Overview:
The React Native Calendar is a customizable calendar component for React Native applications. It allows users to select dates, set date ranges, and customize the appearance of the calendar. With features like callback functions, localization, and styling options, this calendar component provides flexibility for developers to integrate calendars into their applications seamlessly.
Features:
- onChange (deprecated): Callback called when a day is pressed.
- onPress: Callback called when a day is pressed.
- minDate: Minimum date that can be selected.
- maxDate: Maximum date that can be selected.
- startDate: Selected start date.
- endDate: Selected end date.
- theme: Calendar StyleSheet.
- locale: Calendar language (supports multiple languages).
- dayNames: Array of day names.
- monthNames: Array of names of each month.
- showWeekdays: Show Week columns.
- showMonthTitle: Show Month title.
- initialListSize: FlatList initialNumToRender.
- startingMonth: First month to render.
- numberOfMonths: Number of months to render.
- disableRange: Turn off range date selection.
- firstDayMonday: Monday as the first day of the week.
- monthHeight: Change Month row height.
- markedDays: Multi-dot support on Day component.
- disabledDays: Disabled days.
- renderDayContent: Render custom Day content.
Installation:
To install the React Native Calendar, you can use yarn with the following command:
yarn add @react-native-community/datetimepicker
After installing the package, you can import and use the calendar component in your React Native project.
Summary:
The React Native Calendar component provides a comprehensive set of features for integrating calendars into React Native applications. With options for customization, date selection, localization, and callback functions, developers can easily create interactive and visually appealing calendars. Installation is straightforward using yarn, and the component offers flexibility to meet various calendar requirements in mobile applications.