BasicAlertDialog

A Jetpack Compose BasicAlertDialog component for displaying dialogs with custom content.

Android

GitHub

npm

Changelog

Bundled version:

~55.0.0

Expo UI BasicAlertDialog matches the official Jetpack Compose BasicAlertDialog API and displays a minimal dialog that accepts custom children as its content, giving you full control over the dialog layout.

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 dialog with custom content

BasicAlertDialogExample.tsx

import { useState } from 'react';
import { Host, BasicAlertDialog, Button, Text, Surface, Column } from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose';
import { paddingAll } from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose/modifiers';

export default function BasicAlertDialogExample() {
  const [visible, setVisible] = useState(false);

  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <Button onPress={() => setVisible(true)}>Show Dialog</Button>
      {visible && (
        <BasicAlertDialog onDismissRequest={() => setVisible(false)}>
          <Surface color="#FFFFFF" modifiers={[paddingAll(24)]}>
            <Column verticalArrangement={{ spacedBy: 8 }}>
              <Text style={{ fontSize: 18, fontWeight: 'bold' }}>Custom Dialog</Text>
              <Text>This dialog contains fully custom content defined as children.</Text>
              <Button onPress={() => setVisible(false)}>Close</Button>
            </Column>
          </Surface>
        </BasicAlertDialog>
      )}
    </Host>
  );
}

API

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

Component

`BasicAlertDialog`

Android

Type: React.Element<BasicAlertDialogProps>

A basic alert dialog that provides a blank container for custom content. Unlike AlertDialog, this component does not have structured title/text/buttons slots.

BasicAlertDialogProps

`children`

Android

Optional • Type: React.ReactNode

The content to display inside the dialog.

`modifiers`

Android

Optional • Type: ExpoModifier[]

Modifiers for the component.

`onDismissRequest`

Android

Optional • Type: () => void

Callback that is called when the user tries to dismiss the dialog (e.g. by tapping outside of it or pressing the back button).