Top 5 Action Sheet & Alert components for React Native 2024
Pick the best Action sheet and Alert component
Action Sheets and Alerts are important to show users some actions and notices to allow the users to interact with the app seamlessly with a good user experience.
Finding the best component for you in React Native world is a bit tricky since there are a lot of components out there done by other developers and the React Native team. Therefore, in this article, I’ll show you five of the best Action sheet & Alert components that you can pick for your app.
react-native-actions-sheet
This component behaves and appears the same in both Android and iOS apps. It has this cool spring animation I prefer myself. It is easy to integrate into your app since it has great documentation where you can easily figure out how to use the component and much more.
They have provided the SheetManager concept where you can register different types of action sheet layouts at the central place and use them anywhere in the app. Looks promising.
Still doesn’t have a lot of downloads though. Also, doesn’t have a stable version by the time I’m writing this article.
Personally, it doesn’t feel like using this in android. ’Cause showing an action sheet like this in android is not giving the android vibe.
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Props:
- typescript support
- Has updated recently
- well organized documentation
- Ability to manage multiple ActionSheets
Cons:
- Doesn’t have a stable version
ActionSheetIOS
This component is built in with React Native itself and only works with iOS. I guess since the native Android doesn’t support this sort of Action Sheet, React Native hasn’t provided a component for Android. You will get an error if you use ActionSheetIOS for android.
Check more here.
Pros:
- typescript support
- Built-in with React Native. Therefore, high reliability.
Cons:
- Doesn’t support android
Alert
The alert component is a pretty basic component that ships with React Native. Even though I said it's pretty basic you can use it to cover a lot of your requirements. The good thing is this is not a third-party component.
It provides two methods. alert() and prompt(). alert() can be used for both android and ios. prompt() is only available for ios. How those different alerts appear is shown in the below gifs.
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Pros:
- typescript support
- Built-in with React Native. Therefore, high reliability.
Cons:
- prompt() method doesn’t support android
react-native-dialog
With this you can add your own custom component inside the Dialog.Description component. So it gives you a lot of flexibility including styling flexibility.
This component has been maintained recently. And has a relatively considerable amount of downloads.
It has covered the limitation the Alert component has which is mentioned in the Alert section. It provides Dialog.Input, which can be used to show an input field in the dialog.
Check more here.
Props:
- typescript support
- frequent package maintenance
- availability of multiple styling properties.
react-native-awesome-alerts
This component has a lot of properties for styling and functionalities. Also, it has a cool spring animation. The downloads it has is relatively low by the time of writing this article.
Check more here.
Pros:
- typescript support
- availability of multiple styling properties and functionalities.
Conclusion
In this article, I have shown you the top 5 Action sheets and Alert components in React Native world. Every one of them has its own pros and cons. You can pick any of them based on your preference.
Be aware that there are more new components out there that even I have never seen but could be the best for your need. Therefore, searching through the internet is the best way to find out the best component for you.
I hope I have helped you to pick the best Action sheets and/or Alert components to make your life easier. Stay tuned for more articles like this. Thank you for reading!
