How to set text in center in react native

Question

Hi I want to set Text in center, I tried justifyContent and alignItems to center but it didn't work for me, text is displaying at the top.

LoginScreenStyles.js

export default StyleSheet.create({
  ...ApplicationStyles.screen,
  container: {
    paddingBottom: Metrics.baseMargin
  },
  centered: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: "center",
    alignItems: "center"
  }
});

ApplicationStyles.js

const ApplicationStyles = {
  screen: {
    mainContainer: {
      flex: 1,
      backgroundColor: Colors.transparent
    },
    backgroundImage: {
      position: "absolute",
      top: 0,
      left: 0,
      bottom: 0,
      right: 0
    },
    container: {
      flex: 1,
      paddingTop: Metrics.baseMargin,
      backgroundColor: Colors.transparent
    },
    section: {
      margin: Metrics.section,
      padding: Metrics.baseMargin
    },
    sectionText: {
      ...Fonts.style.normal,
      paddingVertical: Metrics.doubleBaseMargin,
      color: Colors.snow,
      marginVertical: Metrics.smallMargin,
      textAlign: "center"
    },
    subtitle: {
      color: Colors.snow,
      padding: Metrics.smallMargin,
      marginBottom: Metrics.smallMargin,
      marginHorizontal: Metrics.smallMargin
    },
    titleText: {
      ...Fonts.style.h2,
      fontSize: 14,
      color: Colors.text
    }
  },
  darkLabelContainer: {
    padding: Metrics.smallMargin,
    paddingBottom: Metrics.doubleBaseMargin,
    borderBottomColor: Colors.border,
    borderBottomWidth: 1,
    marginBottom: Metrics.baseMargin
  },
  darkLabel: {
    fontFamily: Fonts.type.bold,
    color: Colors.snow
  },
  groupContainer: {
    margin: Metrics.smallMargin,
    flexDirection: "row",
    justifyContent: "space-around",
    alignItems: "center"
  },
  sectionTitle: {
    ...Fonts.style.h4,
    color: Colors.coal,
    backgroundColor: Colors.ricePaper,
    padding: Metrics.smallMargin,
    marginTop: Metrics.smallMargin,
    marginHorizontal: Metrics.baseMargin,
    borderWidth: 1,
    borderColor: Colors.ember,
    alignItems: "center",
    textAlign: "center"
  }
};

export default ApplicationStyles;

LoginScreen.js

import React, { Component } from "react";
import { View, Text } from "react-native";

// Styles
import styles from "./Styles/LoginScreenStyles";

export default class LoginScreen extends Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <View style={styles.mainContainer}>
        <Text style={styles.centered}>
          This probably isn't what your app is going to look like. Unless your
          designer handed you this screen and, in that case, congrats! You're
          ready to ship. For everyone else, this is where you'll see a live
          preview of your fully functioning app using Ignite.
        </Text>
      </View>
    );
  }
}

Answer 1

You need to write justifyContent: "center", alignItems: "center" in container like this :

container: {
  paddingBottom: Metrics.baseMargin,
  justifyContent: "center", 
  alignItems: "center"
}

If you just want to make text center you can use alignSelf: 'center' in centered

Answer 2

The style for container code should include this:

justifyContent: "center",
alignItems: "center"

and NOT to the Text itself. But if you want to make the Text center themselves then you should add this:

alignSelf: 'center'

To the Text styles itself. You can get an example from the official source here for more information.