React Native Tooltipster

Installation

npm install react-native-tooltipster

# or with yarn

yarn add react-native-tooltipster

Next install CocoaPods deps:

npx pod-install ios

Usage

You can show tooltip for any component you want

import Tooltipster from 'react-native-tooltipster';

<Tooltipster
  text="Lorem Ipsum ipdoor"
  bgColor="#ffbd00"
>
  <Text>Hello world</Text>
</Tooltipster>

// Or

<Tooltipster
  text="Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry"
  bgColor="#ffbd00"
>
  <View>
    <Text>Hello world</Text>
    <Text>It's a good day</Text>
  </View>
</Tooltipster>

Props

animation

• Description: tooltip show animation
• Value: type SCALE | FADE. Default SCALE

arrowSize

• Description: size of the arrow of tooltip
• Value: type number. Default 10

position

• Description: position of the arrow align to the anchor
• Value: type top | right | bottom | left. Default bottom on Android, any (auto) on iOS

arrowPositionRules (Android only)

• Description: align arrow by Anchor or bubble (the tooltip itself). This is useful in some cases where position=left|right
• Value: type ALIGN_BUBBLE | ALIGN_ANCHOR. Default ALIGN_ANCHOR

text

• Description: text of tooltip
• Value: type string. Default "" (empty string)

textAlign

• Description: text alignment
• Value: type left | right | center. Default center

textLineHeight

• Description: line height of the text
• Value: type number. Default undefined

textColor

• Description: text color
• Value: type string. Default white

fontSize

• Description: text font size
• Value: type number. Default 12 on Android, 15 on iOS

fontWeight

• Description: text font weight
• Value: type BOLD | BOLD_ITALIC | ITALIC | NORMAL. Default NORMAL

cornerRadius

• Description: tooltip border radius
• Value: type number. Default 5

bgColor

• Description: tooltip background
• Value: type string. Default #1c7bf6

maxWidth

• Description: tooltip max width
• Value: type number. Default <SCREEN_WIDTH>

padding

• Description: padding of the tooltip
• Value: type {top?: number, right?: number, bottom?: number , left?: number}. Default undefined

margin

• Description: margin of the tooltip
• Value: type {top?: number, right?: number, bottom?: number , left?: number}. Default undefined

dismissOnClick

• Description: dismiss the tooltip if click on itself
• Value: type boolean. Default false

renderTemplate (iOS only)

• Description: React component for the tooltip
• Value: type Function. Default undefined

Example:

<Tooltipster
  bgColor="#7A316F"
  animation="FADE"
  renderTemplate={() => (
    <>
      <Text
        style={{ color: 'white', fontSize: 20, textAlign: 'center' }}
      >
        With React Component
      </Text>
      <Image
        source={require('./assets/bunny.jpg')}
        style={{
          width: 200,
          height: 100,
          resizeMode: 'stretch',
        }}
      />
    </>
  )}
>
  <TouchableOpacity
    style={[styles.button, { backgroundColor: '#7A316F' }]}
  >
    <Icon name={'arrowdown'} size={24} color={'white'} />
  </TouchableOpacity>
</Tooltipster>

Events

• onClick: on click bubble (the tooltip)
• onDismissed: on tooltip dismissed

Examples

Check out example folder for complete usage

Thanks

• Android Balloon
• Swift EasyTipView
• React native menu: for teaching me how to write better Kotlin code