SecureField

A SwiftUI SecureField component for password input.

iOS

tvOS

Included in Expo Go

GitHub

npm

Changelog

Recommended version:

~56.0.26

Expo UI SecureField matches the official SwiftUI SecureField API and provides a text field that masks user input for passwords and other sensitive text.

Three SecureField rows for changing a password

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.

Usage

Basic secure field

BasicSecureFieldExample.tsx

import { useState } from 'react';
import { Host, SecureField } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';

export default function BasicSecureFieldExample() {
  const [password, setPassword] = useState('');

  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <SecureField placeholder="Password" onTextChange={setPassword} />
    </Host>
  );
}

Submit handling

Use the submitLabel and onSubmit modifiers to handle form submission from the keyboard.

SecureFieldSubmitExample.tsx

import { useState } from 'react';
import { Host, SecureField } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
import { submitLabel, onSubmit } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui/modifiers';

export default function SecureFieldSubmitExample() {
  const [password, setPassword] = useState('');

  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <SecureField
        placeholder="Password"
        onTextChange={setPassword}
        modifiers={[submitLabel('done'), onSubmit(() => console.log('Login submitted'))]}
      />
    </Host>
  );
}

Imperative ref

Use a ref to imperatively set text, focus, or blur the secure field.

ImperativeSecureFieldExample.tsx

import { useRef } from 'react';
import { Host, SecureField, SecureFieldRef, Button, HStack, VStack } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
import { buttonStyle } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui/modifiers';

export default function ImperativeSecureFieldExample() {
  const ref = useRef<SecureFieldRef>(null);

  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <VStack>
        <SecureField ref={ref} placeholder="Password" />
        <HStack spacing={12}>
          <Button
            modifiers={[buttonStyle('bordered')]}
            onPress={() => ref.current?.focus()}
            label="Focus"
          />
          <Button
            modifiers={[buttonStyle('bordered')]}
            onPress={() => ref.current?.blur()}
            label="Blur"
          />
          <Button
            modifiers={[buttonStyle('bordered')]}
            onPress={() => ref.current?.setText('secret123')}
            label="Set Text"
          />
        </HStack>
      </VStack>
    </Host>
  );
}

API

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

Component

`SecureField`

iOS

tvOS

Type: React.Element<SecureFieldProps>

Renders a SwiftUI SecureField for password input.

SecureFieldProps

`autoFocus`

iOS

tvOS

Optional • Type: boolean • Default: false

If true, the secure field will be focused automatically when mounted.

`children`

iOS

tvOS

Optional • Type: React.ReactNode

Slot children - supports <SecureField.Placeholder> with a <Text> child

`maxLength`

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tvOS

Optional • Type: number

Maximum number of characters allowed. Truncates natively as the user types.

`onFocusChange`

iOS

tvOS

Optional • Type: (focused: boolean) => void

A callback triggered when the field gains or loses focus.

`onTextChange`

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tvOS

Optional • Type: (text: string) => void

A callback triggered when the text value changes.

If the callback is marked with the 'worklet' directive, it runs synchronously on the UI thread; otherwise it is delivered asynchronously as a regular JS event.

`placeholder`

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tvOS

Optional • Type: string

A text that is displayed when the field is empty.

`ref`

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tvOS

Optional • Type: Ref<SecureFieldRef>

`text`

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tvOS

Optional • Type: ObservableState<string>

An observable state that holds the current text. Create one with useNativeState('') or useNativeState('initial value'). If omitted, the field manages its own internal state.

Inherited props

CommonViewModifierProps

Types

`SecureFieldRef`

iOS

tvOS

Can be used for imperatively setting text and focus on the SecureField component.

Property	Type	Description
blur	`() => Promise<void>`	-
clear	`() => Promise<void>`	Clear the current text.
focus	`() => Promise<void>`	-
setText	`(newText: string) => Promise<void>`	-