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title: Expo Vector Icons
description: Learn how to use various types of icons in your Expo app, including react native vector icons, custom icon fonts, icon images, and icon buttons.
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# Expo Vector Icons

Learn how to use various types of icons in your Expo app, including react native vector icons, custom icon fonts, icon images, and icon buttons.

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). Use this file to discover all available pages.

Not every app needs to use emojis for icons. You can use a popular icon set through an icon font such as FontAwesome, Glyphicons, or Ionicons, or choose PNGs from [The Noun Project](https://thenounproject.com/). This guide explains various ways to use icons in your Expo app.

## `@expo/vector-icons`

The `@expo/vector-icons` library is installed by default on the template project using `npx create-expo-app` and is part of the `expo` package. It is built on top of [`react-native-vector-icons`](https://github.com/oblador/react-native-vector-icons) and uses a similar API. It includes popular icon sets you can browse at [icons.expo.fyi](https://icons.expo.fyi).

The component loads the `Ionicons` font and renders a checkmark icon in the following example:

```jsx
import { View, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
import Ionicons from '@expo/vector-icons/Ionicons';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <Ionicons name="checkmark-circle" size={32} color="green" />
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',
  },
});
```

> As with [any custom font](/develop/user-interface/fonts#use-a-local-font-file) in Expo, you can preload icon fonts before rendering your app. The font object is available as a static property on the font component. So, in the case above, it is `Ionicons.font`, which evaluates to `{ionicons: require('path/to/ionicons.ttf')}`.

## Custom icon fonts

To use a custom icon font, first import it into your project. Only after the font has loaded, can you create an Icon set. [Learn more about loading custom fonts](/develop/user-interface/fonts#handle-expovector-icons-initial-load).

`@expo/vector-icons` exposes three methods to help you create an icon set:

### `createIconSet`

The `createIconSet` method returns a custom font based on the `glyphMap` where the key is the icon name and the value is either a UTF-8 character or its character code.

In the example below, the `glyphMap` object is defined and then passed as the first argument to the `createIconSet` method. The second argument `fontFamily` is the name of the font (not the filename). Optionally, you can pass the third argument for Android support, which is the custom font file name.

```jsx
import createIconSet from '@expo/vector-icons/createIconSet';

const glyphMap = { 'icon-name': 1234, test: '∆' };
const CustomIcon = createIconSet(glyphMap, 'fontFamily', 'custom-icon-font.ttf');

export default function CustomIconExample() {
  return <CustomIcon name="icon-name" size={32} color="red" />;
}
```

### `createIconSetFromIcoMoon`

The `createIconSetFromIcoMoon` method is used to create a custom font based on an [IcoMoon](https://icomoon.io/) config file. You have to save the **selection.json** and **.ttf** in your project, preferably in the **assets** directory, and then load the font using either `useFonts` hook or `Font.loadAsync` method from `expo-font`.

> **IcoMoon app versions:** The [new IcoMoon app](https://icomoon.io/new-app) exports a different JSON format than the [old IcoMoon app](https://icomoon.io/app). The current `createIconSetFromIcoMoon` function only supports the old app's output. See the [Pull Request on GitHub](https://github.com/expo/vector-icons/pull/356), which adds support for the new format. This support will work once released in `@expo/vector-icons`.

See the example below that uses the `useFonts` hook to load the font:

```jsx
import React from 'react';
import { View, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
import { useFonts } from 'expo-font';
import createIconSetFromIcoMoon from '@expo/vector-icons/createIconSetFromIcoMoon';

const Icon = createIconSetFromIcoMoon(
  require('./assets/icomoon/selection.json'),
  'IcoMoon',
  'icomoon.ttf'
);

export default function App() {
  const [fontsLoaded] = useFonts({
    IcoMoon: require('./assets/icomoon/icomoon.ttf'),
  });

  if (!fontsLoaded) {
    return null;
  }

  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <Icon name="pacman" size={50} color="red" />
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',
  },
});
```

### `createIconSetFromFontello`

The `createIconSetFromFontello` method is used to create a custom font based on a [Fontello](http://fontello.com/) config file. You have to save the **config.json** and **.ttf** somewhere convenient in your project, preferably in the **assets** directory, and then load the font using either `useFonts` hook or `Font.loadAsync` method from `expo-font`.

It follows a similar configuration as `createIconSetFromIcoMoon` as shown in the example:

```js
// Import the createIconSetFromFontello method
import createIconSetFromFontello from '@expo/vector-icons/createIconSetFromFontello';

// Import the config file
import fontelloConfig from './config.json';

// Both the font name and files exported from Fontello are most likely called "fontello".
// Ensure this is the `fontname.ttf` and not the file path.
const Icon = createIconSetFromFontello(fontelloConfig, 'fontello', 'fontello.ttf');
```

## Button component

You can create an Icon Button using the `Font.Button` syntax where the `Font` is the icon set that you import from `@expo/vector-icons`.

In the example below, a login button uses the `FontAwesome` icon set. Notice that the `FontAwesome.Button` component accepts props to handle action when a button is pressed and can wrap the text of the button.

```jsx
import React from 'react';
import { View, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
import FontAwesome from '@expo/vector-icons/FontAwesome';

export default function App() {
  const loginWithFacebook = () => {
    console.log('Button pressed');
  };

  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <FontAwesome.Button name="facebook" backgroundColor="#3b5998" onPress={loginWithFacebook}>
        Login with Facebook
      </FontAwesome.Button>
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',
  },
});
```

### Properties

Any [`Text`](http://reactnative.dev/docs/text), [`TouchableHighlight`](http://reactnative.dev/docs/touchablehighlight), or [`TouchableWithoutFeedback`](http://reactnative.dev/docs/touchablewithoutfeedback) property in addition to these:

| Prop | Description | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `color` | Text and icon color, use `iconStyle` or nest a `Text` component if you need different colors. | `white` |
| `size` | Icon size. | `20` |
| `iconStyle` | Styles applied to the icon only, good for setting margins or a different color. _Note: use `iconStyle` for margins or expect unstable behavior._ | `{marginRight: 10}` |
| `backgroundColor` | Background color of the button. | `#007AFF` |
| `borderRadius` | Border radius of the button, set to `0` to disable. | `5` |
| `onPress` | A function called when the button is pressed. | _None_ |