How to set Two inputs on same row in react native ?

Question

Hey I want to set two textInputs on same line , named Expiration date and CVV in android simulator.

<View style={{flex: 1, flexDirection: 'row'}}>
<Text style={styles.label}style= {{width : 100}}>Expiration date</Text>
    <View style={styles.inputWrap}>
        <TextInput style={styles.inputdate} />  
    </View>

      <Text style={styles.label}>CVV</Text>
   <View style={styles.inputWrap}>
      <TextInput  style={styles.inputcvv } maxLength={17} />
  </View>

Here it is including CSS for both textInputs \

inputWrap: {
             borderColor: '#cccccc',
             borderBottomWidth: 1,
             marginBottom: 10,
   },
     inputdate: {
        fontSize: 14,
        marginBottom : -12,
        color: '#6a4595',
      },
      inputcvv: {
        fontSize: 14,
        marginBottom : -12,
        color: '#6a4595',
      },

Please let me know how can i set this on same line.. thanks in advance

Answer 1

With React Native you need to use Flexbox for laying out your components. Check out the Flexbox docs here.

You want to do something like this:

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

export default class App extends Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <View style={styles.row}>
        <View style={styles.inputWrap}>
          <Text style={styles.label}>Expiration date</Text>
          <TextInput style={styles.inputdate} />
        </View>

        <View style={styles.inputWrap}>
          <Text style={styles.label}>CVV</Text>
          <TextInput style={styles.inputcvv} maxLength={17} />
        </View>
      </View>
    );
  }
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  row: {
    flex: 1,
    flexDirection: "row"
  },
  inputWrap: {
    flex: 1,
    borderColor: "#cccccc",
    borderBottomWidth: 1,
    marginBottom: 10
  },
  inputdate: {
    fontSize: 14,
    marginBottom: -12,
    color: "#6a4595"
  },
  inputcvv: {
    fontSize: 14,
    marginBottom: -12,
    color: "#6a4595"
  }
});

The important part here is the flexDirection: "row" on the <View style={styles.row}> element and the flex: 1 on the <View style={styles.inputWrap}> elements.

You can edit and run this snippet with Snack (Expo):

https://snack.expo.io/rySUxTKuZ

Answer 2

Divide your overall view as shown in figure.

    export default class App extends Component {
    render() {
    return (
      <View style={styles.outerContainer}>
        <View style={styles.innerContainer}>
          <Text style={styles.fieldName}>
            Name1
          </Text>
          <View style={styles.textInputContainer}>
            <TextInput />
          </View>
        </View>
        <View style={styles.innerContainer}>
          <Text style={styles.fieldName}>
            Name2
          </Text>
          <View style={styles.textInputContainer}>
            <TextInput />
          </View>
        </View>
      </View>
    );
  }
}

    const styles = StyleSheet.create({
      container: {
        flex: 1,
        flexDirection: 'row',
      },
      innerContainer: {
        flex: 0.5,
        flexDirection: 'row'
      },
      fieldName: {
        flex: 1,
      },
      textInputContainer: {
        flex: 3,
      },
    });

Give margins wherever necessary.