How to import icons from multiple files in react native vector icons?

Question

If I wanted to use Ionicons and MaterialDesign Icons from react native vector icons in the same file, how should I import it?

import Icon from 'react-native-vector-icons/MaterialIcons';

(and)

import Icon from 'react-native-vector-icons/Ionicons';

in the same file

Answer 1

After going through the original source files I found out that the icons was exported like

export default iconSet

So you could just use any arbitrary name to import. The final code was

import MaterialIcon from 'react-native-vector-icons/MaterialIcons'; import Ionicon from 'react-native-vector-icons/Ionicons';

Thankyou Fran Rios

Answer 2

You can take advantage of using the name you want on each import due type of exporting on react-native-vector-icons:

import IonIcon from 'react-native-vector-icons/Ionicons'
import MaterialIcon from 'react-native-vector-icons/MaterialIcons'

Then you can user IonIcon and MaterialIcon respectively in your code.

Answer 3

also, you can use it:

// icons.js

import MaterialCommunityIconsI from 'react-native-vector-icons/MaterialCommunityIcons'
import SimpleLineIconsI from 'react-native-vector-icons/SimpleLineIcons'
import MaterialIconsI from 'react-native-vector-icons/MaterialIcons'
import FontAwesomeI from 'react-native-vector-icons/FontAwesome'
import FoundationI from 'react-native-vector-icons/Foundation'
import EvilIconsI from 'react-native-vector-icons/EvilIcons'
import OcticonsI from 'react-native-vector-icons/Octicons'
import IoniconsI from 'react-native-vector-icons/Ionicons'
import FeatherI from 'react-native-vector-icons/Feather'
import EntypoI from 'react-native-vector-icons/Entypo'
import ZocialI from 'react-native-vector-icons/Zocial'
import React from 'react'

export const MaterialCommunityIcons = props => (
    <MaterialCommunityIconsI {...props} />
)
 const SimpleLineIcons = props => <SimpleLineIconsI {...props} />
 const MaterialIcons = props => <MaterialIconsI {...props} />
 const FontAwesome = props => <FontAwesomeI {...props} />
 const Foundation = props => <FoundationI {...props} />
 const EvilIcons = props => <EvilIconsI {...props} />
 const Ionicons = props => <IoniconsI {...props} />
 const Octicons = props => <OcticonsI {...props} />
 const Feather = props => <FeatherI {...props} />
 const Entypo = props => <EntypoI {...props} />
 const Zocial = props => <ZocialI {...props} />

export default  {
    MaterialCommunityIcons,
    SimpleLineIcons,
    SimpleLineIcons,
    MaterialIcons,
    FontAwesome,
    Foundation,
    EvilIcons,
    Ionicons,
    Octicons,
    Feather,
    Entypo,
    Zocial 
}

and you can everytime use it from components:

import Icon  from '../../styles/icons'; 


<Icon.FontAwesome name="user" size={22} style={styles.iconNav} />

Answer 4

Had Fiddled with the same idea

There is the workaround I had created for the solution with the simplest Implementation & Usage

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import React, { memo } from 'react';
import { TextProps } from 'react-native';
import IconEntypo from 'react-native-vector-icons/Entypo';
import IconEvilIcons from 'react-native-vector-icons/EvilIcons';
import IconFeather from 'react-native-vector-icons/Feather';
import IconFontAwesome from 'react-native-vector-icons/FontAwesome';
import IconFontAwesome5 from 'react-native-vector-icons/FontAwesome5';
import IconFoundation from 'react-native-vector-icons/Foundation';
import IconIonicons from 'react-native-vector-icons/Ionicons';
import IconMaterialIcons from 'react-native-vector-icons/MaterialIcons';
import IconMaterialCommunityIcons from 'react-native-vector-icons/MaterialCommunityIcons';
import IconOcticons from 'react-native-vector-icons/Octicons';
import IconZocial from 'react-native-vector-icons/Zocial';
import IconSimpleLineIcons from 'react-native-vector-icons/SimpleLineIcons';
import IconAntDesignIcons from 'react-native-vector-icons/AntDesign';

export const IconSets = {
    Entypo: 'Entypo',
    EvilIcons: 'EvilIcons',
    Feather: 'Feather',
    FontAwesome: 'FontAwesome',
    FontAwesome5: 'FontAwesome5',
    Foundation: 'Foundation',
    Ionicons: 'Ionicons',
    MaterialIcons: 'MaterialIcons',
    MaterialCommunityIcons: 'MaterialCommunityIcons',
    Octicons: 'Octicons',
    Zocial: 'Zocial',
    SimpleLineIcons: 'SimpleLineIcons',
    AntDesign: 'AntDesign',
};

type Props = {
    iconSet: string;
    name: string;
    size: number;
    color: string;
};

const Icons = (props: Props) => {
    const { iconSet, ...otherProps } = props;
    switch (iconSet) {
        case IconSets.Entypo:
            return <IconEntypo {...otherProps} />;
        case IconSets.EvilIcons:
            return <IconEvilIcons {...otherProps} />;
        case IconSets.Feather:
            return <IconFeather {...otherProps} />;
        case IconSets.FontAwesome:
            return <IconFontAwesome {...otherProps} />;
        case IconSets.FontAwesome5:
            return <IconFontAwesome5 {...otherProps} />;
        case IconSets.Foundation:
            return <IconFoundation {...otherProps} />;
        case IconSets.Ionicons:
            return <IconIonicons {...otherProps} />;
        case IconSets.MaterialIcons:
            return <IconMaterialIcons {...otherProps} />;
        case IconSets.MaterialCommunityIcons:
            return <IconMaterialCommunityIcons {...otherProps} />;
        case IconSets.Octicons:
            return <IconOcticons {...otherProps} />;
        case IconSets.Zocial:
            return <IconZocial {...otherProps} />;
        case IconSets.SimpleLineIcons:
            return <IconSimpleLineIcons {...otherProps} />;
        case IconSets.AntDesign:
            return <IconAntDesignIcons {...otherProps} />;
        default:
            return <IconFontAwesome {...otherProps} />;
    }
};

export default memo(Icons);

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Here's a snippet of Usage:

<Icons iconSet={IconSets.FontAwesome} name={"rocket"}></Icons>

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Additionally, You can comment out the unused ones for optimizations.