react-native-searchbar

A pretty awesome search bar for React Native. It has a built in simple search capability which can be utilised by handing the component data and providing a handleResults function which will receive the filtered copy of the data array.

The search function uses a depth-first algorithm to traverse the data and simply looks for an indexOf the user input within all strings, numbers, and boolean values in the data.

Works on both iOS and Android.

(Rendered with the example in these docs and repository)

Installation

• npm install react-native-searchbar --save
• Install react-native-vector-icons if the project doesn't have them already. The search bar accesses MaterialIcons.
• Now you can require the search bar with import SearchBar from 'react-native-searchbar' or var SearchBar = require('react-native-searchbar')

Available Props

Property	Type	Default	Description
data	array	[]	The array of data to be searched (if not using a custom search algorithm)
placeholder	string	Search	The placeholder for the search bar.
handleChangeText(input)	function	null	Fires when the input text changes.
handleSearch(input)	function	null	Fires after handleChangeText, and can be used to implement a custom search. If not present, the internal search logic will be used.
handleResults(results)	function	null	Fires after each internal search with the results array.
onSubmitEditing	function	null	Fired after pressing 'search' on the device keyboard
getValue	function	null	Returns the current value of the search bar input.
onHide(input)	function	null	Fires when the search bar is hidden with the current user input.
onBack	function	Hides the search bar	Fires when the back icon is pressed.
onX	function	null	Fires when the X button is pressed. Still clears the input.
onFocus	function	null	Fires when the search bar receives focus.
onBlur	function	null	Fires when the search bar loses focus.
backButton	Component	MaterialIcon	Sets the back button component.
backButtonAccessibilityLabel	string	Navigate up	Accessibility label for the back button.
closeButton	Component	MaterialIcon	Sets the close button component.
closeButtonAccessibilityLabel	string	Clear search text	Accessibility label for the close button.
backCloseSize	number	28	Sets the size of back button & close button.
heightAdjust	number	0	Adjust the height of the search bar.
backgroundColor	string	white	The background colour of the search bar.
iconColor	string	gray	The color of the back and X icons.
textColor	string	gray	The color of the search bar text.
selectionColor	string	lightskyblue	The color of the the search bar cursor and text selection.
placeholderTextColor	string	lightgray	The color of the placeholder text.
animate	boolean	true	Animate the search bar when it is shown and hidden.
animationDuration	number	200	The duration of the above animation in milliseconds.
showOnLoad	boolean	false	Show the search bar when it is first rendered.
hideBack	boolean	false	Hide the back button.
hideX	boolean	false	Hide the X icon which clears the input.
iOSPadding	boolean	true	Pad the size of the iOS status bar.
iOSHideShadow	boolean	false	Hide the shadow under the search bar in iOS.
clearOnShow	boolean	false	Clear input when the search bar is shown.
clearOnHide	boolean	true	Clear input when the search bar is hidden.
clearOnBlur	boolean	false	Clear input when the search bar is blurred.
focusOnLayout	boolean	true	Focus the text input box whenever it is shown.
autoCorrect	boolean	true	AutoCorrect the search bar text.
autoCapitalize	string	sentences	Auto capitialize behaviour of the text input - enum('none', 'sentences', 'words', 'characters')
keyboardAppearance	string	'default'	Determines the color of the keyboard.
fontFamily	string	System	The font family to be used.
fontSize	number	20	Sets the font size.
allDataOnEmptySearch	boolean	false	Search results behave as a .filter, returning all data when the input is an empty string.

Usage

• Use a ref to show and hide the search bar ref={(ref) => this.searchBar = ref}

  • this.searchBar.show()
  • this.searchBar.hide()

• Write your own search logic with handleSearch or provide some data and use the results handed back from handleResults.

• Use your powers for good!

Notes for Android

• Render the search bar component after the component it is supposed to display over. iOS handles this nicely with a zIndex of 10. Android elevation is set to 2.
• The bottom of the search bar will have a thin border instead of a shadow.

Example

Full example at example/

import SearchBar from 'react-native-searchbar';

const items = [
  1337,
  'janeway',
  {
    lots: 'of',
    different: {
      types: 0,
      data: false,
      that: {
        can: {
          be: {
            quite: {
              complex: {
                hidden: [ 'gold!' ],
              },
            },
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
  [ 4, 2, 'tree' ],
];

...
_handleResults(results) {
  this.setState({ results });
}
...

...
<SearchBar
  ref={(ref) => this.searchBar = ref}
  data={items}
  handleResults={this._handleResults}
  showOnLoad
/>
...

Contributing

Contributing to react-native-searchbar is easy! With four simple steps:

Create a branch

1. Fork the repository
2. git clone <your-repo-url> to clone your GitHub repo to your local one
3. git pull origin master to pull the latest code
4. npm install to install the project's dependencies
5. git checkout -b the-name-of-my-branch to create a branch (use something short and comprehensible, such as: fix-styling-of-search-bar).

Make the change

Test the change

1. Run npm run fix from the project root (This will run Prettier and ESLint and automatically fix any issues).
2. If possible, test any visual changes in Android and iOS.

Push the change!

1. git add -A && git commit -m "My message" (replacing My message with a commit message, such as Fixed styling on search bar) to stage and commit your changes
2. git push my-fork-name the-name-of-my-branch