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React Native Styling Cheat Sheet

Most of the React Native styling material in one page. Imported from the official docs.

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Components

Flexbox

NameTypeDefaultDescription
alignContentoneOf flex-start, flex-end, center, stretch, space-between, space-aroundalignContent controls how rows align in the cross direction, overriding the alignContent of the parent. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/align-content for more details.
alignItemsoneOf flex-start, flex-end, center, stretch, baselinestretchalignItems aligns children in the cross direction. For example, if children are flowing vertically, alignItems controls how they align horizontally. It works like align-items in CSS, except the default value is stretch instead of flex-start. See https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/a/align-items/ for more detail.
alignSelfoneOf auto, flex-start, flex-end, center, stretch, baselineautocontrols how a child aligns in the cross direction, overriding the alignItems of the parent. It works like align-self in CSS. See https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/a/align-self/ for more detail.
aspectRationumberaspectRatio controls the size of the undefined dimension of a node. aspectRatio is a non-standard property only available in React Native and not CSS. On a node with a set width/height aspectRatio controls the size of the unset dimension. On a node with a set flexBasis aspectRatio controls the size of the node in the cross axis if unset. On a node with a measure function aspectRatio works as though the measure function measures the flexBasis. On a node with flexGrow/flexShrink aspectRatio controls the size of the node in the cross axis if unset. aspectRatio takes min/max dimensions into account.
borderBottomWidthnumber0borderBottomWidth works like border-bottom-width in CSS. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_border-bottom_width.asp for more details.
borderLeftWidthnumber0borderLeftWidth works like border-left-width in CSS. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_border-bottom_width.asp for more details.
borderRightWidthnumber0borderRightWidth works like border-right-width in CSS. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_border-right_width.asp for more details.
borderTopWidthnumber0borderTopWidth works like border-top-width in CSS. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_border-top_width.asp for more details.
borderEndWidthnumber0When direction is ltr, borderEndWidth is equivalent to borderRightWidth. When direction is rtl, borderEndWidth is equivalent to borderLeftWidth.
borderStartWidthnumber0When direction is ltr, borderStartWidth is equivalent to borderLeftWidth. When direction is rtl, borderStartWidth is equivalent to borderRightWidth.
borderWidthnumber0borderWidth works like border-width in CSS. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_border-width.asp for more details.
bottomnumberauto*bottom is the number of logical pixels to offset the bottom edge of this component. It works similarly to bottom in CSS, but in React Native you must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/bottom for more details of how bottom affects layout.
directiononeOf inherit, ltr, rtlinheritdirection specifies the directional flow of the user interface. The default is inherit, except for root node which will have value based on the current locale. See https://facebook.github.io/yoga/docs/rtl/ for more details.
displayoneOf none, flexflexdisplay sets the display type of this component. It works similarly to display in CSS, but only support 'flex' and 'none'.
endnumberauto*When the direction is ltr, end is equivalent to right. When the direction is rtl, end is equivalent to left. This style takes precedence over the left and right styles.
startnumberauto*When the direction is ltr, start is equivalent to left. When the direction is rtl, start is equivalent to right. This style takes precedence over the left, right, and end styles.
flexnumber0In React Native flex does not work the same way that it does in CSS. flex is a number rather than a string, and it works according to the css-layout library at https://github.com/facebook/css-layout . When flex is a positive number, it makes the component flexible and it will be sized proportional to its flex value. So a component with flex set to 2 will take twice the space as a component with flex set to 1. When flex is 0, the component is sized according to width and height and it is inflexible. When flex is -1, the component is normally sized according width and height. However, if there's not enough space, the component will shrink to its minWidth and minHeight. flexGrow, flexShrink and flexBasis work the same as in CSS.
flexDirectiononeOf row, row-reverse, column, column-reversecolumnflexDirection controls which directions children of a container go. row goes left to right, column goes top to bottom, and you may be able to guess what the other two do. It works like flex-direction in CSS, except the default is column. See https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/f/flex-direction/ for more detail.
flexBasisnumber0
flexGrownumber0
flexShrinknumber0
flexWraponeOf wrap, nowrapnowrapflexWrap controls whether children can wrap around after they hit the end of a flex container. It works like flex-wrap in CSS. See https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/f/flex-wrap/ for more detail.
heightnumberauto*height sets the height of this component. It works similarly to height in CSS, but in React Native you must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_width.asp for more details.
justifyContentoneOf flex-start, flex-end, center, space-between, space-aroundflex-startjustifyContent aligns children in the main direction. For example, if children are flowing vertically, justifyContent controls how they align vertically. It works like justify-content in CSS. See https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/j/justify-content/ for more detail.
leftnumberauto*left is the number of logical pixels to offset the left edge of this component. It works similarly to left in CSS, but in React Native you must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/left for more details of how left affects layout.
marginnumber0Setting margin has the same effect as setting each of marginTop, marginLeft, marginBottom, and marginRight.
marginBottomnumber0marginBottom works like margin-bottom in CSS. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_margin-bottom.asp for more details.
marginHorizontalnumber0Setting marginHorizontal has the same effect as setting both marginLeft and marginRight.
marginLeftnumber0marginLeft works like margin-left in CSS. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_margin-left.asp for more details.
marginRightnumber0marginRight works like margin-right in CSS. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_margin-right.asp for more details.
marginTopnumber0marginTop works like margin-top in CSS. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_margin-top.asp for more details.
marginVerticalnumber0Setting marginVertical has the same effect as setting both marginTop and marginBottom.
marginEndnumber0When direction is ltr, marginEnd is equivalent to marginRight. When direction is rtl, marginEnd is equivalent to marginLeft.
marginStartnumber0When direction is ltr, marginStart is equivalent to marginLeft. When direction is rtl, marginStart is equivalent to marginRight.
maxHeightnumberauto*maxHeight is the maximum height for this component, in logical pixels. It works similarly to max-height in CSS, but in React Native you must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_max-height.asp for more details.
maxWidthnumberauto*maxWidth is the maximum width for this component, in logical pixels. It works similarly to max-width in CSS, but in React Native you must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_max-width.asp for more details.
minHeightnumberauto*minHeight is the minimum height for this component, in logical pixels. It works similarly to min-height in CSS, but in React Native you must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_min-height.asp for more details.
minWidthnumberauto*minWidth is the minimum width for this component, in logical pixels. It works similarly to min-width in CSS, but in React Native you must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_min-width.asp for more details.
paddingnumber, string0padding works like padding in CSS. It's like setting each of paddingTop, paddingBottom, paddingLeft, and paddingRight to the same thing. See http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_padding.asp for more details.
paddingBottomnumber, string0paddingBottom works like padding-bottom in CSS. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_padding-bottom.asp for more details.
paddingHorizontalnumber, string0Setting paddingHorizontal is like setting both of paddingLeft and paddingRight.
paddingLeftnumber, string0paddingLeft works like padding-left in CSS. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_padding-left.asp for more details.
paddingRightnumber, string0paddingRight works like padding-right in CSS. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_padding-right.asp for more details.
paddingTopnumber, string0paddingTop works like padding-top in CSS. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_padding-top.asp for more details.
paddingVerticalnumber, string0Setting paddingVertical is like setting both of paddingTop and paddingBottom.
paddingEndnumber, string0When direction is ltr, paddingEnd is equivalent to paddingRight. When direction is rtl, paddingEnd is equivalent to paddingLeft.
paddingStartnumber, string0When direction is ltr, paddingStart is equivalent to paddingLeft. When direction is rtl, paddingStart is equivalent to paddingRight.
positiononeOf absolute, relativerelativeposition in React Native is similar to regular CSS, but everything is set to relative by default, so absolute positioning is always just relative to the parent. If you want to position a child using specific numbers of logical pixels relative to its parent, set the child to have absolute position. If you want to position a child relative to something that is not its parent, just don't use styles for that. Use the component tree. See https://github.com/facebook/css-layout for more details on how position differs between React Native and CSS.
rightnumberauto*right is the number of logical pixels to offset the right edge of this component. It works similarly to right in CSS, but in React Native you must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/right for more details of how right affects layout.
topnumberauto*top is the number of logical pixels to offset the top edge of this component. It works similarly to top in CSS, but in React Native you must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/top for more details of how top affects layout.
widthnumberauto*width sets the width of this component. It works similarly to width in CSS, but in React Native you must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that. See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_width.asp for more details.
zIndexnumberauto*zIndex controls which components display on top of others. Normally, you don't use zIndex. Components render according to their order in the document tree, so later components draw over earlier ones. zIndex may be useful if you have animations or custom modal interfaces where you don't want this behavior. It works like the CSS z-index property - components with a larger zIndex will render on top. Think of the z-direction like it's pointing from the phone into your eyeball. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/z-index for more detail.

Shadow Prop Types IOS

NameTypeDescription
shadowColorcustomColorPropTypeSets the drop shadow color
shadowOffsetcustomReactPropTypes.shape( {width: ReactPropTypes.number, height: ReactPropTypes.number} )Sets the drop shadow offset
shadowOpacitynumberSets the drop shadow opacity (multiplied by the color's alpha component)
shadowRadiusnumberSets the drop shadow blur radius

Transforms

NameType
decomposedMatrixcustomDecomposedMatrixPropType
transformcustomReactPropTypes.arrayOf( ReactPropTypes.oneOfType([ ReactPropTypes.shape({perspective: ReactPropTypes.number}), ReactPropTypes.shape({rotate: ReactPropTypes.string}), ReactPropTypes.shape({rotateX: ReactPropTypes.string}), ReactPropTypes.shape({rotateY: ReactPropTypes.string}), ReactPropTypes.shape({rotateZ: ReactPropTypes.string}), ReactPropTypes.shape({scale: ReactPropTypes.number}), ReactPropTypes.shape({scaleX: ReactPropTypes.number}), ReactPropTypes.shape({scaleY: ReactPropTypes.number}), ReactPropTypes.shape({translateX: ReactPropTypes.number}), ReactPropTypes.shape({translateY: ReactPropTypes.number}), ReactPropTypes.shape({skewX: ReactPropTypes.string}), ReactPropTypes.shape({skewY: ReactPropTypes.string}) ]) )
transformMatrixcustomTransformMatrixPropType

Image

NameTypePlatformsDescription
...Flexbox
...ShadowPropTypesIOS
...Transforms
backfaceVisibilityoneOf visible, hidden
backgroundColorColorPropType
borderBottomLeftRadiusnumber
borderBottomRightRadiusnumber
borderColorColorPropType
borderRadiusnumber
borderTopLeftRadiusnumber
borderTopRightRadiusnumber
borderWidthnumber
opacitynumber
overflowoneOf visible, hidden
resizeModeoneOf cover, contain, stretch, repeat, centerDetermines how to resize the image when the frame doesn't match the raw image dimensions. Visit the official docs for a guide on each
tintColorColorPropTypeChanges the color of all the non-transparent pixels to the tintColor.
overlayColorstringandroidWhen the image has rounded corners, specifying an overlayColor will cause the remaining space in the corners to be filled with a solid color. This is useful in cases which are not supported by the Android implementation of rounded corners: - Certain resize modes, such as 'contain' - Animated GIFs A typical way to use this prop is with images displayed on a solid background and setting the overlayColor to the same color as the background. For details of how this works under the hood, see http://frescolib.org/docs/rounded-corners-and-circles.html

ScrollView

NameTypePlatformsDescription
...Flexbox
...ShadowPropTypesIOS
...Transforms
backfaceVisibilityoneOf visible, hidden
backgroundColorColorPropType
borderBottomColorColorPropType
borderBottomLeftRadiusnumber
borderBottomRightRadiusnumber
borderBottomWidthnumber
borderColorColorPropType
borderLeftColorColorPropType
borderLeftWidthnumber
borderRadiusnumber
borderRightColorColorPropType
borderRightWidthnumber
borderStyleoneOf solid, dotted, dashed
borderTopColorColorPropType
borderTopLeftRadiusnumber
borderTopRightRadiusnumber
borderTopWidthnumber
borderWidthnumber
opacitynumber
overflowoneOf visible, hidden
elevationnumberandroid(Android-only) Sets the elevation of a view, using Android's underlying elevation API. This adds a drop shadow to the item and affects z-order for overlapping views. Only supported on Android 5.0+, has no effect on earlier versions.

Text

NameTypePlatformsDescription
...View
colorColorPropType
fontFamilystring
fontSizenumber
fontStyleoneOf normal, italic
fontVariantarrayOf(oneOfsmall-caps, oldstyle-nums, lining-nums, tabular-nums, proportional-nums)ios
textTransformoneOf none, uppercase, lowercase, capitalize
fontWeightoneOf normal, bold, "100", "200", "300", "400", "500", "600", "700", "800", "900"Specifies font weight. The values 'normal' and 'bold' are supported for most fonts. Not all fonts have a variant for each of the numeric values, in that case the closest one is chosen.
includeFontPaddingboolandroidSet to false to remove extra font padding intended to make space for certain ascenders / descenders. With some fonts, this padding can make text look slightly misaligned when centered vertically. For best results also set textAlignVertical to center. Default is true.
lineHeightnumber
textAlignoneOf auto, left, right, center, justifySpecifies text alignment. The value 'justify' is only supported on iOS and fallbacks to left on Android.
textDecorationLineoneOf none, underline, line-through
textShadowColorColorPropType
textShadowOffsetReactPropTypes.shape( {width: ReactPropTypes.number, height: ReactPropTypes.number} )
textShadowRadiusnumber
textAlignVerticaloneOf auto, top, bottom, centerandroid
letterSpacingnumberios
textDecorationColorColorPropTypeios
textDecorationStyleoneOf solid, double, dotted, dashedios
writingDirectiononeOf auto, ltr, rtlios

TextInput

NameTypePlatformsDescription
autoFocusboolIf true, focuses the input on componentDidMount. The default value is false.
keyboardTypeoneOf default, email-address, numeric, phone-pad, // iOS-only ascii-capable, numbers-and-punctuation, url, number-pad, name-phone-pad, decimal-pad, twitter, web-searchDetermines which keyboard to open
maxLengthnumberLimits the maximum number of characters that can be entered
onChangeTextcallback funcCallback that is called when the text input's text changes. Changed text is passed as an argument to the callback handler.

View

NameTypePlatformsDescription
...Flexbox
...ShadowPropTypesIOS
...Transforms
backfaceVisibilityoneOf visible, hidden
backgroundColorColorPropType
borderBottomColorColorPropType
borderBottomEndRadiusnumber
borderBottomStartRadiusnumber
borderBottomLeftRadiusnumber
borderBottomRightRadiusnumber
borderBottomWidthnumber
borderColorColorPropType
borderEndColorColorPropType
borderStartColorColorPropType
borderLeftColorColorPropType
borderLeftWidthnumber
borderRadiusnumber
borderRightColorColorPropType
borderRightWidthnumber
borderStyleoneOf solid, dotted, dashed
borderTopColorColorPropType
borderTopEndRadiusnumber
borderTopStartRadiusnumber
borderTopLeftRadiusnumber
borderTopRightRadiusnumber
borderTopWidthnumber
borderWidthnumber
opacitynumber
overflowoneOf visible, hidden
elevationnumberandroid(Android-only) Sets the elevation of a view, using Android's underlying elevation API. This adds a drop shadow to the item and affects z-order for overlapping views. Only supported on Android 5.0+, has no effect on earlier versions.

Appendix

Types

number

ReactPropTypes.number

string

ReactPropTypes.string

bool

ReactPropTypes.bool

oneOf

ReactPropTypes.oneOf([values])

arrayOf

ReactPropTypes.arrayOf(value)