A comprehensive React Native form component with built-in widgets, validation, and state management.
Gifted Form is a comprehensive form component library for React Native that simplifies building complex forms with built-in validation, custom widgets, and flexible state management. It provides a unified solution to handle various input types and form logic, reducing boilerplate code for developers. The library aims to be an all-encompassing form solution with a declarative API and modular widget system.
React Native developers building mobile applications that require complex forms with multiple input types, validation, and modal navigation, particularly those using or integrating with ExNavigator for modal handling.
Developers choose Gifted Form for its extensive built-in widgets, declarative validation system that integrates with libraries like validator.js, and flexible state management options including internal management via GiftedFormManager or external integration with Redux. Its modal integration for nested forms and pickers, tested with ExNavigator, provides a seamless user experience.
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Includes pre-built widgets like text inputs, selectors, date pickers, and modal-based pickers, reducing the need for custom components as shown in the example with Gender and Country pickers.
Supports customizable validators with integration to validator.js, allowing complex rule sets and error messages, demonstrated in the example with length, email, and custom validators.
Offers internal management via GiftedFormManager and external options with value/onValueChange props, though external support is limited to TextInputWidget and HiddenWidget as noted.
Seamlessly opens nested forms or pickers using modal navigation, specifically tested with ExNavigator for a smooth user experience, as highlighted in the openModal prop usage.
The beta feature for storing state externally only works with TextInputWidget and HiddenWidget, requiring PRs for other widgets, which hinders integration with libraries like Redux.
Modal integration is tested with ExNavigator, meaning it might not work out-of-the-box with other navigation libraries like React Navigation without additional configuration.
The README notes the author is busy and relies on contributors, which could lead to slower updates and compatibility issues with newer React Native versions.