react-native-fontawesome-free v1.0.12

react-native-fontawesome-free

Easily use your FontAwesome Free icons in React-Native

Requirements

• Install react-native-svg

npm install --save react-native-svg

or

yarn add react-native-svg

• Link react-native-svg

react-native link react-native-svg

Installation

npm install react-native-fontawesome-free --save

or

yarn add react-native-fontawesome-free

The postinstall script will then automatically install the pro packages for you.

Usage

In your main app.js file

import { configureFontAwesomeFree } from "react-native-fontawesome-free";

/* NOTE: Optional you can pass a prefixType into configureFontAwesomePro to change the default from "regular" to "solid" or "light" */

configureFontAwesomeFree();
// configureFontAwesomeFree("solid");

In your components

import Icon from "react-native-fontawesome-free";

<View style={styles.container}>
  <Icon name="chevron-right" color="red" type="regular" onPress={() => alert("do something")} />
  <Icon name="chevron-right" color="blue" type="solid" size={24}/>
  <Icon name="chevron-right" color="green" type="light" size={24} />
</View>

Props

  prefixType = {
    regular: "far",
    solid: "fas",
    light: "fal",
    brands: "fab"
  };

The icon name prop can be found in fontawesome.com/icons If a valid name is not provided question-circle will show up instead.