React native vector icons - dynamic type

Question

I'm using different types of react native vector icons - Material and FontAwesome depending on availability of a particular icon. I wanted to create a common component that wraps usage of the icons across the app. So far I have:

import React from 'react';
import Icon from "react-native-vector-icons/FontAwesome";
import {theme} from "../../../styles/style";

/**
 * Common reusable icon component
 * @param props
 * @returns {*}
 */
const icon = (props) => {
    return (
        <Icon
            size={theme.SIZE_ICON}
            color={theme.BACKGROUND_ICON_COLOR}
            {...props}
            style={props.style}/>
    );
};

export default icon;

Which works only for FontAwesome, how can I make it dynamic based on e.g. prop parameter so I can use Material icons when I need to? Note: I wouldn't like to create separate components for each type e.g. IconMaterial, IconFontAwesome etc. I want the name of the component to be Icon regardless of type. Is that possible?

Answer 1

You could pass a prop called iconFamily to your icon component:

Inside your Icon Component you are importing all the Fonts you want to use, e.g.:

import IconFA from "react-native-vector-icons/FontAwesome";
import IconMA from "react-native-vector-icons/Material";

Then inside Icon's render function:

  const Icon = (props) => {

  renderIcon = () => {
    if (props.iconFamily == "FA") {
      return (
        <IconFA
        size={23}
        {...props}
        style={props.style}/>
      );
   } 
   if (props.iconFamily == "MA") {
      return (
        <IconMA
        size={23}
        {...props}
        style={props.style}/>
      );
   }
  }
  return (
      renderIcon()
  )
}

An when you are using your custom icon component you just have to specify the iconFamily prop:

 <Icon iconFamily="FA" name="home" color="green" /> 
 <Icon iconFamily="MA" name="code" color="red" />

Output:

Complete Working Example:

https://snack.expo.io/@tim1717/humiliated-hummus

Answer 2

I always liked doing it that way. ~/components/VectorIcons.js

import AntDesign from 'react-native-vector-icons/AntDesign'
import Entypo from 'react-native-vector-icons/Entypo'
import EvilIcons from 'react-native-vector-icons/EvilIcons'
import Feather from 'react-native-vector-icons/Feather'
import FontAwesome from 'react-native-vector-icons/FontAwesome'
import FontAwesome5 from 'react-native-vector-icons/FontAwesome5'
import FontAwesome5Pro from 'react-native-vector-icons/FontAwesome5Pro'
import Fontisto from 'react-native-vector-icons/Fontisto'
import Foundation from 'react-native-vector-icons/Foundation'
import Ionicons from 'react-native-vector-icons/Ionicons'
import MaterialCommunityIcons from 'react-native-vector-icons/MaterialCommunityIcons'
import MaterialIcons from 'react-native-vector-icons/MaterialIcons'
import Octicons from 'react-native-vector-icons/Octicons'
import SimpleLineIcons from 'react-native-vector-icons/SimpleLineIcons'
import Zocial from 'react-native-vector-icons/Zocial'


const VectorIcon = {
  AntDesign,
  Entypo,
  EvilIcons,
  Feather,
  FontAwesome,
  FontAwesome5,
  FontAwesome5Pro,
  Fontisto,
  Foundation,
  Ionicons,
  MaterialCommunityIcons,
  MaterialIcons,
  Octicons,
  SimpleLineIcons,
  Zocial,
}

export default VectorIcon

To use in any jsx ~/pages/Home/index.jsx

import VectorIcon from '../../components/VectorIcon'

return (
  <>
   // ...
   <VectorIcon.AntDesign name="home" />
   <VectorIcon.Fontisto name="clock-outline" />
  </>
)