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Picker

A picker compatible with @react-native-picker/picker.

Android
iOS
Web
Included in Expo Go

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Changelog

Recommended version:
~56.0.26

A Picker component with an API compatible with @react-native-picker/picker. It uses a SwiftUI wheel Picker on iOS, a Material 3 ExposedDropdownMenuBox on Android, and a native <select> element on web.

Under the hood this component wraps the platform-specific @expo/ui primitives:

If you need lower-level control, use those primitives directly.

Installation

Terminal
- npx expo install @expo/ui
- yarn expo install @expo/ui
- pnpm expo install @expo/ui
- bun expo install @expo/ui

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

Migrating from @react-native-picker/picker

  • Update the import from import { Picker } from '@react-native-picker/picker' to import { Picker } from '@expo/ui/community/picker'.
  • mode, prompt, dropdownIconColor, dropdownIconRippleColor, numberOfLines, selectionColor, itemStyle, and accessibilityLabel props are not supported.
  • On Picker.Item, the style prop only applies color, backgroundColor, fontFamily, and fontSize. The top-level color and fontFamily props are still supported as aliases for the corresponding style values.
  • enabled on Picker.Item only applies on Android.
  • The ref focus() and blur() methods only have an effect on Android (open/close the dropdown). On iOS, the wheel picker is always visible.

Basic usage

PickerExample.tsx
import { useState } from 'react';
import { Text, View } from 'react-native';
import { Picker } from '@expo/ui/community/picker';

export default function PickerExample() {
  const [language, setLanguage] = useState('java');

  return (
    <View>
      <Picker selectedValue={language} onValueChange={value => setLanguage(value)}>
        <Picker.Item label="Java" value="java" />
        <Picker.Item label="JavaScript" value="js" />
        <Picker.Item label="Objective C" value="objc" />
        <Picker.Item label="Swift" value="swift" />
      </Picker>
      <Text>Selected: {language}</Text>
    </View>
  );
}

Per-item styling and state

Pass a style to Picker.Item to control color, backgroundColor, fontFamily, and fontSize per item, and enabled={false} to disable specific items on Android.

fontFamily accepts iOS font names (for example, 'Menlo') on iOS, and Compose generic families ('monospace', 'serif', 'sansSerif', 'cursive') or fonts loaded with expo-font on Android.

StyledPickerExample.tsx
import { useState } from 'react';
import { Platform } from 'react-native';
import { Picker } from '@expo/ui/community/picker';

const monospace = Platform.select({ ios: 'Menlo', android: 'monospace' });
const serif = Platform.select({ ios: 'Georgia', android: 'serif' });

export default function StyledPickerExample() {
  const [language, setLanguage] = useState('java');

  return (
    <Picker selectedValue={language} onValueChange={value => setLanguage(value)}>
      <Picker.Item
        label="Java"
        value="java"
        style={{ color: '#e11d48', fontFamily: monospace, fontSize: 14 }}
      />
      <Picker.Item
        label="JavaScript"
        value="js"
        style={{ color: '#2563eb', fontFamily: serif, fontSize: 18 }}
        enabled={false}
      />
      <Picker.Item
        label="Objective C"
        value="objc"
        style={{ color: '#059669', fontFamily: monospace, fontSize: 16 }}
      />
      <Picker.Item
        label="Swift"
        value="swift"
        style={{ color: '#d97706', fontFamily: serif, fontSize: 30 }}
        enabled={false}
      />
    </Picker>
  );
}

Imperative focus and blur (Android)

Use a ref to programmatically open and close the dropdown on Android. On iOS, these methods are no-ops because the wheel picker is always visible.

RefPickerExample.tsx
import { useRef, useState } from 'react';
import { Button } from 'react-native';
import { Picker, type PickerRef } from '@expo/ui/community/picker';

export default function RefPickerExample() {
  const [language, setLanguage] = useState('java');
  const pickerRef = useRef<PickerRef>(null);

  return (
    <>
      <Button
        title="Open and close after 2s"
        onPress={() => {
          pickerRef.current?.focus();
          setTimeout(() => pickerRef.current?.blur(), 2000);
        }}
      />
      <Picker ref={pickerRef} selectedValue={language} onValueChange={setLanguage}>
        <Picker.Item label="Java" value="java" />
        <Picker.Item label="JavaScript" value="js" />
        <Picker.Item label="Objective C" value="objc" />
        <Picker.Item label="Swift" value="swift" />
      </Picker>
    </>
  );
}

API

import { Picker } from '@expo/ui/community/picker';

Components

Picker

Android
iOS
Web

Type: React.Element<PickerProps<T>>

A drop-in replacement for @react-native-picker/picker on web. Renders a native <select> element.

Props for the Picker component. Compatible with @react-native-picker/picker.

PickerProps

children

Android
iOS
Web
Optional • Type: ReactNode

Picker.Item children that define the available options.

enabled

Android
iOS
Web
Optional • Type: boolean

Whether the picker is enabled.

onValueChange

Android
iOS
Web
Optional • Type: (itemValue: T, itemIndex: number) => void

Callback when an item is selected. Called with (itemValue, itemIndex).

ref

Android
iOS
Web
Optional • Type: Ref<PickerRef>

Ref handle exposing focus() and blur() methods.

selectedValue

Android
iOS
Web
Optional • Type: T

The currently selected value. Must match the value of one of the Picker.Item children.

style

Android
iOS
Web
Optional • Type: StyleProp<ViewStyle>

Style applied to the picker container.

testID

Android
iOS
Web
Optional • Type: string

Test identifier.

Picker.Item

Android
iOS
Web

Type: React.Element<ComponentType<PickerItemProps>>

Props for the Picker.Item component. Compatible with @react-native-picker/picker.

PickerItemProps

color

Android
iOS
Web
Optional • Type: string

Text color for the item. Equivalent to setting color in the style prop.

enabled

Android
Optional • Type: boolean

Whether the item is enabled.

fontFamily

Android
iOS
Web
Optional • Type: string

Custom font family for the item. Equivalent to setting fontFamily in the style prop.

label

Android
iOS
Web
Optional • Type: string

Display text for the item.

style

Android
iOS
Web
Optional • Type: StyleProp<TextStyle>

Style applied to the item label. Only the following values take effect: color, backgroundColor, fontFamily, and fontSize. When also set via the top-level color or fontFamily props, values from style win.

testID

Android
iOS
Web
Optional • Type: string

Test identifier.

value

Android
iOS
Web
Optional • Type: T

Value passed to onValueChange when this item is selected.

Types

PickerItemValue

Android
iOS
Web

Literal type: union

Acceptable values are: string | number | null

PickerRef

Android
iOS
Web

Ref handle for the Picker component. Compatible with @react-native-picker/picker.

PropertyTypeDescription
blur() => void
Only for: 
Android

Programmatically closes the picker.

focus() => void
Only for: 
Android

Programmatically opens the picker.