react-native-safe-area-view
This is a JS-only version of SafeAreaView that will be available in React Native v0.50.0, to be released at the beginning of November. This version also adds a small api that makes SafeAreaView more flexible for complex UIs. React Navigation already includes and uses this view starting in v1.0.0-beta.16.
Usage
Wrap components that touch any edge of the screen with SafeAreaView.
<SafeAreaView>
<View>
<Text>Look, I'm safe!</Text>
</View>
</SafeAreaView>
forceInset
Sometimes you will observe unexpected behavior and jank because SafeAreaView uses onLayout
then calls measureInWindow
on the view. If you know your view will touch certain edges, use forceInset
to force it to apply the inset padding on the view.
<SafeAreaView forceInset={{ top: 'always' }}>
<View>
<Text>Yeah, I'm safe too!</Text>
</View>
</SafeAreaView>
forceInset
takes an object with the keys top | bottom | left | right | vertical | horizontal
and the values 'always' | 'never'
. Or you can override the padding altogether by passing an integer.
With HOC
Sometimes you would prefer to use a higher-order component to wrap components.
withSafeArea()(Component);
// Or with forceInset props
withSafeArea({ top: 'always' })(Component);