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Switch

A toggle control that switches between on and off states.

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Included in Expo Go

GitHub

npm

Changelog

A controlled toggle. 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 switch

SwitchExample.tsx

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

export default function SwitchExample() {
  const [enabled, setEnabled] = useState(false);

  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <Switch value={enabled} onValueChange={setEnabled} />
    </Host>
  );
}

With label

When label is provided, the switch is rendered alongside its text in a labeled row.

LabeledSwitchExample.tsx

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

export default function LabeledSwitchExample() {
  const [notifications, setNotifications] = useState(true);

  return (
    <Host style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Switch label="Enable notifications" value={notifications} onValueChange={setNotifications} />
    </Host>
  );
}

API

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

Component

`Switch`

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Type: React.Element<SwitchProps>

A toggle control that switches between on and off states.

Props for the Switch component, a toggle control.

SwitchProps

`disabled`

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Optional • Type: boolean

Whether the switch is disabled. Disabled switches do not respond to user interaction.

`label`

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Optional • Type: string

Text label displayed alongside the switch.

`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 switch.

`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 switch is on.