The @react-native-picker/picker library is a common choice for building selection controls in React Native. It supports Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS and offers several ways to configure and customize the control.
This guide walks through installing the library, applying platform-specific settings, and building a picker.
Android needs no additional setup for basic use. To support right-to-left (RTL) layouts for languages such as Arabic, add the following to AndroidManifest.xml.
Other props include testID for tests, contentDescription for accessibility, style for styling, and numberOfLines to limit text to a set number of lines.
The @react-native-picker/picker library follows each platform's native appearance. On iOS, it uses the platform's picker presentation instead of the Android-style dropdown. If your design requires a dropdown, @react-native-picker/picker may not provide the appearance you want.
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Use labelField and valueField to tell the component which fields supply the display text and the value. The library also gives you more control over styling.
The @react-native-picker/picker library provides selection controls across React Native platforms. Its straightforward installation makes it approachable for beginners, and the configuration options let you adapt it to more advanced project requirements.