react-native/docs/Basics-Component-TextInput.md
Eric Nakagawa 4243d682a0 Docs: Basic Components Update
Summary:
This is an improvement to basic components docs.

* I updated the basic components example code to better render components on iOS (added paddingTop).
* I also modified the code to allow reader to easily copy, paste, and then run the code in their project if they followed the 'Getting Started' quick start guide.
* I also added additional copy to clarify suggested usage/guidelines.
Closes https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/8292

Differential Revision: D3469943

Pulled By: JoelMarcey

fbshipit-source-id: 21ff6ee13b59741c43d80aab68a38aace0fbfca6
2016-06-22 10:13:27 -07:00

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Direct text-based user input is a foundation for many apps. Writing a post or comment on a page is a canonical example of this. TextInput is a basic component that allows the user to enter text.

This example creates a simple TextInput box with the string Type something here as the placeholder when the TextInput is empty.

import React from 'react';
import { AppRegistry, Text, TextInput, View } from 'react-native';

const AwesomeProject = () => {
  return (
    <View style={{paddingTop: 22}}>
      <TextInput
        style={{
          height: 40,
          margin: 5,
          paddingLeft: 10,
          borderColor: 'black',
          borderWidth: 1
        }}
        placeholder="Type something here"
      />
    </View>
  );
}

// App registration and rendering
AppRegistry.registerComponent('AwesomeProject', () => AwesomeProject);