 0, disables swipe-to-close, in order to implement scrollable content
scrollOffsetMax	number	0	Used to implement overscroll feel when content is scrollable. See /example directory
scrollTo	func	null	Used to implement scrollable modal. See /example directory for reference on how to use it
scrollHorizontal	bool	false	Set to true if your scrollView is horizontal (for a correct scroll handling)
swipeThreshold	number	100	Swiping threshold that when reached calls onSwipeComplete
swipeDirection	string or array	null	Defines the direction where the modal can be swiped. Can be 'up', 'down', 'left, or 'right', or a combination of them like ['up','down']
useNativeDriver	bool	false	Defines if animations should use native driver
hideModalContentWhileAnimating	bool	false	Enhances the performance by hiding the modal content until the animations complete
propagateSwipe	bool	false	Allows swipe events to propagate to children components (eg a ScrollView inside a modal)
style	any	null	Style applied to the modal

Frequently Asked Questions

The component is not working as expected

Under the hood react-native-modal uses react-native original Modal component.
Before reporting a bug, try swapping react-native-modal with react-native original Modal component and, if the issue persists, check if it has already been reported as a react-native issue.

The backdrop is not completely filled/covered on some Android devices (Galaxy, for one)

React-Native has a few issues detecting the correct device width/height of some devices.
If you're experiencing this issue, you'll need to install react-native-extra-dimensions-android.
Then, provide the real window height (obtained from react-native-extra-dimensions-android) to the modal:

render() {
  const deviceWidth = Dimensions.get("window").width;
  const deviceHeight = Platform.OS === "ios"
    ? Dimensions.get("window").height
    : require("react-native-extra-dimensions-android").get("REAL_WINDOW_HEIGHT");

  return (
  <Modal
    isVisible={this.state.isVisible}
    deviceWidth={deviceWidth}
    deviceHeight={deviceHeight}
  >
    <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Text>I am the modal content!</Text>
    </View>
  </Modal>
  )
}

How can I hide the modal by pressing outside of its content?

The prop onBackdropPress allows you to handle this situation:

<Modal
  isVisible={this.state.isVisible}
  onBackdropPress={() => this.setState({ isVisible: false })}
>
  <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
    <Text>I am the modal content!</Text>
  </View>
</Modal>

How can I hide the modal by swiping it?

The prop onSwipeComplete allows you to handle this situation (remember to set swipeDirection too!):

<Modal
  isVisible={this.state.isVisible}
  onSwipeComplete={() => this.setState({ isVisible: false })}
  swipeDirection="left"
>
  <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
    <Text>I am the modal content!</Text>
  </View>
</Modal>

Note that when using useNativeDriver={true} the modal won't drag correctly. This is a known issue.

The modal flashes in a weird way when animating

Unfortunately this is a know issue that happens when useNativeDriver=true and must still be solved.
In the meanwhile as a workaround you can set the hideModalContentWhileAnimating prop to true: this seems to solve the issue. Also, do not assign a backgroundColor property directly to the Modal. Prefer to set it on the child container.

The modal background doesn't animate properly

Are you sure you named the isVisible prop correctly? Make sure it is spelled correctly: isVisible, not visible.

The modal doesn't change orientation

Add a supportedOrientations={['portrait', 'landscape']} prop to the component, as described in the React Native documentation.

Also, if you're providing the deviceHeight and deviceWidth props you'll have to manually update them when the layout changes.

I can't show multiple modals one after another

Unfortunately right now react-native doesn't allow multiple modals to be displayed at the same time. This means that, in react-native-modal, if you want to immediately show a new modal after closing one you must first make sure that the modal that your closing has completed its hiding animation by using the onModalHide prop.

I can't show multiple modals at the same time

See the question above. Showing multiple modals (or even alerts/dialogs) at the same time is not doable because of a react-native bug. That said, I would strongly advice against using multiple modals at the same time because, most often than not, this leads to a bad UX, especially on mobile (just my opinion).

The StatusBar style changes when the modal shows up

This issue has ben discussed here.
The TLDR is: it's a know React-Native issue with the Modal component 😞

The modal is not covering the entire screen

The modal style applied by default has a small margin.
If you want the modal to cover the entire screen you can easily override it this way:

<Modal style={{ margin: 0 }}>...</Modal>

I can't scroll my ScrollView inside of the modal

Enable propagateSwipe to allow your child components to receive swipe events:

<Modal propagateSwipe>...</Modal>

Please notice that this is still a WIP fix and might not fix your issue yet, see issue #236.

The modal enter/exit animation flickers

Make sure your animationIn and animationOut are set correctly.
We noticed that, for example, using fadeIn as an exit animation makes the modal flicker (it should be fadeOut!). Also, some users have noticed that setting backdropTransitionOutTiming={0} can fix the flicker without affecting the animation.

The custom backdrop doesn't fill the entire screen

You need to specify the size of your custom backdrop component. You can also make it expand to fill the entire screen by adding a flex: 1 to its style:

<Modal
  isVisible={this.state.isVisible}
  customBackdrop={<View style={{ flex: 1 }} />}
>
  <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
    <Text>I am the modal content!</Text>
  </View>
</Modal>

The custom backdrop doesn't dismiss the modal on press

You can provide an event handler to the custom backdrop element to dismiss the modal. The prop onBackdropPress is not supported for a custom backdrop.

<Modal
  isVisible={this.state.isVisible}
  customBackdrop={
    <TouchableWithoutFeedback onPress={dismissModalHandler}>
      <View style={{ flex: 1 }} />
    </TouchableWithoutFeedback>
  }
/>

Available animations

Take a look at react-native-animatable to see the dozens of animations available out-of-the-box. You can also pass in custom animation definitions and have them automatically register with react-native-animatable. For more information on creating custom animations, see the react-native-animatable animation definition schema.

Acknowledgements

Thanks @oblador for react-native-animatable, @brentvatne for the npm namespace and to anyone who contributed to this library!

Pull requests, feedbacks and suggestions are welcome!