react-native-big-calendar

Cross-platform gcal/outlook like calendar component for React Native.

⚠️ Help me to debug this component ⚠️

It's a hard task to debug this library on three platforms. I usually develop with the Web version first, then confirm its functionality with real devices. My PC is Linux and my phone is Android, so on Android it is easy to test, but to debug on iOS, I have to bring my Macbook Pro from my garage and connect my wife's iPhone and test it. Every time I launch my MacBook Pro, it requires updating Xcode or even performing a full system update.. It takes so long time to start debug. As React Native works on iOS better than Android, I always sometimes skip testing it, so there should be a bug on iOS. If you help me debug it, I would much appreciate!

Components Demo

Features

• Cross Platform: Runs on the Web, iOS, Android with the power of React
• Type-safe: Fully written in TypeScript
• Customizable: Able to provide your own theme, and pass your component to render.
• Lightweight: ~9KB (min + gzip), dependency is dayjs and calendarize

Install

npm install --save react-native-big-calendar

Or if you use Yarn:

yarn add react-native-big-calendar

Other dependencies

Please ensure peer dependencies are installed.

npm install react react-native

TypeScript

If you use TypeScript ensure @types/react and @types/react-native is installed. react-native-big-calendar internally uses them.

npm install --save-dev @types/react @types/react-native

Usage on the Web

If you are using this module on the Web, please install react-native-web.

npm install react-native-web

If you are using Create React App, you are ready to go 🎉

For more details, please refer to the official react-native-web installation guide.

https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web

Getting Started

import { Calendar } from 'react-native-big-calendar'

const events = [
  {
    title: 'Meeting',
    start: new Date(2020, 1, 11, 10, 0),
    end: new Date(2020, 1, 11, 10, 30),
  },
  {
    title: 'Coffee break',
    start: new Date(2020, 1, 11, 15, 45),
    end: new Date(2020, 1, 11, 16, 30),
  },
]

function App() {
  return <Calendar events={events} height={600} />
}

API Documentation

Summary

export interface CalendarProps<T extends ICalendarEventBase> {
  events: T
  height: number
  overlapOffset?: number
  hourRowHeight?: number
  ampm?: boolean
  date?: Date
  eventCellStyle?: EventCellStyle<T>
  eventCellAccessibilityProps?: AccessibilityProps
  eventCellTextColor?: string
  allDayEventCellStyle?: allDayEventCellStyle<>
  allDayEventCellAccessibilityProps?: AccessibilityProps
  calendarCellAccessibilityPropsForMonthView?: AccessiblityProps
  allDayEventCellTextColor?: string
  calendarContainerStyle?: ViewStyle
  calendarCellAccessibilityProps?: AccessibilityProps
  headerContainerStyle?: ViewStyle
  headerContainerAccessibilityProps?: AccessibilityProps
  headerCellAccessibilityProps?: AccessibilityProps
  bodyContainerStyle?: ViewStyle
  renderEvent?: (
    event: T,
    touchableOpacityProps: CalendarTouchableOpacityProps,
  ) => ReactElement | null
  renderHeader?: React.ComponentType<CalendarHeaderProps<T> & { mode: Mode }>
  renderHeaderForMonthView?: React.ComponentType<CalendarHeaderForMonthViewProps>
  locale?: string
  hideNowIndicator?: boolean
  mode?: Mode
  scrollOffsetMinutes?: number
  showTime?: boolean
  minHour?: number
  maxHour?: number
  swipeEnabled?: boolean
  weekStartsOn?: WeekNum
  weekEndsOn?: WeekNum
  onChangeDate?: DateRangeHandler
  onPressCell?: (date: Date) => void
  onPressDateHeader?: (date: Date) => void
  onPressEvent?: (event: ICalendarEvent<T>) => void
  eventMinHeightForMonthView?: number
  activeDate?: Date
  moreLabel?: string
  showAdjacentMonths?: boolean
  sortedMonthView?: boolean
  showVerticalScrollIndicator?: boolean
  timeslots?: number
}

<Calendar /> Props are:

name	required	type	description
events	yes	ICalendarEvent<T>[]	The events which will be rendered on the calendar. You can extend the type ICalendarEvent by providing a value to generic type T (see ./stories/events.tsx for an example). with optional children to display custom components inside the event, and optional event renderer function to take complete control over the rendered event (advanced feature). Events occurring during the same time range will be layered, offset, and assigned a unique color.
height	yes	number	Calendar height.
hideNowIndicator	no	boolean	Hides the indicator for the current time. By default the now indicator is shown.
hourRowHeight	no	number	Hour row height
onPressEvent	no	(event: ICalendarEvent<T>) => void	Event handler which will be fired when the user clicks an event.
onChangeDate	no	([start: Date, end: Date]) => void	Event handler which will be fired when the current date range changed.
onPressCell	no	(date: Date) => void	Event handler which will be fired when the current date cell is clicked. The minute set to 0.
onLongPressCell	no	(date: Date) => void	Same as above but triggered by a long press.
onPressDateHeader	no	(date: Date) => void	Event handler which will be fired when the user clicks a date from the header.
mode	no	'month' | 'week' | '3days' | 'day' | 'schedule' | 'custom'
eventCellStyle	no	ViewStyle | (event: ICalendarEvent<T>) => ViewStyle	The style of Event cell. Accepts either style object (static) or function (dynamic).
eventCellAccessiblityProps	no	AccessibilityProps	Accessibility properties of Event cell
eventCellTextColor	no	string	The color of Event cell text.
allDayEventCellStyle	no	ViewStyle | (event: ICalendarEvent<T>) => ViewStyle	The style of all day Event cell. Accepts either style object (static) or function (dynamic).
allDayEventCellTextColor	no	string	The color of all day Event cell text.
allDayEventCellAccessibilityProps	no	AccessibilityProps	Accessibility properties of all day Event cell text.
calendarCellAccessibilityProps	no	AccessibilityProps	Accessibility properties of cells in calendar body, including the cells for hour.
calendarCellAccessibilityPropsForMonthView	no	AccessibilityProps	Accessibility properties of date cells in calendar body for month view.
headerContentStyle	no	ViewStyle	The style of the Header's content. Accepts a style object (static).
headerContainerAccessibilityProps	no	AccessibilityProps	Accessiblity propertiees for Header container. Use set this to control ScreenReader to identify the entire Header row as a single accessible element
headerCellAccessibilityProps	no	AccessibilityProps	Accessiblity propertiees for Header cell.
dayHeaderStyle	no	ViewStyle	The style of the Header's day numbers. Accepts a style object (static).
dayHeaderHighlightColor	no	string	The style of the Header's highlighted day number. Accepts a style object (static).
weekDayHeaderHighlightColor	no	string	The style of the Header's highlighted week day. Accepts a style object (static).
scrollOffsetMinutes	no	number	Scroll to specific minutes in a day. e.g.) set 480 to scroll to 8am when the calendar rendered.
date	no	Date	Initial date of calendar. Defaults to new Date (current time).
onSwipeEnd	no	(date: Date) => void	Event handler which will be fired when swiping left or right. Memoize your function to prevent unnecesary re-renders
swipeEnabled	no	boolean
showTime	no	boolean
minHour	no	number	The first hour that will be displayed in week/day modes.
maxHour	no	number	The final hour that will be displayed in week/day modes.
ampm	no	boolean	Use 12 hours time format instead of 24 hours.
weekStartsOn	no	0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6	Which day the week starts on. Sunday is 0.
weekEndsOn	no	0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6	Which day the week ends on. Sunday is 0.
locale	no	string	Custom locale. See I18n section
overlapOffset	no	number	Adjusts the indentation of events that occur during the same time period. Defaults to 20 on web and 8 on mobile.
isRTL	no	boolean	Switches the direction of the layout for use with RTL languages. Defaults to false.
renderEvent	no	EventRenderer	Custom event renderer. See the type definition below.
renderHeader	no	HeaderRenderer	Custom header renderer.
eventMinHeightForMonthView	no	number	Minimun height for events in month view. Should match the min-height of your custom events. Defaults to 22.
activeDate	no	Date	Date highlighted in header. Defaults to today (current time).
headerComponent	no	ReactElement	Calendar body header component.
headerComponentStyle	no	ViewStyle	Calendar body header component wrapper styling. Accepts a style object (static)
hourStyle	no	TextStyle	Calendar body hours styling. Accepts a style object (static)
showAllDayEventCell	no	boolean	Boolean for showing/hiding the all day event cell
moreLabel	no	string	String to replace More label in month view. Default: '{moreCount} More'. {moreCount} is replaced by number of extra events
showAdjacentMonths	no	boolean	Boolean for showing/hiding adjacent months in month view. Defaults to true
sortedMonthView	no	boolean	(for performance) Boolean for sorting events in month view. Defaults to true
isEventOrderingEnabled	no	boolean	(for performance) Boolean for sorting events in all view. Defaults to true
renderCustomDateForMonth	no	boolean	Custom renderer for Date Cell
disableMonthEventCellPress	no	boolean	Prevent Month view event cells from being pressed. Defaults to false
itemSeparatorComponent	no	ReactElement	React Component for separate items in schedule mode. but not at the top or bottom. Refer React Native FlatList ItemSeparatorComponent for more info.
enrichedEventsByDate	no	Record<string, T[]	(for performanace) Enriched events dictionary that will be used instead of building it inside the library.
enableEnrichedEvents	no	boolean	(for performance) Boolean for enabling enrichedEvents logic. Defaults to false
eventsAreSorted	no	boolean	(for performance) Boolean for skip sorting the events inside the library due they are already sorted. Defaults to false
showWeekNumber	no	boolean	Show week number. Week number will be shown at top left corner for week/day mode and at start of each row for month mode
weekNumberPrefix	no	string	Prefix for week number. For month mode, the prefix will be shown in header row.
maxVisibleEventCount	no	number	Maximum number of events to show in a cell in month view. If the number of events exceeds this value, the cell will show the moreLabel. Defaults to 3.
timeslots	no	number	Number of timeslots to render per Hour. Default to 0
hourComponent	no	HourRenderer	Custom hour renderer

EventRenderer

type EventRenderer<T> = (
  event: ICalendarEvent<T>,
  touchableOpacityProps: CalendarTouchableOpacityProps,
) => ReactElement | null

For more information, see Storybook

ICalendarEventBase

interface ICalendarEventBase {
  start: Date
  end: Date
  title: string
  children?: ReactElement | null
  disabled?: boolean
}

HourRenderer

type HourRenderer = {
  appm: boolean
  hour: number
}

All day events

All day events should start and end on 0 in hour, minutes, and seconds (T00:00:00). For example:

{
    title: 'all day event',
    start: "2021-12-24T00:00:00.000Z",
    end: "2021-12-24T00:00:00.000Z", // same date as `start`
}

Using a custom event render function

You can specify custom event render function which receives the calculated TouchableOpacity prop and event.

• The function renderEvent must return a ReactElement.
• The component should be wrapped inside a TouchableOpacity or any DOM element which accepts positioning and click events (onPress, ...).

export interface MyCustomEventType {
  color: string
}

const renderEvent = <T extends ICalendarEventBase>(
  event: T,
  touchableOpacityProps: CalendarTouchableOpacityProps,
) => (
  <TouchableOpacity {...touchableOpacityProps}>
    <Text>{`My custom event: ${event.title} with a color: ${event.color}`}</Text>
  </TouchableOpacity>
)

<Calendar renderEvent={renderEvent} />

Displaying event's notes

Your events can contain a prop children An example can be found here.

const eventNotes = useMemo(
  () => (
    <View style={{ marginTop: 3 }}>
      <Text style={{ fontSize: 10, color: 'white' }}> Phone number: 555-123-4567 </Text>
      <Text style={{ fontSize: 10, color: 'white' }}> Arrive 15 minutes early </Text>
    </View>
  ),
  [],
)

export const myEvents: ICalendarEventBase[] = [
  {
    title: 'Custom reminder',
    start: dayjs().set('hour', 16).set('minute', 0).toDate(),
    end: dayjs().set('hour', 17).set('minute', 0).toDate(),
    children: eventNotes,
  },
]

Theme

You can customize the calendar by passing the theme prop. theme should be like this interface partially:

export interface Palette {
  main: string
  contrastText: string
}

export type Typography = Pick<
  TextStyle,
  'fontFamily' | 'fontWeight' | 'fontSize' | 'lineHeight' | 'letterSpacing' | 'textAlign'
>

export interface ThemeInterface {
  palette: {
    primary: Palette
    nowIndicator: string
    gray: {
      100: string
      200: string
      300: string
      500: string
      800: string
    }
    moreLabel: string
  }
  isRTL: boolean
  typography: {
    fontFamily?: string
    xs: Typography
    sm: Typography
    xl: Typography
    moreLabel: Typography
  }
  eventCellOverlappings: readonly Palette[]
  moreLabel: TextStyle
}

For example:

const darkTheme = {
  palette: {
    primary: {
      main: '#6185d0',
      contrastText: '#000',
    },
    gray: {
      '100': '#333',
      '200': '#666',
      '300': '#888',
      '500': '#aaa',
      '800': '#ccc',
    },
  },
}

<Calendar
  height={SCREEN_HEIGHT}
  theme={darkTheme}
/>

I18n

Please specity your locale via locale prop and import day.js locale file:

import 'dayjs/locale/ja'

<Calendar
  locale="ja"
  {/* ... */}
/>

You can find your dayjs locale here:

https://github.com/iamkun/dayjs/tree/dev/src/locale

Enriched Events Logic (Performance Boost)

Performant Data Structure

We create and cache a dictionary keyed by date with all the events properties plus the overlapping counting:

{
    [YYYY-MM-DD]: [
        {
            ...all event information,
            overlapPosition: int
            overlapCount: int
        }
    ]
}

Multi-days events

When an event spans multiple days, we create a new event for each day it spans. For example, an event that starts on 2021-05-01 and ends on 2021-05-03 will be represented as 3 events, one for each day with the following time props:

--- First day
2021-05-01: {
   ...other data
   start: event start datetime
   end: current day midnight
}
-- All the intermediate days:
2021-05-02: {
   ...other data
   start: previous day midnight
   end: current day midnight
}
-- Final day
2021-05-03: {
   ...other data
   start: previous day midnight
   end: event start datetime
}

Enriched Events Renderer

Optimised renderer get each event from the dictionary and render them without adding any extra logic like filtering or sorting.

Preprocessed Data

You can build the dictionary by yourself and send it to the library through the prop enrichedEventsByDate.

This is specially useful for example when you want to build the dictionary in a background job.

Running demo on a real device and develop

Setup

After checking this repo, please run:

yarn install
yarn sync-rndemo
cd rndemo
yarn install

Start

Start React Native development server in the demo directory:

cd rndemo
yarn start

Then, open another terminal and run:

# For ios
pod install
yarn ios

# For Android
yarn android

Every time you modify code of this library, you should run the following command in the root directory:

yarn sync-rndemo

Screenshots

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Sponsors

Enterprise support

First, thank you for your interest in this project. As this library is getting famous, lots of people are requesting features they need. I would like to respond all of them as possible, but there are limited hours I'm working on this. To be a full-time open sourcer and make this project sustainable, I've decided to add the enterprise support.

Enterprise customers are able to obtain:

• Full customization like colors, logos, images, and more.
• Priority response and development.
• Consultancy for React, TypeScript, and React Native application.

Note that some Enterprise features will be merged to the OSS version too.

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