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HorizontalFloatingToolbar

A Jetpack Compose HorizontalFloatingToolbar component for displaying a floating action bar.

Android

Expo UI HorizontalFloatingToolbar wraps the official Jetpack Compose HorizontalFloatingToolbar and displays a horizontal toolbar that floats above content, containing action buttons.

Note: If you only need a single floating button, use FloatingActionButton instead.

Installation

Terminal

- npx expo install @expo/ui

If you are installing this in an existing React Native app, make sure to install expo in your project.

Usage

Place the toolbar inside a Box with floatingToolbarExitAlwaysScrollBehavior to get scroll-driven hide/show behavior. Use align('bottomCenter') to position the toolbar at the bottom of the screen. The entire layout stays within the Compose layer — no React Native absolute positioning needed.

FloatingToolbarExample.tsx

import {
  Box,
  HorizontalFloatingToolbar,
  Host,
  Icon,
  IconButton,
  LazyColumn,
  ListItem,
} from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose';
import { align, fillMaxSize, fillMaxWidth, offset } from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose/modifiers';

export default function FloatingToolbarExample() {
  return (
    <Host style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <Box modifiers={[fillMaxSize()]} floatingToolbarExitAlwaysScrollBehavior="bottom">
        <LazyColumn modifiers={[fillMaxSize()]}>{/* ...list items... */}</LazyColumn>

        <HorizontalFloatingToolbar
          variant="vibrant"
          modifiers={[align('bottomCenter'), offset(0, -16)]}>
          <IconButton onPress={() => console.log('Edit pressed')}>
            <Icon source={require('./assets/edit.xml')} />
          </IconButton>
          <HorizontalFloatingToolbar.FloatingActionButton
            onPress={() => console.log('Add pressed')}>
            <Icon source={require('./assets/add.xml')} />
          </HorizontalFloatingToolbar.FloatingActionButton>
        </HorizontalFloatingToolbar>
      </Box>
    </Host>
  );
}

Use IconButton as direct children for toolbar items, and HorizontalFloatingToolbar.FloatingActionButton for the primary action.

ToolbarWithFABExample.tsx

import { Host, HorizontalFloatingToolbar, IconButton, Icon } from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose';

export default function ToolbarWithFABExample() {
  return (
    <Host matchContents>
      <HorizontalFloatingToolbar>
        <IconButton onPress={() => console.log('Edit pressed')}>
          <Icon source={require('./assets/edit.xml')} contentDescription="Edit" />
        </IconButton>
        <IconButton onPress={() => console.log('Share pressed')}>
          <Icon source={require('./assets/share.xml')} contentDescription="Share" />
        </IconButton>
        <HorizontalFloatingToolbar.FloatingActionButton onPress={() => console.log('Add pressed')}>
          <Icon source={require('./assets/add.xml')} contentDescription="Add" />
        </HorizontalFloatingToolbar.FloatingActionButton>
      </HorizontalFloatingToolbar>
    </Host>
  );
}

API

import { HorizontalFloatingToolbar } from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose';

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