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DockedSearchBar

A Jetpack Compose DockedSearchBar component for displaying an inline search input.

Android

Included in Expo Go

GitHub

npm

Changelog

Expo UI DockedSearchBar matches the official Jetpack Compose SearchBar API and displays a search input that remains anchored in its parent layout rather than expanding to full screen.

Material 3 docked search bar with search icon and placeholder text

Installation

Terminal

- npx expo install @expo/ui

If you are installing this in an existing React Native app, make sure to install expo in your project.

Usage

Basic docked search bar

BasicDockedSearchBarExample.tsx

import { useState } from 'react';
import { Host, DockedSearchBar } from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose';

export default function BasicDockedSearchBarExample() {
  const [query, setQuery] = useState('');

  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <DockedSearchBar onQueryChange={setQuery} />
    </Host>
  );
}

With placeholder and leading icon

Use the DockedSearchBar.Placeholder and DockedSearchBar.LeadingIcon slot components to customize the search bar appearance.

DockedSearchBarWithSlotsExample.tsx

import { useState } from 'react';
import { Host, DockedSearchBar, Text } from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose';

export default function DockedSearchBarWithSlotsExample() {
  const [query, setQuery] = useState('');

  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <DockedSearchBar onQueryChange={setQuery}>
        <DockedSearchBar.Placeholder>
          <Text>Search items...</Text>
        </DockedSearchBar.Placeholder>
        <DockedSearchBar.LeadingIcon>
          <Text>🔍</Text>
        </DockedSearchBar.LeadingIcon>
      </DockedSearchBar>
    </Host>
  );
}

API

import { DockedSearchBar } from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose';

Components