npm package: @nativescript-community/ui-material-bottomnavigationbar
Description: Material Design Bottom Navigation bars allow movement between primary destinations in an app. Tapping on a bottom navigation icon takes you directly to the associated view or refreshes the currently active view.
Author: Henry Chavez
Latest version: 7.2.79

# NativeScript Material Bottom navigation bar

Material Design's [Bottom navigation](https://material.io/components/bottom-navigation) component for NativeScript.

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## Contents

1. [Installation](#installation)
2. [Changelog](#changelog)
3. [FAQ](#faq)
4.  [Usage](#usage)
    - [Plain NativeScript](#plain-nativescript)
    - [Angular](#angular)
    - [Vue](#vue)
    - [CSS Styling](#css-styling)
5.  [API](#api)
    - [BottomNavigationBar](#bottom-navigation-bar)
    - [BottomNavigationTab](#bottom-navigation-tab)

## Installation

For NativeScript 7.0+
* `tns plugin add @nativescript-community/ui-material-bottomnavigationbar`

For NativeScript 6.x
* `tns plugin add nativescript-material-bottomnavigationbar`

##

Be sure to run a new build after adding plugins to avoid any issues.

## [Changelog](./CHANGELOG.md)

## [FAQ](../../README.md#faq)

## Usage

Before start using the plugin you need to add the icons for Android & iOS in your `App_Resources` directory.

### Plain NativeScript

You can set the tabs using the `tabs` property

```xml
<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd"
      xmlns:mdc="@nativescript-community/ui-material-bottomnavigationbar"
      loaded="pageLoaded"
      class="page">
    <GridLayout rows="*, auto">
        <StackLayout row="0">
            <Label text="content"></Label>
        </StackLayout>
        <mdc:BottomNavigationBar
          tabs="{{ tabs }}"
          activeColor="green"
          inactiveColor="red"
          backgroundColor="black"
          tabSelected="tabSelected"
          row="1"
        ></mdc:BottomNavigationBar>
    </GridLayout>
</Page>
```

```typescript
import { EventData } from '@nativescript/core/data/observable';
import { Page } from '@nativescript/core/ui/page';
import { BottomNavigationTab, TabSelectedEventData } from '@nativescript-community/ui-material-bottomnavigationbar';

// Event handler for Page 'loaded' event attached in main-page.xml
export function pageLoaded(args: EventData) {
    // Get the event sender
    let page = <Page>args.object;
    page.bindingContext = {
        tabs: [
            new BottomNavigationTab({ title: 'First', icon: 'res://ic_home' }),
            new BottomNavigationTab({
                title: 'Second',
                icon: 'res://ic_view_list',
                isSelectable: false
            }),
            new BottomNavigationTab({ title: 'Third', icon: 'res://ic_menu' })
        ]
    };
}

export function tabSelected(args: TabSelectedEventData) {
    console.log('tab selected ' + args.newIndex);
}
```

or you can add the tabs directly in your xml view

```xml
<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd"
      xmlns:mdc="@nativescript-community/ui-material-bottomnavigationbar"
      loaded="pageLoaded"
      class="page">
    <GridLayout rows="*, auto">
        <StackLayout row="0">
            <Label text="content"></Label>
        </StackLayout>
        <mdc:BottomNavigationBar
          activeColor="green"
          inactiveColor="red"
          backgroundColor="black"
          tabSelected="tabSelected"
          row="1"
        >
          <mdc:BottomNavigationTab title="First" icon="res://ic_home" />
          <mdc:BottomNavigationTab title="Second" icon="res://ic_view_list" isSelectable="false" />
          <mdc:BottomNavigationTab title="Third" icon="res://ic_menu" />
        </mdc:BottomNavigationBar>
    </GridLayout>
</Page>
```

### Angular

First you need to include the `NativeScriptMaterialBottomNavigationBarModule` in your `app.module.ts`

```typescript
import { NativeScriptMaterialBottomNavigationBarModule} from "@nativescript-community/ui-material-bottomnavigationbar/angular";

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        NativeScriptMaterialBottomNavigationBarModule
    ],
    ...
})
```

```html
<GridLayout rows="*, auto">
    <StackLayout row="0">
        <label text="content"></label>
    </StackLayout>
    <BottomNavigationBar
        [tabs]="tabs"
        activeColor="red"
        inactiveColor="yellow"
        backgroundColor="black"
        (tabSelected)="onBottomNavigationTabSelected($event)"
        (tabPressed)="onBottomNavigationTabPressed($event)"
        row="1"
    ></BottomNavigationBar>
</GridLayout>
```

or you can declare the `BottomNavigationTab` in your html directly

```html
<GridLayout rows="*, auto">
    <StackLayout row="0">
        <label text="content"></label>
    </StackLayout>
    <BottomNavigationBar
        activeColor="red"
        inactiveColor="yellow"
        backgroundColor="black"
        (tabSelected)="onBottomNavigationTabSelected($event)"
        (tabPressed)="onBottomNavigationTabPressed($event)"
        row="1"
    >
        <BottomNavigationTab title="First" icon="res://ic_home"></BottomNavigationTab>
        <BottomNavigationTab title="Second" icon="res://ic_view_list" [isSelectable]="false"></BottomNavigationTab>
        <BottomNavigationTab title="Third" icon="res://ic_menu"></BottomNavigationTab>
    </BottomNavigationBar>
</GridLayout>
```

### Vue

If you want to use this plugin with Vue, do this in your `app.js` or `main.js`:

```javascript
import BottomNavigationBar from '@nativescript-community/ui-material-bottomnavigationbar/vue';

Vue.use(BottomNavigationBar);
```

This will install and register `BottomNavigationBar` and `BottomNavigationTab` components to your `Vue` instance and now you can use the plugin as follows:

```html
<GridLayout rows="*, auto">
    <StackLayout row="0">
        <label text="content"></label>
    </StackLayout>
    <MDBottomNavigationBar activeColor="red" inactiveColor="yellow" backgroundColor="black" @tabSelected="onBottomNavigationTabSelected" row="1">
        <MDBottomNavigationTab title="First" icon="ic_home" />
        <MDBottomNavigationTab title="Second" icon="ic_view_list" isSelectable="false" />
        <MDBottomNavigationTab title="Third" icon="ic_menu" />
    </MDBottomNavigationBar>
</GridLayout>
```

You can find more information of how to use nativescript plugins with Vue [Here!](https://nativescript-vue.org/en/docs/getting-started/nativescript-plugins/)

### CSS Styling

You can also use your css file to set or change the `activeColor`, `inactiveColor` & `backgroundColor` of the Bottom Navigation Bar.

```css
.botom-nav {
    active-color: green;
    inactive-color: black;
    background-color: blue;
}
```

## API

-   **Properties (bindable):** Properties settable through XML/HTML
-   **Properties (internal):** Properties accessible through JS/TS instance
-   **Events:** Event properties settable thew XML/HTML

### Bottom Navigation Bar

#### Properties (bindable)

Properties settable through XML/HTML

| Property        | Required | Default                     | Type                         | Description                                             |
| --------------- | -------- | --------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| tabs            | true     | []                          | `Array<BottomNavigationTab>` | Array containing the tabs for the BottomNavigationBar   |
| titleVisibility | false    | `TitleVisibility.Selected`  | `TitleVisibility`            | Title Visibility for each BottomNavigationTab           |
| activeColor     | false    | "black"                     | `String`                     | Color of the BottomNavigationTab when it's selected     |
| inactiveColor   | false    | "gray"                      | `String`                     | Color of the BottomNavigationTab when it's not selected |
| backgroundColor | false    | "white"                     | `String`                     | Color of the BottomNavigation background                |
| badgeColor      | false    | "red"                       | `String`                     | Color of the BottomNavigationTab badge background       |
| badgeTextColor  | false    | "white"                     | `String`                     | Color of the BottomNavigationTab badge text             |

#### Properties (internal)

Properties accessible through JS/TS instance

| Property         | Default                     | Type                         | Description                                             |
| ---------------- | --------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| items            | `[]`                        | `Array<BottomNavigationTab>` | Array containing the tabs for the BottomNavigationBar   |
| selectedTabIndex | 0                           | `Number`                     | Index of the selected tab                               |
| titleVisibility  | `TitleVisibility.Selected`  | `TitleVisibility`            | Title Visibility for each BottomNavigationTab           |
| activeColor      | `new Color('black')`        | `Color`                      | Color of the BottomNavigationTab when it's selected     |
| inactiveColor    | `new Color('gray')`         | `Color`                      | Color of the BottomNavigationTab when it's not selected |
| backgroundColor  | `new Color('white')`        | `Color`                      | Color of the BottomNavigation background                |
| badgeColor       | `new Color('red')`          | `Color`                      | Color of the BottomNavigationTab badge background       |
| badgeTextColor   | `new Color('white')`        | `Color`                      | Color of the BottomNavigationTab badge text             |

#### Events

Event properties settable thew XML/HTML

| Name          | Type                                   | Description                                                              |
| ------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| tabPressed    | `(args: TabPressedEventData): void`    | Function fired every time the user tap a tab with `isSelectable: false`  |
| tabSelected   | `(args: TabSelectedEventData): void`   | Function fired every time the user select a new tab                      |
| tabReselected | `(args: TabReselectedEventData): void` | Function fired every time the user select a tab that is already selected |

#### Methods

Methods accessible through JS/TS instance

| Property                                   | Type   | Description                      |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------ | -------------------------------- |
| `selectTab(index: number)`                 | `void` | Select a tab programmatically    |
| `showBadge(index: number, value?: number)` | `void` | Show a badge for an specific tab, if you want to show a badge as a red dot no value should be passed to the function |

### Bottom Navigation Tab

#### Properties (bindable)

Properties settable through XML/HTML

| Property     | Required | Default | Type      | Description                                 |
| ------------ | -------- | ------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| title        | true     | null    | `string`  | Title of the tab                            |
| icon         | true     | null    | `string`  | Icon of the tab                             |
| isSelectable | false    | true    | `boolean` | Determine if the tab can be selected or not |