Embed Twitter Feed in React Native App

Contents

• 1 Tweet on Twitter from React Native App
• 2 To Tweet on Twitter with URL from React Native App
• 3 To Make a React Native App
• 4 Code to Tweet on Twitter
  • 4.1 App.js
• 5 To Run the React Native App
• 6 Output Screenshots

Tweet on Twitter from React Native App

This is an Example to Tweet on Twitter with URL from React Native App. Adding Twitter share is a cool idea nowadays as it is trending and provides an attractive feature in your application. One-click tweet provides a great user experience to share your application's content on Twitter.

If you have seen our last post on React Native Share API to Share TextInput message you will see it provides all the possible solution available in the device to share the input text but what if you just want to share the content on Twitter then this example will help you to share the content on Twitter.

In this example, you will see

1. Content sharing (Tweet content)
2. Share URL with the content
3. Mention any twitter handler

We are going to use deep linking property which will open Twitter App it is available else it will open twitter in the browser. We are using Linking component provided by the React Native core library.

You can also see:

1. React Native Share API to Share TextInput message
2. Share Facebook Post with URL from React Native App
3. Send WhatsApp Message from React Native App
4. Send Text SMS on Button Click in React Native

To Tweet on Twitter with URL from React Native App

          const tweetNow = () => {   let twitterParameters = [];   if (twitterShareURL)     twitterParameters.push('url=' + encodeURI(twitterShareURL));   if (tweetContent)     twitterParameters.push('text=' + encodeURI(tweetContent));   if (twitterViaAccount)     twitterParameters.push('via=' + encodeURI(twitterViaAccount));   const url =     'https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?'     + twitterParameters.join('&');   Linking.openURL(url)     .then((data) => {       alert('Twitter Opened');     })     .catch(() => {       alert('Something went wrong');     }); };        

In this example, we are taking the tweet content, URL and twitter handle (to mention) as an input from the user and then we will tweet the content from our React native app. So let's get started.

To Make a React Native App

Getting started with React Native will help you to know more about the way you can make a React Native project. We are going to use react-native init to make our React Native App. Assuming that you have node installed, you can use npm to install the react-native-cli command line utility. Open the terminal and go to the workspace and run

          npm install -g react-native-cli        

Run the following commands to create a new React Native project

          react-native init ProjectName        

If you want to start a new project with a specific React Native version, you can use the --version argument:

          react-native init ProjectName --version X.XX.X        

          react-native init ProjectName --version react-native@next        

This will make a project structure with an index file named App.js in your project directory.

Code to Tweet on Twitter

Open App.js in any code editor and replace the code with the following code

App.js

          // Tweet on Twitter with URL from React Native App // https://aboutreact.com/react-native-twitter-share/  // import React in our code import React, {useState} from 'react';  // import all the components we are going to use import {   SafeAreaView,   StyleSheet,   View,   Text,   TouchableOpacity,   TextInput,   Linking, } from 'react-native';  const App = () => {   const [twitterShareURL, setTwitterShareURL] = useState(     'https://aboutreact.com',   );   const [tweetContent, setTweetContent] = useState(     'Hello Guys, This is a testing of twitter share example',   );   const [     twitterViaAccount,     setTwitterViaAccount   ] = useState('AboutReact');    const tweetNow = () => {     let twitterParameters = [];     if (twitterShareURL)       twitterParameters.push('url=' + encodeURI(twitterShareURL));     if (tweetContent)       twitterParameters.push('text=' + encodeURI(tweetContent));     if (twitterViaAccount)       twitterParameters.push('via=' + encodeURI(twitterViaAccount));     const url =       'https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?'       + twitterParameters.join('&');     Linking.openURL(url)       .then((data) => {         alert('Twitter Opened');       })       .catch(() => {         alert('Something went wrong');       });   };    return (     <SafeAreaView style={styles.container}>       <View style={styles.container}>         <Text style={styles.titleText}>           Tweet on Twitter with URL from React Native App         </Text>         <Text style={{marginTop: 20}}>           Enter Tweet Content         </Text>         <TextInput           value={tweetContent}           onChangeText={             (tweetContent) => setTweetContent(tweetContent)           }           placeholder={'Enter Tweet Content'}           style={styles.textInput}         />         <Text style={{marginTop: 20}}>           Enter URL to Share           </Text>         <TextInput           value={twitterShareURL}           onChangeText={(twitterShareURL) =>             setTwitterShareURL(twitterShareURL)           }           placeholder={'Enter URL to Share'}           style={styles.textInput}         />         <Text style={{marginTop: 20}}>           Enter Via Account         </Text>         <TextInput           value={twitterViaAccount}           onChangeText={(twitterViaAccount) =>             setTwitterViaAccount(twitterViaAccount)           }           placeholder={'Enter Via Account'}           style={styles.textInput}         />         <TouchableOpacity           activeOpacity={0.7}           style={styles.buttonStyle}           onPress={tweetNow}>           <Text style={styles.buttonTextStyle}>             Tweet Now           </Text>         </TouchableOpacity>       </View>     </SafeAreaView>   ); };  export default App;  const styles = StyleSheet.create({   container: {     flex: 1,     backgroundColor: 'white',     padding: 10,     textAlign: 'center',   },   titleText: {     fontSize: 22,     textAlign: 'center',     fontWeight: 'bold',   },   buttonStyle: {     justifyContent: 'center',     marginTop: 15,     width: '50%',     padding: 10,     backgroundColor: '#8ad24e',     marginRight: 2,     marginLeft: 2,   },   buttonTextStyle: {     color: '#fff',     textAlign: 'center',   },   textInput: {     height: 40,     borderColor: 'gray',     borderWidth: 1,     width: '100%',     paddingHorizontal: 10,   }, });        

To Run the React Native App

Open the terminal again and jump into your project using.

          cd ProjectName        

To run the project on an Android Virtual Device or on real debugging device

          react-native run-android        

or on the iOS Simulator by running (macOS only)

          react-native run-ios        

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Output Screenshots

This is how you can Tweet on Twitter with URL from React Native App. If you have any doubts or you want to share something about the topic you can comment below or contact us here. There will be more posts coming soon. Stay tuned!

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Source: https://aboutreact.com/react-native-twitter-share/

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