If you're looking for a more extensive and future-proof way to handle touch-based input, check out the Pressable API.

A wrapper for making views respond properly to touches. On press down, the opacity of the wrapped view is decreased, which allows the underlay color to show through, darkening or tinting the view.

The underlay comes from wrapping the child in a new View, which can affect layout, and sometimes cause unwanted visual artifacts if not used correctly, for example if the backgroundColor of the wrapped view isn't explicitly set to an opaque color.

TouchableHighlight must have one child (not zero or more than one). If you wish to have several child components, wrap them in a View.

function MyComponent(props) {

return (

<View {...props} style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: '#fff' }}>

<Text>My Component</Text>

</View>

);

}

<TouchableHighlight

activeOpacity={0.6}

underlayColor="#DDDDDD"

onPress={() => alert('Pressed!')}>

<MyComponent />

</TouchableHighlight>;

Example

• Function Component Example
• Class Component Example

import React, { useState } from "react";

import { StyleSheet, Text, TouchableHighlight, View } from "react-native";

const TouchableHighlightExample = () => {

const [count, setCount] = useState(0);

const onPress = () => setCount(count + 1);

return (

<View style={styles.container}>

<TouchableHighlight onPress={onPress}>

<View style={styles.button}>

<Text>Touch Here</Text>

</View>

</TouchableHighlight>

<View style={styles.countContainer}>

<Text style={styles.countText}>

{count ? count : null}

</Text>

</View>

</View>

);

}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({

container: {

flex: 1,

justifyContent: "center",

paddingHorizontal: 10

},

button: {

alignItems: "center",

backgroundColor: "#DDDDDD",

padding: 10

},

countContainer: {

alignItems: "center",

padding: 10

},

countText: {

color: "#FF00FF"

}

});

export default TouchableHighlightExample;

import React, { Component } from "react";

import { StyleSheet, Text, TouchableHighlight, View } from "react-native";

class App extends Component {

constructor(props) {

super(props);

this.state = { count: 0 };

}

onPress = () => {

this.setState({

count: this.state.count + 1

});

};

render() {

return (

<View style={styles.container}>

<TouchableHighlight onPress={this.onPress}>

<View style={styles.button}>

<Text>Touch Here</Text>

</View>

</TouchableHighlight>

<View style={[styles.countContainer]}>

<Text style={[styles.countText]}>

{this.state.count ? this.state.count : null}

</Text>

</View>

</View>

);

}

}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({

container: {

flex: 1,

justifyContent: "center",

paddingHorizontal: 10

},

button: {

alignItems: "center",

backgroundColor: "#DDDDDD",

padding: 10

},

countContainer: {

alignItems: "center",

padding: 10

},

countText: {

color: "#FF00FF"

}

});

export default App;

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Reference

Props

Inherits TouchableWithoutFeedback Props.

activeOpacity

Determines what the opacity of the wrapped view should be when touch is active. The value should be between 0 and 1. Defaults to 0.85. Requires underlayColor to be set.

Type	Required
number	No

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onHideUnderlay

Called immediately after the underlay is hidden.

Type	Required
function	No

---

onShowUnderlay

Called immediately after the underlay is shown.

Type	Required
function	No

---

style

Type	Required
View.style	No

---

underlayColor

The color of the underlay that will show through when the touch is active.

Type	Required
color	No

---

hasTVPreferredFocus

(Apple TV only) TV preferred focus (see documentation for the View component).

Type	Required	Platform
bool	No	iOS

---

nextFocusDown

TV next focus down (see documentation for the View component).

Type	Required	Platform
bool	No	Android

---

nextFocusForward

TV next focus forward (see documentation for the View component).

Type	Required	Platform
bool	No	Android

---

nextFocusLeft

TV next focus left (see documentation for the View component).

Type	Required	Platform
bool	No	Android

---

nextFocusRight

TV next focus right (see documentation for the View component).

Type	Required	Platform
bool	No	Android

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nextFocusUp

TV next focus up (see documentation for the View component).

Type	Required	Platform
bool	No	Android

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testOnly_pressed

Handy for snapshot tests.

Type	Required
bool	No