React Native detect tap on View - react-native

Question

I’m writing a React Native app and I want to detect tap/clicks anywhere on the screen so I put an onClick handler on my <View> element but it doesn’t seem to be working. Here is my render function:
<View style={styles.container} onClick={this.onClick}>
<Text style={styles.welcome}>
Tap to change the background
</Text>
</View>
What do I need to do?

Answer 1

For making any element to handle touch/click events in a React-Native UI, you need to put the element inside a TouchableOpacity, TouchableWithoutFeedback, TouchableNativeFeedback or TouchableHighlight element:
<TouchableHighlight onPress = { this.onClick }>
<View style={styles.container}>
<Text style={styles.welcome}>
Tap to change the background
</Text>
</View>
</TouchableHighlight>
Hope that helps.

Answer 2

In React Native version > 55.3 you make check onPress events into your View if use onStartShouldSetResponder props.
Like example:
<View
style={{ flex: 1 }}
onStartShouldSetResponder={() => console.log('You click by View')}
>
<ScrollView
refreshControl={
<RefreshControl
refreshing={this.state.refreshing}
onRefresh={this.onRefresh} />
}
>
<Text>Awesome</Text>
</ScrollView>
</View>
In example I showed how you can get onPress event on View and not blocking other event behind them. Refresh control still work correct.

Answer 3

In my case the following works fine. You can use onTouchStart and onTouchEnd handlers on any View via props, for example:
<View onTouchStart={() => this.doSomething()} />
More information

Answer 4

This worked for me...
onTouchEnd={() => alert('TAPPED')}

Answer 5

The easiest way to do that:
<TouchableOpacity style={styles.container} onPress={()=> whateverFunc(parameter)}>
<Text style={styles.welcome}>
Tap to change the background
</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
So, you need to replace the 'View' component to a 'TouchableOpacity' or any other Touchable component and you also need to replace the 'onClick' prop to 'onPress'. That's all. The wrapping of a view with a TouchableWhatever component is not necessary at all.