react-native-ios-context-menu v3.1.0

react-native-ios-context-menu

A small component for using context menu's on iOS.

🚧⚠️ Notices ⚠️🚧

📝 Version 2.x Notice: Hello, please note that versions 2.x and below of this library are no longer supported; please do not submit an issue if the version you are using is below 3.x.

• If you really need a fix for the particular issue/bug, please create a repro and add a test case in the examples directory via a pull request in the main branch; i will investigate the bug, and backport the fix from 3.x to 2.x if the changes are relatively simple.
• I apologize but i do not have the resources to maintain multiple versions of this library; all issues must be reproducible from 3.x first before i can backport the changes to an older version of this library.
• Please understand that a PR for the repro is crucial; i cannot work on the fix if i don't have a repro to start on; words describing the issue is not enough due to the language barrier. Once you've created a test case, please tag me on the PR so i get notified.
• Summary: I will fix the bugs you encounter, however i cannot work on fixing them until a repro/test case is created in the examples directory. Thank you for understanding.

📝 Documentation Notice: See TODO.md for progress.

• The documentation is incomplete (some parts/sections are marked as TBA i.e. "to be added").
• Some of the links in the documentation are broken (i.e. the URL points to PLACE_HOLDER_LINK).
• Some of the gifs/images are old, or broken.
• For now, please see the Usage And Examples section, and Showcase, Tests and Demos section for information on how to use this library.

Versions

Table of Contents

TOC: Examples Index

Acknowledgements

Development and maintenance of this library was generously sponsored by beatgig from 11/15/2023 to 04/30/2024 at $1,535/month (totaling ≈ $9,100 over the course of 6 months) 🥁🎸

The initial fabric rewrite (i.e. version 3.x) was made possible through a generous $3,750 sponsorship by natew + tamagui over the course of 4 months (from: 05/27/24 to 09/30/24) 🐦✨

very special thanks to: junzhengca, brentvatne, expo, EvanBacon, corasan, lauridskern, ronintechnologies, and gerzonc for becoming a monthly sponsor, and thank you fobos531 for being a one time sponsor 🥺 (if you have the means to do so, please considering sponsoring here)

A. Introduction

A react native component to use UIMenu on iOS 13 and later.

Gifs and Demos

📝 Note: These gifs are from an older version of the library running on iOS 13 (see Usage And Examples section for updated example gifs).

ContextMenuView Examples, Left: Example 1, Example 2, and Right: Example 3, Example 4

ContextMenuView examples, Left: Example 5, Example 6, and Right: Example 7, Example 8

ContextMenuView example, Left: Example 9, and Right: Example 10

ContextMenuView examples, Left: Example 11, Example 12, and Right: Example 13, Example 14

ContextMenuView examples, Left: Example 15, Example 16, and Right: Example 17, Example 18

ContextMenuView tests, Left: Test 1, and Right: Test 2

ContextMenuView tests, Left: Test 3, and Right: Test 4

ContextMenuView tests, Left: Test 5, and Right: Test 6

ContextMenuView tests, Left/Right: Test 7

ContextMenuView ActionSheetIOS fallback for simple example 1 to 9

ContextMenuView ActionSheetIOS fallback for context menu view test 1 to 6 (removed in v3.x+).

ContextMenuButton examples, Left: Example 1, and Right: Example 2

Features

• Support for creating menu actions and submenus (i.e. nested and in-line menus).
• Support for customizing the menu icons (i.e. support for SF Symbols, require(image), and xcasset icons, icon tint, etc).
• Extensive support for SF Symbols configuration (e.g. pointSize, weight, scale, hierarchicalColor, paletteColors).
• Support for iOS 14 functionality (like the UIButton context menu, dynamically updating the menu while it's visible, etc).
• Support for setting (almost) all of the native UIMenu and UIAction properties (e.g. UIMenuElementState, MenuElementAtrributes, discoverabilityTitle, etc.)
• Basic ActionSheetIOS menu fallback for iOS 12 and below (removed in v3.x+).
• Support for creating custom context menu previews (with support for dynamic or fixed preview sizes, setting the UIPreviewParameters, specifying a UITargetedPreview, etc).
• Support for custom auxiliary previews (experimental).
• Support for deferred context menu items.

B. Installation

# 1. install library + dependencies
npm install react-native-ios-utilities@next
npm install react-native-ios-context-menu@next

# 2. then run pod install (uses auto-linking)
cd ios && pod install

📝 Note A: You might encounter some build errors since this library is written in swift, so there's some extra step involved to use this library (see table below for reference).

📝 Note B: If you want to use an older or different version of this library, please refer to versions section's compatibility table.

Updating

This library has cocoapods dependency to ContextMenuAuxiliaryPreview and DGSwiftUtilities, so you may need to update them separately (as needed).

# A. Either update this specific pod...
pod update ContextMenuAuxiliaryPreview DGSwiftUtilities
pod install --repo-update

# B. Or update all the pods
pod update

Expo

• ✅ You can use this library with Development Builds. No config plugin is required.
• ❌ This library can't be used in the "Expo Go" app because it requires custom native code.

Versions and Dependencies

Troubleshooting

If you encounter any errors/bugs while using this library, or want a particular feature implemented, please create an issue (my inbox is a mess, please feel free to tag me). ✨

Troubleshooting: Xcode Build Error (Swift)

📝 Note: This library is written in swift. If you are having trouble building your app after installing this library, try adding an empty swift file to your project:

1. Open up your ios/project.xcworkspace project
2. On the project navigator panel (located on the right side of Xcode), right click on your project group (or another folder/group i.e the blue or yellow icons) and select the "New File..." option
3. In the popup sheet, select "Swift" as the template and then click the "Next" button
4. A "Save As" popup sheet should appear and then click "Create" (you can rename the file first if you want to)
5. If Xcode asks you to create a "Objective-C Bridging Header" choose "Create Objective-C Bridging Header"

Troubleshooting: Xcode Build Error (Undefined symbol)

When installing this library on Xcode 12+, you'll get the following error in Xcode:

Undefined symbol: (extension in UIKit):
__C.UIMenu.init(title: Swift.String, image: __C.UIImage?, identifier: __C.UIMenuIdentifier?, options: __C.UIMenuOptions, children: [__C.UIMenuElement]) -> __C.UIMenu

Undefined symbol: (extension in UIKit):
__C.UIAction.init(title: Swift.String, image: __C.UIImage?, identifier: __C.UIActionIdentifier?, discoverabilityTitle: Swift.String?, attributes: __C.UIMenuElementAttributes, state: __C.UIMenuElementState, handler: (__C.UIAction) -> ()) -> __C.UIAction

To fix this, see screenshot + follow the steps below:

1. Open your ios/project.xcworkspace project.
2. In the project navigator panel (located on the right side of Xcode), select your project group (i.e. the item with the blueprint icon).
3. The Xcode project editor should appear. In the left panel, under the "Project" section, select your project (if it isn't already selected).
4. In the project section's top tab bar, select the "Build Settings" tab (also make sure the "All" and "Combined" tabs are selected).
5. In the project navigator list, under the "Search Path" section, there should be a "Library Search Paths" setting (alternatively, you can search for "Library Search Paths" in the search bar).
6. According to this issue comment, you can clear all the items listed in the "Library Search Paths" setting by selecting the items in the list, and pressing the "-" button in the popover.
   • TLDR: Xcode automatically manages this setting, and the RN template hardcodes it to use Swift 5.0.
   • Alternatively, you can change the entry "$(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/usr/lib/swift-5.0/$(PLATFORM_NAME)" to "$(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/usr/lib/swift-5.3/$(PLATFORM_NAME)" i.e. change swift-5.0 to swift-5.3, or whatever the newest version of swift that comes with your Xcode installation (to show the popup dialog, double click the value/item).
7. If you haven't already, make sure to create an empty swift file. Then clean the build folder (the option is in the menu bar under: "Product" -> "Clean Build Folder") and try building your project again.
8. If you are still having problems building the app, try the following and build your project again:

• Try clearing out Xcode's derivedData directory: rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/* (check out this gist for instructions on how to clean up Xcode)
• Try clearing out the Cocoapods cache: rm -rf "${HOME}/Library/Caches/CocoaPods" (and then try running pod install again).

Explanation: Some versions of the react-native template hard codes the swift library search paths to use swift 5.0 (which causes the linker to mismatch the swift system libraries bundled with your Xcode + iOS/Simulator installation).

Here are some related issues in the RN repo: Issue 30202 and Issue 29178.

C. Basic Usage

For more examples, check out the Usage And Examples section.

🔗 Full Example

import * as React from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, Text } from 'react-native';

import { ContextMenuView } from 'react-native-ios-context-menu';

export function BasicUsageExample01() {
  return (
    <ContextMenuView
      style={styles.container}
      menuConfig={{
        menuTitle: 'BasicUsageExample01',
        menuItems: [{
          actionKey  : 'key-01',
          actionTitle: 'Action #1',
        }, {
          actionKey  : 'key-02'   ,
          actionTitle: 'Action #2',
        }, {
          actionKey  : 'key-03'   ,
          actionTitle: 'Action #3',
        }],
      }}
    >
      <Text style={styles.text}>
        Press And Hold To Show Context Menu
      </Text>
    </ContextMenuView>
  );
};

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    margin: 10,
    padding: 10,
  },
  text: {
    fontSize: 16,
  },
});

react-native-ios-context-menu

A small component for using context menu's on iOS.

🚧⚠️ Documentation WIP ⚠️🚧

📝 Note: See TODO.md for progress.

• The documentation is incomplete (some parts/sections are marked as TBA i.e. "to be added").
• Some of the links in the documentation are broken (i.e. the URL points to PLACE_HOLDER_LINK).
• Some of the gifs/images are old, or broken.
• For now, please see the Usage And Examples section, and Showcase, Tests and Demos section for information on how to use this library.

Versions

Table of Contents

TOC: Examples Index

Acknowledgements

Development and maintenance of this library was generously sponsored by beatgig from 11/15/2023 to 04/30/2024 at $1,535/month (totaling ≈ $9,100 over the course of 6 months) 🥁🎸

The initial fabric rewrite (i.e. version 3.x) was made possible through a generous $3,750 sponsorship by natew + tamagui over the course of 4 months (from: 05/27/24 to 09/30/24) 🐦✨

very special thanks to: junzhengca, brentvatne, expo, EvanBacon, corasan, lauridskern, ronintechnologies, and gerzonc for becoming a monthly sponsor, and thank you fobos531 for being a one time sponsor 🥺 (if you have the means to do so, please considering sponsoring here)

A. Introduction

A react native component to use UIMenu on iOS 13 and later.

Gifs and Demos

📝 Note: These gifs are from an older version of the library running on iOS 13 (see Usage And Examples section for updated example gifs).

ContextMenuView Examples, Left: Example 1, Example 2, and Right: Example 3, Example 4

ContextMenuView examples, Left: Example 5, Example 6, and Right: Example 7, Example 8

ContextMenuView example, Left: Example 9, and Right: Example 10

ContextMenuView examples, Left: Example 11, Example 12, and Right: Example 13, Example 14

ContextMenuView examples, Left: Example 15, Example 16, and Right: Example 17, Example 18

ContextMenuView tests, Left: Test 1, and Right: Test 2

ContextMenuView tests, Left: Test 3, and Right: Test 4

ContextMenuView tests, Left: Test 5, and Right: Test 6

ContextMenuView tests, Left/Right: Test 7

ContextMenuView ActionSheetIOS fallback for simple example 1 to 9

ContextMenuView ActionSheetIOS fallback for context menu view test 1 to 6 (removed in v3.x+).

ContextMenuButton examples, Left: Example 1, and Right: Example 2

Features

• Support for creating menu actions and submenus (i.e. nested and in-line menus).
• Support for customizing the menu icons (i.e. support for SF Symbols, require(image), and xcasset icons, icon tint, etc).
• Extensive support for SF Symbols configuration (e.g. pointSize, weight, scale, hierarchicalColor, paletteColors).
• Support for iOS 14 functionality (like the UIButton context menu, dynamically updating the menu while it's visible, etc).
• Support for setting (almost) all of the native UIMenu and UIAction properties (e.g. UIMenuElementState, MenuElementAtrributes, discoverabilityTitle, etc.)
• Basic ActionSheetIOS menu fallback for iOS 12 and below (removed in v3.x+).
• Support for creating custom context menu previews (with support for dynamic or fixed preview sizes, setting the UIPreviewParameters, specifying a UITargetedPreview, etc).
• Support for custom auxiliary previews (experimental).
• Support for deferred context menu items.

B. Installation

# 1. install library + dependencies
npm install react-native-ios-utilities@next
npm install react-native-ios-context-menu@next

# 2. then run pod install (uses auto-linking)
cd ios && pod install

📝 Note A: You might encounter some build errors since this library is written in swift, so there's some extra step involved to use this library (see table below for reference).

📝 Note B: If you want to use an older or different version of this library, please refer to versions section's compatibility table.

Installation (Experimental Version)

# 1. install library + dependencies
npm install react-native-ios-utilities@next
npm install react-native-ios-context-menu@next


# 2. then run pod install (uses auto-linking)
cd ios && pod install

Updating

This library has cocoapods dependency to ContextMenuAuxiliaryPreview and DGSwiftUtilities, so you may need to update them separately (as needed).

# A. Either update this specific pod...
pod update ContextMenuAuxiliaryPreview DGSwiftUtilities
pod install --repo-update

# B. Or update all the pods
pod update

Expo

• ✅ You can use this library with Development Builds. No config plugin is required.
• ❌ This library can't be used in the "Expo Go" app because it requires custom native code.

Versions and Dependencies

Troubleshooting

If you encounter any errors/bugs while using this library, or want a particular feature implemented, please create an issue (my inbox is a mess, please feel free to tag me). ✨

Troubleshooting: Xcode Build Error (Swift)

📝 Note: This library is written in swift. If you are having trouble building your app after installing this library, try adding an empty swift file to your project:

1. Open up your ios/project.xcworkspace project
2. On the project navigator panel (located on the right side of Xcode), right click on your project group (or another folder/group i.e the blue or yellow icons) and select the "New File..." option
3. In the popup sheet, select "Swift" as the template and then click the "Next" button
4. A "Save As" popup sheet should appear and then click "Create" (you can rename the file first if you want to)
5. If Xcode asks you to create a "Objective-C Bridging Header" choose "Create Objective-C Bridging Header"

Troubleshooting: Xcode Build Error (Undefined symbol)

When installing this library on Xcode 12+, you'll get the following error in Xcode:

Undefined symbol: (extension in UIKit):
__C.UIMenu.init(title: Swift.String, image: __C.UIImage?, identifier: __C.UIMenuIdentifier?, options: __C.UIMenuOptions, children: [__C.UIMenuElement]) -> __C.UIMenu

Undefined symbol: (extension in UIKit):
__C.UIAction.init(title: Swift.String, image: __C.UIImage?, identifier: __C.UIActionIdentifier?, discoverabilityTitle: Swift.String?, attributes: __C.UIMenuElementAttributes, state: __C.UIMenuElementState, handler: (__C.UIAction) -> ()) -> __C.UIAction

To fix this, see screenshot + follow the steps below:

1. Open your ios/project.xcworkspace project.
2. In the project navigator panel (located on the right side of Xcode), select your project group (i.e. the item with the blueprint icon).
3. The Xcode project editor should appear. In the left panel, under the "Project" section, select your project (if it isn't already selected).
4. In the project section's top tab bar, select the "Build Settings" tab (also make sure the "All" and "Combined" tabs are selected).
5. In the project navigator list, under the "Search Path" section, there should be a "Library Search Paths" setting (alternatively, you can search for "Library Search Paths" in the search bar).
6. According to this issue comment, you can clear all the items listed in the "Library Search Paths" setting by selecting the items in the list, and pressing the "-" button in the popover.
   • TLDR: Xcode automatically manages this setting, and the RN template hardcodes it to use Swift 5.0.
   • Alternatively, you can change the entry "$(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/usr/lib/swift-5.0/$(PLATFORM_NAME)" to "$(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/usr/lib/swift-5.3/$(PLATFORM_NAME)" i.e. change swift-5.0 to swift-5.3, or whatever the newest version of swift that comes with your Xcode installation (to show the popup dialog, double click the value/item).
7. If you haven't already, make sure to create an empty swift file. Then clean the build folder (the option is in the menu bar under: "Product" -> "Clean Build Folder") and try building your project again.
8. If you are still having problems building the app, try the following and build your project again:

• Try clearing out Xcode's derivedData directory: rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/* (check out this gist for instructions on how to clean up Xcode)
• Try clearing out the Cocoapods cache: rm -rf "${HOME}/Library/Caches/CocoaPods" (and then try running pod install again).

Explanation: Some versions of the react-native template hard codes the swift library search paths to use swift 5.0 (which causes the linker to mismatch the swift system libraries bundled with your Xcode + iOS/Simulator installation).

Here are some related issues in the RN repo: Issue 30202 and Issue 29178.

C. Basic Usage

For more examples, check out the Usage And Examples section.

🔗 Full Example

import * as React from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, Text } from 'react-native';

import { ContextMenuView } from 'react-native-ios-context-menu';

export function BasicUsageExample01() {
  return (
    <ContextMenuView
      style={styles.container}
      menuConfig={{
        menuTitle: 'BasicUsageExample01',
        menuItems: [{
          actionKey  : 'key-01',
          actionTitle: 'Action #1',
        }, {
          actionKey  : 'key-02'   ,
          actionTitle: 'Action #2',
        }, {
          actionKey  : 'key-03'   ,
          actionTitle: 'Action #3',
        }],
      }}
    >
      <Text style={styles.text}>
        Press And Hold To Show Context Menu
      </Text>
    </ContextMenuView>
  );
};

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    margin: 10,
    padding: 10,
  },
  text: {
    fontSize: 16,
  },
});

D. Documentation

💡 Tip: Most of the time, when a type or component is mentioned, you can click it to jump to that item in the README (or its declaration in the source code).

D.1. Components

ContextMenuView Component

ContextMenuView Component: Props

ContextMenuView Component: Event Props