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Picker

A SwiftUI Picker component for selecting options from a list.

iOS
tvOS
Included in Expo Go

GitHub

npm

Changelog

Bundled version:
~56.0.18
For cross-platform usage, see the universal Picker — it renders the appropriate native component per platform.

Expo UI Picker matches the official SwiftUI Picker API and supports all picker styles via the pickerStyle modifier.

Menu-style Picker showing fruit options with the current selection checked

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.

Segmented picker

SegmentedPickerExample.tsx
import { useState } from 'react';
import { Host, Picker, Text } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
import { pickerStyle, tag } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui/modifiers';

const options = ['Apple', 'Banana', 'Orange'];

export default function SegmentedPickerExample() {
  const [selectedTag, setSelectedTag] = useState(options[0]);

  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <Picker
        modifiers={[pickerStyle('segmented')]}
        label="Select a fruit"
        selection={selectedTag}
        onSelectionChange={selection => {
          setSelectedTag(selection);
        }}>
        {options.map(option => (
          <Text key={option} modifiers={[tag(option)]}>
            {option}
          </Text>
        ))}
      </Picker>
    </Host>
  );
}

Menu picker

MenuPickerExample.tsx
import { useState } from 'react';
import { Host, Picker, Text } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
import { pickerStyle, tag } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui/modifiers';

const options = ['Apple', 'Banana', 'Orange'];

export default function MenuPickerExample() {
  const [selectedTag, setSelectedTag] = useState(options[0]);

  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <Picker
        modifiers={[pickerStyle('menu')]}
        label="Select a fruit"
        selection={selectedTag}
        onSelectionChange={selection => {
          setSelectedTag(selection);
        }}>
        {options.map(option => (
          <Text key={option} modifiers={[tag(option)]}>
            {option}
          </Text>
        ))}
      </Picker>
    </Host>
  );
}

Wheel picker

The wheel variant is not available on Apple TV.
WheelPickerExample.tsx
import { useState } from 'react';
import { Host, Picker, Text } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
import { pickerStyle, tag } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui/modifiers';

const options = ['Apple', 'Banana', 'Orange'];

export default function WheelPickerExample() {
  const [selectedTag, setSelectedTag] = useState(options[0]);

  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <Picker
        modifiers={[pickerStyle('wheel')]}
        label="Select a fruit"
        selection={selectedTag}
        onSelectionChange={selection => {
          setSelectedTag(selection);
        }}>
        {options.map(option => (
          <Text key={option} modifiers={[tag(option)]}>
            {option}
          </Text>
        ))}
      </Picker>
    </Host>
  );
}

API

import { Picker } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';

Component

Picker

iOS
tvOS

Type: React.Element<PickerProps<T>>

Displays a native picker component

Example

<Picker modifiers={[pickerStyle('segmented')]}>
  <Text modifiers={[tag('option1')]}>Option 1</Text>
  <Text modifiers={[tag(0)]}>Option 3</Text>
</Picker>

PickerProps

children

iOS
tvOS
Optional • Type: React.ReactNode

The content of the picker. You can use Text components with tag modifiers to display the options.

label

iOS
tvOS
Optional • Literal type: union

A label displayed on the picker.

Acceptable values are: string | React.ReactNode

onSelectionChange

iOS
tvOS
Optional • Type: (selection: T) => void

Callback function that is called when an option is selected. Gets called with the selected tag value.

selection

iOS
tvOS
Optional • Type: T

The selected option's tag modifier value.

systemImage

iOS
tvOS
Optional • Type: SFSymbol

The name of the system image (SF Symbol). For example: 'photo', 'heart.fill', 'star.circle'

Inherited Props