react native vector icons for cli code example
Example 1: install react-native-vector-icons/ionicons
npm i react-native-vector-icons
Example 2: react native vector icon
import Icon from 'react-native-vector-icons/FontAwesome';
const myIcon = <Icon name="rocket" size={30} color="#900" />;
Example 3: react native vector icons
Following steps will help add vector icons to use in react-native cli
1-npm install --save react-native-vector-icons
2-Edit android/app/build.gradle : (add below code)
apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons/fonts.gradle"
3-Edit android/app/build.gradle : (add below code to dependencies)
dependencies {
...
compile project(':react-native-vector-icons')
}
4-run following command from project root directory
npm install
5-start project again
6-run project in android with following command
npx react-native run-android