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Text Style Props

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import React, {useState} from 'react';
import {
  FlatList,
  Platform,
  ScrollView,
  StyleSheet,
  Switch,
  Text,
  TouchableWithoutFeedback,
  View,
} from 'react-native';
import Slider from '@react-native-community/slider';
import {SafeAreaView, SafeAreaProvider} from 'react-native-safe-area-context';

const fontStyles = ['normal', 'italic'];
const fontVariants = [
  undefined,
  'small-caps',
  'oldstyle-nums',
  'lining-nums',
  'tabular-nums',
  'proportional-nums',
];
const fontWeights = [
  'normal',
  'bold',
  '100',
  '200',
  '300',
  '400',
  '500',
  '600',
  '700',
  '800',
  '900',
];
const textAlignments = ['auto', 'left', 'right', 'center', 'justify'];
const textDecorationLines = [
  'none',
  'underline',
  'line-through',
  'underline line-through',
];
const textDecorationStyles = ['solid', 'double', 'dotted', 'dashed'];
const textTransformations = ['none', 'uppercase', 'lowercase', 'capitalize'];
const textAlignmentsVertical = ['auto', 'top', 'bottom', 'center'];
const writingDirections = ['auto', 'ltr', 'rtl'];

const App = () => {
  const [fontSize, setFontSize] = useState(20);
  const [fontStyleIdx, setFontStyleIdx] = useState(0);
  const [fontWeightIdx, setFontWeightIdx] = useState(0);
  const [lineHeight, setLineHeight] = useState(24);
  const [textAlignIdx, setTextAlignIdx] = useState(0);
  const [textDecorationLineIdx, setTextDecorationLineIdx] = useState(0);
  const [includeFontPadding, setIncludeFontPadding] = useState(false);
  const [textVerticalAlignIdx, setTextVerticalAlignIdx] = useState(0);
  const [fontVariantIdx, setFontVariantIdx] = useState(0);
  const [letterSpacing, setLetterSpacing] = useState(0);
  const [textDecorationStyleIdx, setTextDecorationStyleIdx] = useState(0);
  const [textTransformIdx, setTextTransformIdx] = useState(0);
  const [writingDirectionIdx, setWritingDirectionIdx] = useState(0);
  const [textShadowRadius, setTextShadowRadius] = useState(0);
  const [textShadowOffset, setTextShadowOffset] = useState({
    height: 0,
    width: 0,
  });

  const [, ...validFontVariants] = fontVariants;

  return (
    <SafeAreaProvider>
      <SafeAreaView style={styles.container}>
        <View style={styles.pargraphWrapper}>
          <Text
            style={[
              styles.paragraph,
              {
                fontSize,
                fontStyle: fontStyles[fontStyleIdx],
                fontWeight: fontWeights[fontWeightIdx],
                lineHeight,
                textAlign: textAlignments[textAlignIdx],
                textDecorationLine: textDecorationLines[textDecorationLineIdx],
                textTransform: textTransformations[textTransformIdx],
                textAlignVertical: textAlignmentsVertical[textVerticalAlignIdx],
                fontVariant:
                  fontVariantIdx === 0
                    ? undefined
                    : [validFontVariants[fontVariantIdx - 1]],
                letterSpacing,
                includeFontPadding,
                textDecorationStyle:
                  textDecorationStyles[textDecorationStyleIdx],
                writingDirection: writingDirections[writingDirectionIdx],
                textShadowOffset,
                textShadowRadius,
              },
            ]}>
            Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting
            industry. 112 Likes
          </Text>
        </View>
        <ScrollView style={{padding: 12}}>
          <View>
            <Text>Common platform properties</Text>
            <CustomSlider
              label="Text Shadow Offset - Height"
              value={textShadowOffset.height}
              minimumValue={-40}
              maximumValue={40}
              handleValueChange={val =>
                setTextShadowOffset(prev => ({...prev, height: val}))
              }
            />
            <CustomSlider
              label="Text Shadow Offset - Width"
              value={textShadowOffset.width}
              minimumValue={-40}
              maximumValue={40}
              handleValueChange={val =>
                setTextShadowOffset(prev => ({...prev, width: val}))
              }
            />
            <CustomSlider
              label="Font Size"
              value={fontSize}
              maximumValue={40}
              handleValueChange={setFontSize}
            />
            <CustomPicker
              label="Font Style"
              data={fontStyles}
              currentIndex={fontStyleIdx}
              onSelected={setFontStyleIdx}
            />
            <CustomPicker
              label="Font Weight"
              data={fontWeights}
              currentIndex={fontWeightIdx}
              onSelected={setFontWeightIdx}
            />
            <CustomSlider
              label="Line Height"
              value={lineHeight}
              minimumValue={10}
              maximumValue={50}
              handleValueChange={setLineHeight}
            />
            <CustomPicker
              label="Text Align"
              data={textAlignments}
              currentIndex={textAlignIdx}
              onSelected={setTextAlignIdx}
            />
            <CustomPicker
              label="Text Decoration Line"
              data={textDecorationLines}
              currentIndex={textDecorationLineIdx}
              onSelected={setTextDecorationLineIdx}
            />
            <CustomSlider
              label="Text Shadow Radius"
              value={textShadowRadius}
              handleValueChange={setTextShadowRadius}
            />
            <CustomPicker
              label="Font Variant"
              data={fontVariants}
              currentIndex={fontVariantIdx}
              onSelected={setFontVariantIdx}
            />
            <CustomSlider
              label="Letter Spacing"
              step={0.1}
              value={letterSpacing}
              handleValueChange={setLetterSpacing}
            />
            <CustomPicker
              label="Text Transform"
              data={textTransformations}
              currentIndex={textTransformIdx}
              onSelected={setTextTransformIdx}
            />
          </View>
          {Platform.OS === 'android' && (
            <View style={styles.platformContainer}>
              <Text style={styles.platformContainerTitle}>
                Android only properties
              </Text>
              <CustomPicker
                label="Text Vertical Align"
                data={textAlignmentsVertical}
                currentIndex={textVerticalAlignIdx}
                onSelected={setTextVerticalAlignIdx}
              />
              <CustomSwitch
                label="Include Font Padding"
                handleValueChange={setIncludeFontPadding}
                value={includeFontPadding}
              />
            </View>
          )}
          {Platform.OS === 'ios' && (
            <View style={styles.platformContainer}>
              <Text style={styles.platformContainerTitle}>
                iOS only properties
              </Text>
              <CustomPicker
                label="Text Decoration Style"
                data={textDecorationStyles}
                currentIndex={textDecorationStyleIdx}
                onSelected={setTextDecorationStyleIdx}
              />
              <CustomPicker
                label="Writing Direction"
                data={writingDirections}
                currentIndex={writingDirectionIdx}
                onSelected={setWritingDirectionIdx}
              />
            </View>
          )}
        </ScrollView>
      </SafeAreaView>
    </SafeAreaProvider>
  );
};

const CustomSwitch = ({label, handleValueChange, value}) => {
  return (
    <>
      <Text style={styles.title}>{label}</Text>
      <View style={{alignItems: 'flex-start'}}>
        <Switch
          trackColor={{false: '#767577', true: '#DAA520'}}
          thumbColor={value ? '#DAA520' : '#f4f3f4'}
          onValueChange={handleValueChange}
          value={value}
        />
      </View>
    </>
  );
};

const CustomSlider = ({
  label,
  handleValueChange,
  step = 1,
  minimumValue = 0,
  maximumValue = 10,
  value,
}) => {
  return (
    <>
      {label && (
        <Text style={styles.title}>{`${label} (${value.toFixed(2)})`}</Text>
      )}
      <View style={styles.wrapperHorizontal}>
        <Slider
          thumbTintColor="#06bcee"
          minimumTrackTintColor="#64d7ffbb"
          minimumValue={minimumValue}
          maximumValue={maximumValue}
          step={step}
          onValueChange={handleValueChange}
          value={value}
        />
      </View>
    </>
  );
};

const CustomPicker = ({label, data, currentIndex, onSelected}) => {
  return (
    <>
      <Text style={styles.title}>{label}</Text>
      <View style={styles.wrapperHorizontal}>
        <FlatList
          bounces
          horizontal
          data={data}
          keyExtractor={item => String(item)}
          renderItem={({item, index}) => {
            const selected = index === currentIndex;
            return (
              <TouchableWithoutFeedback onPress={() => onSelected(index)}>
                <View
                  style={[
                    styles.itemStyleHorizontal,
                    selected && styles.itemSelectedStyleHorizontal,
                  ]}>
                  <Text
                    style={{
                      textAlign: 'center',
                      color: selected ? 'black' : 'grey',
                      fontWeight: selected ? 'bold' : 'normal',
                    }}>
                    {item + ''}
                  </Text>
                </View>
              </TouchableWithoutFeedback>
            );
          }}
        />
      </View>
    </>
  );
};

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
  },
  pargraphWrapper: {
    backgroundColor: 'black',
  },
  paragraph: {
    color: '#fff',
    textDecorationColor: 'yellow',
    textShadowColor: 'red',
    textShadowRadius: 1,
    padding: 24,
  },
  wrapperHorizontal: {
    justifyContent: 'center',
    color: 'black',
  },
  itemStyleHorizontal: {
    marginRight: 10,
    height: 50,
    padding: 8,
    borderWidth: 1,
    borderColor: 'grey',
    borderRadius: 8,
    textAlign: 'center',
    justifyContent: 'center',
  },
  itemSelectedStyleHorizontal: {
    borderWidth: 2,
    borderColor: '#06bcee',
  },
  platformContainer: {
    marginTop: 8,
    borderTopWidth: 1,
  },
  platformContainerTitle: {
    marginTop: 8,
  },
  title: {
    fontWeight: 'bold',
    marginVertical: 8,
  },
});

export default App;

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import React, {useState} from 'react';
import {
  FlatList,
  Platform,
  ScrollView,
  StyleSheet,
  Switch,
  Text,
  TouchableWithoutFeedback,
  View,
  TextStyle,
} from 'react-native';
import Slider from '@react-native-community/slider';
import {SafeAreaView, SafeAreaProvider} from 'react-native-safe-area-context';

const App = () => {
  const [fontSize, setFontSize] = useState(20);
  const [fontStyleIdx, setFontStyleIdx] = useState(0);
  const [fontWeightIdx, setFontWeightIdx] = useState(0);
  const [lineHeight, setLineHeight] = useState(24);
  const [textAlignIdx, setTextAlignIdx] = useState(0);
  const [textDecorationLineIdx, setTextDecorationLineIdx] = useState(0);
  const [includeFontPadding, setIncludeFontPadding] = useState(false);
  const [textVerticalAlignIdx, setTextVerticalAlignIdx] = useState(0);
  const [fontVariantIdx, setFontVariantIdx] = useState(0);
  const [letterSpacing, setLetterSpacing] = useState(0);
  const [textDecorationStyleIdx, setTextDecorationStyleIdx] = useState(0);
  const [textTransformIdx, setTextTransformIdx] = useState(0);
  const [writingDirectionIdx, setWritingDirectionIdx] = useState(0);
  const [textShadowRadius, setTextShadowRadius] = useState(0);
  const [textShadowOffset, setTextShadowOffset] = useState({
    height: 0,
    width: 0,
  });

  const [, ...validFontVariants] = fontVariants;

  return (
    <SafeAreaProvider>
      <SafeAreaView style={styles.container}>
        <View style={styles.pargraphWrapper}>
          <Text
            style={[
              styles.paragraph,
              {
                fontSize,
                fontStyle: fontStyles[fontStyleIdx],
                fontWeight: fontWeights[fontWeightIdx],
                lineHeight,
                textAlign: textAlignments[textAlignIdx],
                textDecorationLine: textDecorationLines[textDecorationLineIdx],
                textTransform: textTransformations[textTransformIdx],
                textAlignVertical: textAlignmentsVertical[textVerticalAlignIdx],
                fontVariant:
                  fontVariantIdx === 0
                    ? undefined
                    : [validFontVariants[fontVariantIdx - 1]],
                letterSpacing,
                includeFontPadding,
                textDecorationStyle:
                  textDecorationStyles[textDecorationStyleIdx],
                writingDirection: writingDirections[writingDirectionIdx],
                textShadowOffset,
                textShadowRadius,
              } as TextStyle,
            ]}>
            Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting
            industry. 112 Likes
          </Text>
        </View>
        <ScrollView style={{padding: 12}}>
          <View>
            <Text>Common platform properties</Text>
            <CustomSlider
              label="Text Shadow Offset - Height"
              value={textShadowOffset.height}
              minimumValue={-40}
              maximumValue={40}
              handleValueChange={(val: number) =>
                setTextShadowOffset(prev => ({...prev, height: val}))
              }
            />
            <CustomSlider
              label="Text Shadow Offset - Width"
              value={textShadowOffset.width}
              minimumValue={-40}
              maximumValue={40}
              handleValueChange={(val: number) =>
                setTextShadowOffset(prev => ({...prev, width: val}))
              }
            />
            <CustomSlider
              label="Font Size"
              value={fontSize}
              maximumValue={40}
              handleValueChange={setFontSize}
            />
            <CustomPicker
              label="Font Style"
              data={fontStyles}
              currentIndex={fontStyleIdx}
              onSelected={setFontStyleIdx}
            />
            <CustomPicker
              label="Font Weight"
              data={fontWeights}
              currentIndex={fontWeightIdx}
              onSelected={setFontWeightIdx}
            />
            <CustomSlider
              label="Line Height"
              value={lineHeight}
              minimumValue={10}
              maximumValue={50}
              handleValueChange={setLineHeight}
            />
            <CustomPicker
              label="Text Align"
              data={textAlignments}
              currentIndex={textAlignIdx}
              onSelected={setTextAlignIdx}
            />
            <CustomPicker
              label="Text Decoration Line"
              data={textDecorationLines}
              currentIndex={textDecorationLineIdx}
              onSelected={setTextDecorationLineIdx}
            />
            <CustomSlider
              label="Text Shadow Radius"
              value={textShadowRadius}
              handleValueChange={setTextShadowRadius}
            />
            <CustomPicker
              label="Font Variant"
              data={fontVariants}
              currentIndex={fontVariantIdx}
              onSelected={setFontVariantIdx}
            />
            <CustomSlider
              label="Letter Spacing"
              step={0.1}
              value={letterSpacing}
              handleValueChange={setLetterSpacing}
            />
            <CustomPicker
              label="Text Transform"
              data={textTransformations}
              currentIndex={textTransformIdx}
              onSelected={setTextTransformIdx}
            />
          </View>
          {Platform.OS === 'android' && (
            <View style={styles.platformContainer}>
              <Text style={styles.platformContainerTitle}>
                Android only properties
              </Text>
              <CustomPicker
                label="Text Vertical Align"
                data={textAlignmentsVertical}
                currentIndex={textVerticalAlignIdx}
                onSelected={setTextVerticalAlignIdx}
              />
              <CustomSwitch
                label="Include Font Padding"
                handleValueChange={setIncludeFontPadding}
                value={includeFontPadding}
              />
            </View>
          )}
          {Platform.OS === 'ios' && (
            <View style={styles.platformContainer}>
              <Text style={styles.platformContainerTitle}>
                iOS only properties
              </Text>
              <CustomPicker
                label="Text Decoration Style"
                data={textDecorationStyles}
                currentIndex={textDecorationStyleIdx}
                onSelected={setTextDecorationStyleIdx}
              />
              <CustomPicker
                label="Writing Direction"
                data={writingDirections}
                currentIndex={writingDirectionIdx}
                onSelected={setWritingDirectionIdx}
              />
            </View>
          )}
        </ScrollView>
      </SafeAreaView>
    </SafeAreaProvider>
  );
};

type CustomSwitchProps = {
  label: string;
  value: boolean;
  handleValueChange: (value: boolean) => void;
};

const CustomSwitch = ({label, handleValueChange, value}: CustomSwitchProps) => {
  return (
    <>
      <Text style={styles.title}>{label}</Text>
      <View style={{alignItems: 'flex-start'}}>
        <Switch
          trackColor={{false: '#767577', true: '#DAA520'}}
          thumbColor={value ? '#DAA520' : '#f4f3f4'}
          onValueChange={handleValueChange}
          value={value}
        />
      </View>
    </>
  );
};

type CustomSliderProps = {
  label: string;
  value: number;
  handleValueChange: (value: number) => void;
  step?: number;
  minimumValue?: number;
  maximumValue?: number;
};

const CustomSlider = ({
  label,
  handleValueChange,
  step = 1,
  minimumValue = 0,
  maximumValue = 10,
  value,
}: CustomSliderProps) => {
  return (
    <>
      {label && (
        <Text style={styles.title}>{`${label} (${value.toFixed(2)})`}</Text>
      )}
      <View style={styles.wrapperHorizontal}>
        <Slider
          thumbTintColor="#06bcee"
          minimumTrackTintColor="#64d7ffbb"
          minimumValue={minimumValue}
          maximumValue={maximumValue}
          step={step}
          onValueChange={handleValueChange}
          value={value}
        />
      </View>
    </>
  );
};

type CustomPickerProps = {
  label: string;
  data?: ArrayLike<any> | null;
  currentIndex: number;
  onSelected: (index: number) => void;
};

const CustomPicker = ({
  label,
  data,
  currentIndex,
  onSelected,
}: CustomPickerProps) => {
  return (
    <>
      <Text style={styles.title}>{label}</Text>
      <View style={styles.wrapperHorizontal}>
        <FlatList
          horizontal
          data={data}
          keyExtractor={item => String(item)}
          renderItem={({item, index}: {item: string; index: number}) => {
            const selected = index === currentIndex;
            return (
              <TouchableWithoutFeedback onPress={() => onSelected(index)}>
                <View
                  style={[
                    styles.itemStyleHorizontal,
                    selected && styles.itemSelectedStyleHorizontal,
                  ]}>
                  <Text
                    style={{
                      textAlign: 'center',
                      color: selected ? 'black' : 'grey',
                      fontWeight: selected ? 'bold' : 'normal',
                    }}>
                    {item + ''}
                  </Text>
                </View>
              </TouchableWithoutFeedback>
            );
          }}
        />
      </View>
    </>
  );
};

const fontStyles = ['normal', 'italic'];
const fontVariants = [
  undefined,
  'small-caps',
  'oldstyle-nums',
  'lining-nums',
  'tabular-nums',
  'proportional-nums',
];
const fontWeights = [
  'normal',
  'bold',
  '100',
  '200',
  '300',
  '400',
  '500',
  '600',
  '700',
  '800',
  '900',
];
const textAlignments = ['auto', 'left', 'right', 'center', 'justify'];
const textDecorationLines = [
  'none',
  'underline',
  'line-through',
  'underline line-through',
];
const textDecorationStyles = ['solid', 'double', 'dotted', 'dashed'];
const textTransformations = ['none', 'uppercase', 'lowercase', 'capitalize'];
const textAlignmentsVertical = ['auto', 'top', 'bottom', 'center'];
const writingDirections = ['auto', 'ltr', 'rtl'];

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
  },
  pargraphWrapper: {
    backgroundColor: 'black',
  },
  paragraph: {
    color: '#fff',
    textDecorationColor: 'yellow',
    textShadowColor: 'red',
    textShadowRadius: 1,
    padding: 24,
  },
  wrapperHorizontal: {
    justifyContent: 'center',
    color: 'black',
  },
  itemStyleHorizontal: {
    marginRight: 10,
    height: 50,
    padding: 8,
    borderWidth: 1,
    borderColor: 'grey',
    borderRadius: 8,
    textAlign: 'center',
    justifyContent: 'center',
  },
  itemSelectedStyleHorizontal: {
    borderWidth: 2,
    borderColor: '#06bcee',
  },
  platformContainer: {
    marginTop: 8,
    borderTopWidth: 1,
  },
  platformContainerTitle: {
    marginTop: 8,
  },
  title: {
    fontWeight: 'bold',
    marginVertical: 8,
  },
});

export default App;

Reference

Props

color

Type
color

fontFamily

Type
string

The generic font families system-ui, ui-sans-serif, ui-serif, ui-monospace, and ui-rounded are supported on iOS.


fontSize

Type
number

fontStyle

Type
enum('normal', 'italic')

fontWeight

Specifies font weight. The values 'normal' and 'bold' are supported for most fonts. Not all fonts have a variant for each of the numeric values, in that case the closest one is chosen.

Type Default
enum('normal', 'bold', '100', '200', '300', '400', '500', '600', '700', '800', '900') or number 'normal'

includeFontPadding Android Vega Not Available

Set to false to remove extra font padding intended to make space for certain ascenders / descenders. With some fonts, this padding can make text look slightly misaligned when centered vertically. For best results also set textAlignVertical to center.

Type Default
bool true

fontVariant

Allows you to set all the font variants for a font. Can be set by using an array of enums or a space-separated string e.g. 'small-caps common-ligatures'.

Type Default
array of enum('small-caps', 'oldstyle-nums', 'lining-nums', 'tabular-nums', 'proportional-nums') or string []

letterSpacing

Increase or decrease the spacing between characters. By default there is no extra letter spacing.

Type
number

lineHeight

Numeric value that controls the vertical spacing between lines of text within a text element. It specifies the distance between the baselines of consecutive lines of text.

Type
number

textAlign

Specifies text alignment. On Android, the value 'justify' is only supported on Oreo (8.0) or above (API level >= 26). The value will fallback to left on lower Android versions.

Type Default
enum('auto', 'left', 'right', 'center', 'justify') 'auto'

textAlignVertical Android Vega

Type Default
enum('auto', 'top', 'bottom', 'center') 'auto'

textDecorationColor iOS Vega

Type
color

textDecorationLine

Type Default
enum('none', 'underline', 'line-through', 'underline line-through') 'none'

textDecorationStyle iOS Vega

Type Default
enum('solid', 'double', 'dotted', 'dashed') 'solid'

textShadowColor

Type
color

textShadowOffset

Type
object: {width?: number, height?: number}

textShadowRadius

Type
number

textTransform

Type Default
enum('none', 'uppercase', 'lowercase', 'capitalize') 'none'

verticalAlign Android Vega Not Available

Type Default
enum('auto', 'top', 'bottom', 'middle') 'auto'

writingDirection iOS Vega

Type Default
enum('auto', 'ltr', 'rtl') 'auto'

userSelect Vega Not Available

It allows the user to select text and to use the native copy and paste functionality. Has precedence over the selectable prop.

Type Default
enum('auto', 'text', 'none', 'contain', 'all') none

Last updated: May 13, 2026