README.md

Cinch

Simplifying React Native Flexbox layouts.

Hedron inspired layout library using styled components.

This is a new package and so is in beta release. Please leave feedback in the issues section on GitHub with any bugs or suggestions. Thanks

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Requirements

The following dependencies must be installed in your project in order for cinch to work.

• styled-components 2.0.0 and up

Installation

npm install --save cinch-layout

Usage

import * as React from 'react';
import { SafeAreaView, Text } from 'react-native';
import { CinchProvider, CinchBounds, CinchBox } from 'cinch-layout'

export default class App extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <SafeAreaView style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: 'white' }}>
        <CinchProvider>
          <CinchBounds flex={1} debug flexDirection="vertical">
            <CinchBox debug style={{ width: '50%' }}>
              <Text>Hello</Text>
            </CinchBox>

            <CinchBox flex={2} debug={true}>
              <Text>Hello</Text>
            </CinchBox>

            <CinchBox flex={1} debug={true}>
              <Text>Hello</Text>
            </CinchBox>
          </CinchBounds>
          <CinchBounds>
            <CinchBox debug valign={'center'} halign="right">
              <Text>Hello</Text>
            </CinchBox>
            <CinchBox debug style={{ marginHorizontal: 20 }}>
              <Text>Hello</Text>
            </CinchBox>
          </CinchBounds>
        </CinchProvider>
      </SafeAreaView>
    )
  }
}

Documentation

All Components accept the following props. The style props can also be passed as usual which will overwrite any conflicting styles.

CinchProvider

Props

CinchBounds

Props

• debug : boolean
  • Outlines the grid system so you can visualize the layout
• flex: number - structure: 2
  • Controls the CSS flex property
• flexDirection: string - horizontal or vertical
  • Sets the primary axis the children should be in line with
• wrap: boolean
  • Sets whether the children should wrap when there's no more room on the primary axis
• valign: string - top, center, or bottom
  • Alignment of children along the vertical axis
• halign: string - left, center, or right
  • Alignment of children along the horizontal axis

CinchBox

Props

• debug : boolean
  • Outlines the grid system so you can visualize the layout
• flex: string - structure: grow shrink basis