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Checkbox

A toggle control that represents a checked or unchecked state.

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Included in Expo Go

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Changelog

A controlled checkbox. Pair value with onValueChange to manage state from React.

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 checkbox

CheckboxExample.tsx

import { useState } from 'react';
import { Host, Checkbox } from '@expo/ui';

export default function CheckboxExample() {
  const [accepted, setAccepted] = useState(false);

  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <Checkbox label="I accept the terms" value={accepted} onValueChange={setAccepted} />
    </Host>
  );
}

Disabled

DisabledCheckboxExample.tsx

import { Host, Checkbox } from '@expo/ui';

export default function DisabledCheckboxExample() {
  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <Checkbox label="Locked option" value onValueChange={() => {}} disabled />
    </Host>
  );
}

API

import { Checkbox } from '@expo/ui';

Component

`Checkbox`

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Type: React.Element<CheckboxProps>

A toggle control that represents a checked or unchecked state.

Props for the Checkbox component.

CheckboxProps

`disabled`

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Optional • Type: boolean

Whether the checkbox is disabled. Disabled checkboxes do not respond to user interaction.

`label`

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Optional • Type: string

Text label displayed alongside the checkbox.

`modifiers`

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Optional • Type: ModifierConfig[]

Platform-specific modifier escape hatch. Pass an array of modifier configs from @expo/ui/swift-ui/modifiers or @expo/ui/jetpack-compose/modifiers.

`onValueChange`

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Type: (value: boolean) => void

Called when the user toggles the checkbox.

`testID`

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Optional • Type: string

Identifier used to locate the component in end-to-end tests.

`value`

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Type: boolean

Whether the checkbox is checked.