How to use materialize-css with React?

Solution 1:

Since I use CSS Modules, importing materialize css would scope it to that particular component. So I did the following

Step 1) install materialise

npm install materialize-css@next 

Step 2) in index.html

<!--Import Google Icon Font-->
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">
<!-- Compiled and minified CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/1.0.0-alpha.3/css/materialize.min.css">

Step 3) import materialise.js in whichever component its needed

for e.g. in SomeComponent.js (for e.g. if this is about a sidenav)

import React from 'react';
import M from 'materialize-css';
....
// ref can only be used on class components
class SomeComponent extends Component {
  // get a reference to the element after the component has mounted
  componentDidMount(){
    M.Sidenav.init(this.sidenav);
  }

  render(){
    return (
      <ul className={this.props.classes}
          ref={ (sidenav) => {this.sidenav = sidenav} }
          id={this.props.id}>
        // menuItems
      </ul>
    )
  }
}

just a beginner, so I would appreciate any comments on downsides of this method

Solution 2:

With NPM:

Step 1) Install materialize

npm install materialize-css@next 

Check the materialize documentation for any updates. Don't miss the @next at the end. The installed version will be something like: ^1.0.0-rc.2 or ^1.0.0-alpha.4

Step 2) Import materialize JS:

import M from 'materialize-css'

Or if that doesn't work you can try import M from 'materialize-css/dist/js/materialize.min.js'

Step 3) Import materialize CSS:

In index.html

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/1.0.0-rc.2/css/materialize.min.css">

OR in javascript

import 'materialize-css/dist/css/materialize.min.css'

In order for the css import to work, you would need a css loader. Note that this loader is already included in projects built using create-react-app so you don't need the next steps. If instead, you are using custom webpack config, then run:

npm install --save-dev style-loader css-loader

Now add css-loader and style-loader in webpack config

const path = require("path");

module.exports = {
    entry: "./src/index.js",
    output: {
        filename: "bundle.js",
        path: path.join(__dirname, "build")
    },
    module: {
        rules: [
            {
                test: /\.css$/,
                use: [
                    'style-loader',
                    'css-loader'
                ]
            },
            {
                test: /.js$/,
                exclude: /(node_modules)/,
                use: {
                    loader: "babel-loader",
                    options: {
                        presets: ["env", "react"]
                    }
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

Now you can initialize components individually, or all at once using M.AutoInit();

Step 4) Import materialize icons:

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">

With CDN:

Add the following in your HTML file.

<!-- Materialize CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/1.0.0-rc.2/css/materialize.min.css">

<!-- Materialize JS -->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/1.0.0-rc.2/js/materialize.min.js"></script>

<!-- Materialize Icons -->
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">

Then, in the webpack config, add externals: https://webpack.js.org/configuration/externals/

Solution 3:

You can use https://react-materialize.github.io/#/, why to reinvent the wheel.

installation react-materialize

npm install react-materialize

Usage

import {Button, Icon} from 'react-materialize'

export default () => (
  <Button waves='light'>
    <Icon>thumb_up</Icon>
  </Button>
)

Sample

https://github.com/hiteshsahu/react-materializecss-template

Screenshot

Solution 4:

There are several ways of using Materialize CSS in ReactJS. However, I always use the following easiest one.

Here you can use Materialize CSS classes just like your HTML site using only ClassName with tags.

1 ) Install Materialize CSS for ReactJS using NPM.

npm install materialize-css@next 

2 ) Then import the minified materialize CSS file to index.js file.

import 'materialize-css/dist/css/materialize.min.css'

3 ) Now if you want to use google icons add the following codes in your public / index.html file.

<!--Import Google Icon Font-->
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">

4 ) Finally to use Javascript events on input forms or other places add the following codes in your public / index.html file.

 <!-- Compiled and minified JavaScript -->
 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/1.0.0/js/materialize.min.js"></script>

N.B. => Since all files need to go through the index.js file, so importing your minified Materialize CSS to index.js once is enough. Otherwise, you need to import these CSS files to all your js files.

That's enough to prepare your ReactJS folder for up and running with Materialize CSS. Happy Coding.