rn-searchbox

A simple Search Bar with Flatlist Component for handling huge and large data.

With simple search capability which can be utilised by handing the component data to Flatlist Component and providing a onClick function which will receive the item selected of the data array.

The search function uses a Dice Algorithm to traverse the data and looks for an indexOf the user input within all strings, numbers, and boolean values in the data.

Build for React Native App and works on both Android and iOS.

Install

npm install --save rn-searchbox

or

yarn add rn-searchbox

Component props

Property	Type	Default	Description
onClick(item)	function	null	Fires after each Click and return item data.
itemsStyles	array	[]	The array of styles of data to be displayed in FlatList.
data	array	[] required*	The array of data to be searched
placeholder	string	Search	The placeholder for the search bar.
onFocus	function	null	Fires when the search bar receives focus.
onBlur	function	null	Fires when the search bar loses focus.
closeButton	Component	MaterialIcon	Sets the close button component.
closeButtonAccessibilityLabel	string	Clear search text	Accessibility label for the 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.
showOnLoad	boolean	false	Show the search bar when it is first rendered.
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.

Usage

import React, { Component } from 'react' 
import { StyleSheet, Alert } from 'react-native' 
import SearchBox from 'rn-searchbox' 
 
export default class Example extends Component {
    
    onClick(item) {
        Alert.alert('Item: '+JSON.stringify(item)) 
    }
    render() {
        return (
            <SearchBox
                data={data.users}
                showOnLoad
                onClick={(item) => this.onClick(item)}
                itemsStyles={itemsStyle()}
            />
        ) 
    }
}
 
const itemsStyle = () => {
    return {
        name: {
            fontSize: 18
        },
        email: {
            color: 'red'
        },
        phone: {
            fontSize: 16,
            color: 'blue'
        }
    }
}
 
const data = {
    "users":
        [
            {
                "key": "0",
                "name": "Proxima Midnight",
                "phone": "[phone]"
            },
            {
                "key": "1",
                "name": "Ebony Maw",
                "email": "[e-mail]",
            },
            {
                "key": "2",
                "name": "Black Dwarf",
            },
            {
                "key": "3",
                "name": "Mad Titan",
                "email": "[e-mail]",
                "phone": "[phone]",
                "adress": "Sousse, Tunis"
            },
            {...}
        ]
}
 
 

Next Step:

• Possibility to add a custom icon/image to the ListView
• New Algorithm for String Matching
• Update docs for Box component
• Update react, react-native & other dependencies

Questions?

Feel free to contact me or create an issue.

Author

kerim selmi karimation

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License