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React Native Onkeypress Event Example Tutorial

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Hi Guys,

In this blog, I will explain you how to use onkeypress event in react native. You can easily use onkeypress event in react native. First i will create new fuction sayHello


, after I will using onkeypress event using onKeyPress attitude add in tag react native.

Here, I will give you full example for simply display onkeypress event using react native as bellow.

Step 1 - Create project

In the first step Run the following command for create project.

expo init Onkeypress 

Step 2 - App.js

In this step, You will open App.js file and put the code.

import React from 'react';
import { TextInput,Button,StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
export default function App() {
  function sayHello() {
    alert('Hello!');
  }
  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
        <TextInput onKeyPress={sayHello} style={styles.textbox} placeholder="Enter Text Here..."/>
    </View>
  );
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    backgroundColor: '#fff',
    alignItems: 'center',
    justifyContent: 'center',
  },
  textbox: {
    color: "red"
  }
});

Step 3 - Run project

In the last step run your project using bellow command.

npm start

Output

It will help you...