Absolute and Flexbox in React Native
I would like to put a white bar which would take all of the width at the bottom of the screen. To do so I thought about using absolute
positioning with the inherited flexbox
parameters.
With the following code it renders something like this.
Here is my code :
var NavigationBar = React.createClass({
render: function() {
return(
<View style={navigationBarStyles.navigationBar}>
//Icon 1, Icon 2...
</View>
);
}
});
var Main = React.createClass({
render: function() {
return(
<View style={mainStyles.container}>
<NavigationBar />
</View>
);
}
});
var mainStyles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
backgroundColor: '#456783',
}
});
var navigationBarStyles = StyleSheet.create({
navigationBar: {
backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF',
height: 30,
position: 'absolute',
flexDirection: 'row',
bottom: 0,
justifyContent: 'space-between'
},
});
I'm new to styling in CSS and not all the properties are available in React-Native. So any help is appreciated, thanks :)
Ok, solved my problem, if anyone is passing by here is the answer:
Just had to add left: 0,
and top: 0,
to the styles, and yes, I'm tired.
position: 'absolute',
left: 0,
top: 0,
The first step would be to add
position: 'absolute',
then if you want the element full width, add
left: 0,
right: 0,
then, if you want to put the element in the bottom, add
bottom: 0,
// don't need set top: 0
if you want to position the element at the top, replace bottom: 0
by top: 0
This solution worked for me:
tabBarOptions: {
showIcon: true,
showLabel: false,
style: {
backgroundColor: '#000',
borderTopLeftRadius: 40,
borderTopRightRadius: 40,
position: 'relative',
zIndex: 2,
marginTop: -48
}
}