React Native Social Icons Example

Jul 04, 2022 . Admin

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This post will give you example of react native social icons example. This article goes in detailed on social icons example in react native. if you have question about how to create social icons in react native then I will give simple example with solution. I’m going to show you about how to add social icons in react native. Here, Creating a basic example of how to use social icons in react native.

Let's start following example:

Step 1: Download Project

In the first step run the following command to create a project.

expo init ExampleApp

Step 2: Install and Setup

In this step, you can install react-native-elements:

npm install react-native-elements

Step 3: App.js

In this step, You will open the App.js file and put the code.

import React from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
import { SocialIcon } from 'react-native-elements';

const App = () => {
    return (
        <View style={styles.container}>
            <View style={styles.iconContainer}>
                <View>
                    <SocialIcon type="facebook" />
                    <Text style={styles.iconTitle}>facebook</Text>
                </View>
                <View>
                    <SocialIcon type="github-alt" />
                    <Text style={styles.iconTitle}>
                        github-alt
                    </Text>
                </View>
                <View>
                    <SocialIcon type="github" />
                    <Text style={styles.iconTitle}>github</Text>
                </View>
                <View>
                    <SocialIcon type="gitlab" />
                    <Text style={styles.iconTitle}>gitlab</Text>
                </View>
                <View>
                    <SocialIcon type="linkedin" />
                    <Text style={styles.iconTitle}>linkedin</Text>
                </View>
            </View>
            <View style={styles.iconContainer}>
                <View>
                    <SocialIcon type="instagram" />
                    <Text style={styles.iconTitle}>
                        instagram
                    </Text>
                </View>
                <View>
                    <SocialIcon type="youtube" />
                    <Text style={styles.iconTitle}>youtube</Text>
                </View>
                <View>
                    <SocialIcon type="twitter" />
                    <Text style={styles.iconTitle}>twitter</Text>
                </View>
                <View>
                    <SocialIcon type="pinterest" />
                    <Text style={styles.iconTitle}>
                        pinterest
                    </Text>
                </View>
                <View>
                    <SocialIcon type="medium" />
                    <Text style={styles.iconTitle}>medium</Text>
                </View>
            </View>
        </View>
    );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
    container: {
        flex: 1,
        alignItems: 'center',
        justifyContent: 'center',
        padding: 16,
    },
    iconTitle: {
        textAlign: 'center',
    },
    iconContainer: {
        flexDirection: 'row',
    },
});

export default App;

Run Project

In the last step run your project using the below command.