React Native Infinite Picker 🎰🤏⏰

A performant, flexible, infinite-scroll picker component for React Native apps 🔥

Great for any kind of select input, such as timers, alarms, duration inputs or date inputs.

Works with Expo and bare React Native apps ✅

Includes haptic and audio feedback for a native feel 🚀

• Demos 📱
• Peer Dependencies 👶
  • Linear Gradient
  • Haptic Feedback
  • Audio Feedback (Click Sound)
• Installation 🚀
• Examples 😎
  • Timer Picker Modal (Dark Mode) 🌚
  • Timer Picker Modal (Light Mode) 🌞
  • Timer Picker with Transparent Fade-Out (Dark Mode) 🌒
  • Timer Picker with Customisation (Light Mode) 🌔
• Props 💅
  • TimerPicker ⏲️
    • Custom Styles 👗
    • Performance
    • Custom FlatList
    • Generic feedback
  • TimerPickerModal ⏰
    • Custom Styles 👕
• Methods 🔄
  • TimerPicker
  • TimerPickerModal
• Contributing 🧑‍🤝‍🧑
  • Dev Setup
  • GitHub Guidelines
• Limitations ⚠
• License 📝

Demos 📱

Try it out for yourself on Expo Snack! Make sure to run it on a mobile to see it working properly.

Peer Dependencies 👶

This component will work in your React Native Project without any peer dependencies. However, to enable certain additional features (e.g. fade-out, feedback) you will need to supply various libraries as props. These are detailed below.

Linear Gradient

If you want the numbers to fade in/out at the top and bottom of the picker, you will need to install either:

• expo-linear-gradient (if using Expo)
• react-native-linear-gradient (if using in a bare React Native project)

To enable the linear gradient, you need to supply the component as a prop to either TimerPickerModal or TimerPicker.

Masked View

To make the numbers fade in/out on a transparent background (e.g. if the picker is rendered on top of a gradient or image), you will need to install the @react-native-masked-view/masked-view component. This is as the standard LinearGradient implementation relies on there being a solid background colour. You then just need to set backgroundColor: "transparent on the TimerPicker styles prop.

import MaskedView from "@react-native-masked-view/masked-view";

To enable the fade-out on a transparent background, you need to supply the imported MaskedView component AND one of the LinearGradient components as props to either TimerPickerModal or TimerPicker. (see this example)

Haptic Feedback

Enable haptic feedback with the expo-haptics module:

import * as Haptics from "expo-haptics";

To enable haptic feedback, you need to supply the imported Haptics namespace as a prop to either TimerPickerModal or TimerPicker.

Generic feedback support is possible with the pickerFeeback prop.

Audio Feedback (Click Sound)

Enable audio feedback with the expo-av module:

import { Audio } from "expo-av";

To enable audio feedback, you need to supply the imported Audio class as a prop to either TimerPickerModal or TimerPicker.

Please note that the default click sound uses a hosted mp3 file. To make the click sound work offline, you need to supply your own sound asset through the clickSoundAsset prop. You can download the default click sound here.

Generic feedback support is possible with the pickerFeeback prop.

Installation 🚀

Supports React Native >= 0.59.0 and React >= 16.8.0.

Just run:

npm install react-native-infinite-picker

or

yarn add react-native-infinite-picker

Examples 😎

Timer Picker Modal (Dark Mode) 🌚

import { TimerPickerModal } from "react-native-infinite-picker";
import { LinearGradient } from "expo-linear-gradient"; // or `import LinearGradient from "react-native-linear-gradient"`
import { Audio } from "expo-av"; // for audio feedback (click sound as you scroll)
import * as Haptics from "expo-haptics"; // for haptic feedback

....
const [showPicker, setShowPicker] = useState(false);
const [alarmString, setAlarmString] = useState<
        string | null
    >(null);

const formatTime = ({
    hours,
    minutes,
    seconds,
}: {
    hours?: number;
    minutes?: number;
    seconds?: number;
}) => {
    const timeParts = [];

    if (hours !== undefined) {
        timeParts.push(hours.toString().padStart(2, "0"));
    }
    if (minutes !== undefined) {
        timeParts.push(minutes.toString().padStart(2, "0"));
    }
    if (seconds !== undefined) {
        timeParts.push(seconds.toString().padStart(2, "0"));
    }

    return timeParts.join(":");
};

return (
    <View style={{backgroundColor: "#514242", alignItems: "center", justifyContent: "center"}}>
        <Text style={{fontSize: 18, color: "#F1F1F1"}}>
            {alarmStringExample !== null
                ? "Alarm set for"
                : "No alarm set"}
        </Text>
        <TouchableOpacity
            activeOpacity={0.7}
            onPress={() => setShowPicker(true)}>
            <View style={{alignItems: "center"}}>
                {alarmString !== null ? (
                    <Text style={{color: "#F1F1F1", fontSize: 48}}>
                        {alarmString}
                    </Text>
                ) : null}
                <TouchableOpacity
                    activeOpacity={0.7}
                    onPress={() => setShowPicker(true)}>
                    <View style={{marginTop: 30}}>
                        <Text
                            style={{
                                paddingVertical: 10,
                                paddingHorizontal: 18,
                                borderWidth: 1,
                                borderRadius: 10,
                                fontSize: 16,
                                overflow: "hidden",
                                borderColor: "#C2C2C2",
                                color: "#C2C2C2"
                                }}>
                            {"Set Alarm 🔔"}
                        </Text>
                    </View>
                </TouchableOpacity>
            </View>
        </TouchableOpacity>
        <TimerPickerModal
            visible={showPicker}
            setIsVisible={setShowPicker}
            onConfirm={(pickedDuration) => {
                setAlarmString(formatTime(pickedDuration));
                setShowPicker(false);
            }}
            modalTitle="Set Alarm"
            onCancel={() => setShowPicker(false)}
            closeOnOverlayPress
            Audio={Audio}
            LinearGradient={LinearGradient}
            Haptics={Haptics}
            styles={{
                theme: "dark",
            }}
            modalProps={{
                overlayOpacity: 0.2,
            }}
        />
    </View>
)

Timer Picker Modal (Light Mode) 🌞

import { TimerPickerModal } from "react-native-infinite-picker";
import { LinearGradient } from "expo-linear-gradient"; // or `import LinearGradient from "react-native-linear-gradient"`
import { Audio } from "expo-av"; // for audio feedback (click sound as you scroll)
import * as Haptics from "expo-haptics"; // for haptic feedback

....
const [showPicker, setShowPicker] = useState(false);
const [alarmString, setAlarmString] = useState<
        string | null
    >(null);

const formatTime = ({
    hours,
    minutes,
    seconds,
}: {
    hours?: number;
    minutes?: number;
    seconds?: number;
}) => {
    const timeParts = [];

    if (hours !== undefined) {
        timeParts.push(hours.toString().padStart(2, "0"));
    }
    if (minutes !== undefined) {
        timeParts.push(minutes.toString().padStart(2, "0"));
    }
    if (seconds !== undefined) {
        timeParts.push(seconds.toString().padStart(2, "0"));
    }

    return timeParts.join(":");
};

return (
    <View style={{backgroundColor: "#F1F1F1", alignItems: "center", justifyContent: "center"}}>
        <Text style={{fontSize: 18, color: "#202020"}}>
            {alarmStringExample !== null
                ? "Alarm set for"
                : "No alarm set"}
        </Text>
        <TouchableOpacity
            activeOpacity={0.7}
            onPress={() => setShowPicker(true)}>
            <View style={{alignItems: "center"}}>
                {alarmString !== null ? (
                    <Text style={{color: "#202020", fontSize: 48}}>
                        {alarmString}
                    </Text>
                ) : null}
                <TouchableOpacity
                    activeOpacity={0.7}
                    onPress={() => setShowPicker(true)}>
                    <View style={{marginTop: 30}}>
                        <Text
                            style={{paddingVertical: 10,
                            paddingHorizontal: 18,
                            borderWidth: 1,
                            borderRadius: 10,
                            fontSize: 16,
                            overflow: "hidden",
                            borderColor: "#8C8C8C",
                            color: "#8C8C8C"
                            }}>
                            Set Alarm 🔔
                        </Text>
                    </View>
                </TouchableOpacity>
            </View>
        </TouchableOpacity>
        <TimerPickerModal
            visible={showPicker}
            setIsVisible={setShowPicker}
            onConfirm={(pickedDuration) => {
                setAlarmString(formatTime(pickedDuration));
                setShowPicker(false);
            }}
            modalTitle="Set Alarm"
            onCancel={() => setShowPicker(false)}
            closeOnOverlayPress
            use12HourPicker
            Audio={Audio}
            // supply your own custom click sound asset
            clickSoundAsset={require("./assets/custom_click.mp3")}
            LinearGradient={LinearGradient}
            Haptics={Haptics}
            styles={{
                theme: "light",
            }}
        />
    </View>
)

Timer Picker with Transparent Fade-Out (Dark Mode) 🌒

import { TimerPicker } from "react-native-infinite-picker";
import MaskedView from "@react-native-masked-view/masked-view"; // for transparent fade-out
import { LinearGradient } from "expo-linear-gradient"; // or `import LinearGradient from "react-native-linear-gradient"`
import { Audio } from "expo-av"; // for audio feedback (click sound as you scroll)
import * as Haptics from "expo-haptics"; // for haptic feedback

....
const [showPicker, setShowPicker] = useState(false);
const [alarmString, setAlarmString] = useState<
        string | null
    >(null);

return (
    <LinearGradient
        colors={["#202020", "#220578"]}
        start={{ x: 0, y: 0 }}
        end={{ x: 1, y: 1 }}
        style={{alignItems: "center", justifyContent: "center"}}>
        <TimerPicker
            padWithNItems={2}
            hourLabel=":"
            minuteLabel=":"
            secondLabel=""
            Audio={Audio}
            LinearGradient={LinearGradient}
            Haptics={Haptics}
            MaskedView={MaskedView}
            styles={{
                theme: "dark",
                backgroundColor: "transparent", // transparent fade-out
                pickerItem: {
                    fontSize: 34,
                },
                pickerLabel: {
                    fontSize: 32,
                    marginTop: 0,
                },
                pickerContainer: {
                    marginRight: 6,
                },
                pickerItemContainer: {
                    width: 100
                },
                pickerLabelContainer: {
                    right: -20,
                    top: 0,
                    bottom: 6,
                    width: 40,
                    alignItems: "center",
                },
            }}
        />
    </LinearGradient>
)

Timer Picker with Customisation (Light Mode) 🌔

import { TimerPicker } from "react-native-infinite-picker";
import { LinearGradient } from "expo-linear-gradient"; // or `import LinearGradient from "react-native-linear-gradient"`
import { Audio } from "expo-av"; // for audio feedback (click sound as you scroll)
import * as Haptics from "expo-haptics"; // for haptic feedback

....
const [showPicker, setShowPicker] = useState(false);
const [alarmString, setAlarmString] = useState<
        string | null
    >(null);

return (
    <View style={{backgroundColor: "#F1F1F1", alignItems: "center", justifyContent: "center"}}>
        <TimerPicker
            padWithNItems={3}
            hideHours
            minuteLabel="min"
            secondLabel="sec"
            Audio={Audio}
            LinearGradient={LinearGradient}
            Haptics={Haptics}
            styles={{
                theme: "light",
                pickerItem: {
                    fontSize: 34,
                },
                pickerLabel: {
                    fontSize: 26,
                    right: -20,
                },
                pickerLabelContainer: {
                    width: 60,
                },
                pickerItemContainer: {
                    width: 150,
                },
            }}
        />
    </View>
)

Props 💅

TimerPicker ⏲️

| Prop | Description | Type | Default | Required | | :------------------------------: | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :----------------------------: | :------: | | onDurationChange | Callback when the duration changes | (duration: { hours: number, minutes: number, seconds: number }) => void | - | false | | initialValue | Initial value for the picker | { hours?: number, minutes?: number, seconds?: number } | - | false | | hideHours | Hide the hours picker | Boolean | false | false | | hideMinutes | Hide the minutes picker | Boolean | false | false | | hideSeconds | Hide the seconds picker | Boolean | false | false | | hoursPickerIsDisabled | Disable the hours picker picker | Boolean | false | false | | minutesPickerIsDisabled | Disable the minutes picker picker | Boolean | false | false | | secondsPickerIsDisabled | Disable the seconds picker picker | Boolean | false | false | | hourLimit | Limit on the hours it is possible to select | { max?: Number, min?: Number } | - | false | | minuteLimit | Limit on the minutes it is possible to select | { max?: Number, min?: Number } | - | false | | secondLimit | Limit on the seconds it is possible to select | { max?: Number, min?: Number } | - | false | | maximumHours | The highest value on the hours picker | Number | 23 | false | | maximumMinutes | The highest value on the minutes picker | Number | 59 | false | | maximumSeconds | The highest value on the seconds picker | Number | 59 | false | | hourInterval | The interval between values on the hours picker | Number | 1 | false | | minuteInterval | The interval between values on the minutes picker | Number | 1 | false | | secondInterval | The interval between values on the seconds picker | Number | 1 | false | | hourLabel | Label for the hours picker | String | React.ReactElement | h | false | | minuteLabel | Label for the minutes picker | String | React.ReactElement | m | false | | secondLabel | Label for the seconds picker | String | React.ReactElement | s | false | | padHoursWithZero | Pad single-digit hours in the picker with a zero | Boolean | false | false | | padMinutesWithZero | Pad single-digit minutes in the picker with a zero | Boolean | true | false | | padSecondsWithZero | Pad single-digit seconds in the picker with a zero | Boolean | true | false | | padWithNItems | Number of items to pad the picker with on either side | Number | 1 | false | | aggressivelyGetLatestDuration | Set to True to ask DurationScroll to aggressively update the latestDuration ref | Boolean | false | false | | allowFontScaling | Allow font in the picker to scale with accessibility settings | Boolean | false | false | | use12HourPicker | Switch the hour picker to 12-hour format with an AM / PM label | Boolean | false | false | | amLabel | Set the AM label if using the 12-hour picker | String | am | false | | pmLabel | Set the PM label if using the 12-hour picker | String | pm | false | | repeatHourNumbersNTimes | Set the number of times the list of hours is repeated in the picker | Number | 7 | false | | repeatMinuteNumbersNTimes | Set the number of times the list of minutes is repeated in the picker | Number | 3 | false | | repeatSecondNumbersNTimes | Set the number of times the list of seconds is repeated in the picker | Number | 3 | false | | disableInfiniteScroll | Disable the infinite scroll feature | Boolean | false | false | | LinearGradient | Linear Gradient Component (required for picker fade-out) | expo-linear-gradient.LinearGradient or react-native-linear-gradient.default | - | false | | MaskedView | Masked View Component (required for picker fade-out on transparent background) | @react-native-masked-view/masked-view.default | - | false | | Haptics | Haptics Namespace (required for Haptic feedback) | expo-haptics | - | false | | Audio | Audio Class (required for audio feedback i.e. click sound) | expo-av.Audio | - | false | | pickerFeedback | Generic picker feedback as alternative to the above Expo feedback support | () => void \| Promise<void> | - | false | | FlatList | FlatList component used internally to implement each picker (hour, minutes and seconds). More info below | react-native.FlatList | FlatList from react-native | false | | clickSoundAsset | Custom sound asset for click sound (required for offline click sound - download default here) | require(.../somefolderpath) or {uri: www.someurl} | - | false | | pickerContainerProps | Props for the picker container | React.ComponentProps<typeof View> | - | false | | pickerGradientOverlayProps | Props for the gradient overlay (supply a different locations array to adjust its position) overlays | Partial<LinearGradientProps> | - | false | | styles | Custom styles for the timer picker | CustomTimerPickerStyles | - | false |

Custom Styles 👗

The following custom styles can be supplied to re-style the component in any way. Various styles are applied by default - you can take a look at these here.

| Style Prop | Description | Type | | :---------------------: | :------------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------------: | | theme | Theme of the component | "light" | "dark" | | backgroundColor | Main background color | string | | text | Base text style | TextStyle | | pickerContainer | Main container for the picker | ViewStyle & { backgroundColor?: string } | | pickerLabelContainer | Container for the picker's labels | ViewStyle | | pickerLabel | Style for the picker's labels | TextStyle | | pickerAmPmContainer | Style for the picker's labels | ViewStyle | | pickerAmPmLabel | Style for the picker's labels | TextStyle | | pickerItemContainer | Container for each number in the picker | ViewStyle & { height?: number } | | pickerItem | Style for each individual picker number | TextStyle | | disabledPickerItem | Style for any numbers outside any set limits | TextStyle | | disabledPickerContainer | Style for disabled pickers | ViewStyle | | pickerGradientOverlay | Style for the gradient overlay (fade out) | ViewStyle | | durationScrollFlatList | Style for the Flatlist in each picker | ViewStyle | | durationScrollFlatListContainer | Style for the View that contains the Flatlist in each picker | ViewStyle | | durationScrollFlatListContentContainer | Style for the Flatlist's contentContainerStyle prop in each picker | ViewStyle |

Note the minor limitations to the allowed styles for pickerContainer and pickerItemContainer. These are made because these styles are used for internal calculations and all possible backgroundColor/height types are not supported.

Performance

When the disableInfiniteScroll prop is not set, the picker gives the appearance of an infinitely scrolling picker by auto-scrolling forward/back when you near the start/end of the list. When the picker auto-scrolls, a momentary flicker is visible if you are scrolling very slowly.

To mitigate for this, the list of numbers in each picker is repeated a given number of times based on the length of the list (8 times for the hours picker, and 3 times for the minutes and seconds picker). These have a performance trade-off: higher values mean the picker has to auto-scroll less to maintain the infinite scroll, but has to render a longer list of numbers. The number of repetitions automatically adjusts if the number of items in the picker changes (e.g. if an interval is included, or the maximum value is modified), balancing the trade-off. You can also manually adjust the number of repetitions in each picker with the repeatHourNumbersNTimes, repeatMinuteNumbersNTimes and repeatSecondNumbersNTimes props.

Note that you can avoid the auto-scroll flickering entirely by disabling infinite scroll. You could then set the above props to high values, so that a user has to scroll far down/up the list to reach the end of the list.

Custom FlatList

The library offers the ability to provide a custom component for the <FlatList />, instead of the default React Native component. This allows for more flexibility and integration with libraries like react-native-gesture-handler or other components built on top of it, like https://ui.gorhom.dev/components/bottom-sheet.

E.g. if you want to place the timer picker within that bottom-sheet component, the scrolling detection from the bottom-sheet would interfere with the one inside the timer picker, but it can be easily solved by providing the FlatList component from react-native-gesture-handler like this:

import { FlatList } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
import { TimerPicker } from "react-native-infinite-picker";

// ...

<TimerPicker
    {...props}
    FlatList={FlatList}
/>

Please note that this solution does not work for all bottom-sheet components (e.g. @tamagui/sheet) as it depends on the implementation of each component.

Important: The custom component needs to have the same interface as React Native's <FlatList /> in order for it to work as expected. A complete reference of the current usage can be found here.

Generic feedback

To enable haptic feedback from the non-Expo module react-native-haptic-feedback (or provide feedback in any other form) you can use the generic feedback callback prop pickerFeedback. This function is called whenever any of the pickers tick onto a new number.

import { trigger } from 'react-native-haptic-feedback';
import { TimerPicker } from "react-native-infinite-picker";

// ...

<TimerPicker
    {...props}
    pickerFeedback={() => trigger('impactLight')}
/>

TimerPickerModal ⏰

The TimerPickerModal component accepts all TimerPicker props, and the below additional props.

| Prop | Description | Type | Default | Required | | :-------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-----: | :------: | | visible | Determines if the modal is visible | Boolean | - | true | | setIsVisible | Callback to set modal visibility | (isVisible: boolean) => void | - | true | | onConfirm | Callback when the user confirms the selected time | ({ hours, minutes, seconds }: { hours: number, minutes: number, seconds: number }) => void | - | true | | onCancel | Callback when the user cancels the selection | () => void | - | false | | closeOnOverlayPress | Determines if the modal should close on overlay press | Boolean | false | false | | hideCancelButton | Hide the cancel button within the modal | Boolean | false | false | | confirmButtonText | Text for the confirm button | String | Confirm | false | | cancelButtonText | Text for the cancel button | String | Cancel | false | | modalTitle | Title text for the modal | String | - | false | | modalProps | Props for the main modal component | React.ComponentProps<typeof Modal> | - | false | | containerProps | Props for the main container | React.ComponentProps<typeof View> | - | false | | contentContainerProps | Props for the content container | React.ComponentProps<typeof View> | - | false | | buttonContainerProps | Props for the button containers | React.ComponentProps<typeof View> | - | false | | buttonTouchableOpacityProps | Props for the button touchable opacities | React.ComponentProps<typeof TouchableOpacity> | - | false | | modalTitleProps | Props for the modal title text component | React.ComponentProps<typeof Text> | - | false | | styles | Custom styles for the timer picker modal | CustomTimerPickerModalStyles | - | false |

Custom Styles 👕

The following custom styles can be supplied to re-style the component in any way. You can also supply all of the styles specified in CustomTimerPickerStyles. Various styles are applied by default - you can take a look at these here.

| Style Prop | Description | Type | | :--------------: | :----------------------------------------- | :-------: | | container | Main container's style | ViewStyle | | contentContainer | Style for the content's container | ViewStyle | | buttonContainer | Style for the container around the buttons | ViewStyle | | button | General style for both buttons | TextStyle | | cancelButton | Style for the cancel button | TextStyle | | confirmButton | Style for the confirm button | TextStyle | | modalTitle | Style for the title of the modal | TextStyle |

Methods 🔄

TimerPicker

The library exposes a TimerPickerRef type, which can be used to type your ref to the picker:

const timerPickerRef = useRef < TimerPickerRef > null;

It has the following available methods:

reset - imperative method to reset the selected duration to their initial values.

timerPickerRef.current.reset(options?: { animated: boolean });

setValue - imperative method to set the selected duration to a particular value

timerPickerRef.current.setValue({ hours: number, minutes: number, seconds: number }, options?: { animated: boolean });

It also exposes the following ref object:

latestDuration - provides access to the latest duration (even during scrolls). This only works if aggressivelyGetLatestDuration is set to True (as in TimerPickerModal). It is used internally to ensure that the latest duration is returned in TimerPickerModal on pressing the confirm button, even if the inputs are still scrolling.

const latestDuration = timerPickerRef.current?.latestDuration;
const newDuration = {
    hours: latestDuration?.hours?.current,
    minutes: latestDuration?.minutes?.current,
    seconds: latestDuration?.seconds?.current,
};

TimerPickerModal

An identical ref is also exposed for the TimerPickerModal component.

Contributing 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Contributions to this project are more than welcome.

Dev Setup

To get this project running locally:

1. Clone the Git repo.
2. Run yarn setup from the project root (this installs the project dependencies and the examples' additional dependencies)

You can then start either the Expo example or the bare React Native example:

• For Expo, run yarn start to start the Expo example in Expo Go.
• For bare React Native, run yarn start-bare:android or start-bare:ios to start the project on an emulator/device.

GitHub Guidelines

There are two permenant branches: main and develop. You should never work directly on either of these branches.

1. Create a new branch off develop for your work using the pattern feature/{DESCRIPTION}.
2. When you think your work is ready for review, submit a PR from your branch back to develop.
3. Once the PR is resolved, your work will be merged into develop, and will be included in the next major/minor release.

Limitations ⚠

The project is not compatibile with React Native versions prior to v0.72.0 due to this React Native issue.

License 📝

This project is licensed under the MIT License.