README.md

react-native-read-more-text

Installation

npm i react-native-read-more-text --save

or with yarn

yarn add react-native-read-more-text

Props

Prop	Type	Required	Note
onReady	function	no	callback function to know when the component is ready
children	string	yes	String to render on read more component
renderTruncatedFooter	function	no	function that will replace the Read more label
renderRevealedFooter	function	no	function that will replace the Hide label

Try it on Expo

Usage

import * as React from 'react';
import { View, Text } from 'react-native';
import ReadMore from 'react-native-read-more-text';

export class DescriptionCard extends React.Component {
  render() {
    let { text } = this.props;

    return (
      <View>
        <View style={styles.cardLabel}>
          <Text style={styles.cardLabelText}>
            Description
          </Text>
        </View>

        <View style={styles.card}>
          <View style={styles.cardBody}>
            <ReadMore
              numberOfLines={3}
              renderTruncatedFooter={this._renderTruncatedFooter}
              renderRevealedFooter={this._renderRevealedFooter}
              onReady={this._handleTextReady}>
              <Text style={styles.cardText}>
                {text}
              </Text>
            </ReadMore>
          </View>
        </View>
      </View>
    );
  }

  _renderTruncatedFooter = (handlePress) => {
    return (
      <Text style={{color: Colors.tintColor, marginTop: 5}} onPress={handlePress}>
        Read more
      </Text>
    );
  }

  _renderRevealedFooter = (handlePress) => {
    return (
      <Text style={{color: Colors.tintColor, marginTop: 5}} onPress={handlePress}>
        Show less
      </Text>
    );
  }

  _handleTextReady = () => {
    // ...
  }
}