HorizontalPager

A Jetpack Compose HorizontalPager component for swipeable pages.

Android

Included in Expo Go

Recommended version:

~56.0.26

Expo UI HorizontalPager matches Jetpack Compose's HorizontalPager — a horizontally scrolling pager that snaps to individual pages.

HorizontalPager does not impose its own height — give it one with the height modifier or place it inside a parent with a finite height.

HorizontalPager showing the second of three pages with a page indicator below

Installation

Terminal

- npx expo install @expo/ui

- yarn expo install @expo/ui

- pnpm expo install @expo/ui

- bun expo install @expo/ui

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

Usage

Uncontrolled

The pager owns its scroll position natively. Use initialPage to pick the starting page, and listen for changes with onCurrentPageChange (fires mid-swipe as the snap target flips) or onSettledPageChange (fires only after the swipe settles).

UncontrolledPagerExample.tsx

import { Box, Column, Host, HorizontalPager, Text } from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose';
import { background, fillMaxSize, fillMaxWidth, height } from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose/modifiers';
import { useState } from 'react';

export default function UncontrolledPagerExample() {
  const [currentPage, setCurrentPage] = useState(1);
  const [settledPage, setSettledPage] = useState(1);

  return (
    <Host matchContents={{ vertical: true }} style={{ width: '100%' }}>
      <Column verticalArrangement={{ spacedBy: 12 }} modifiers={[fillMaxWidth()]}>
        <Text style={{ typography: 'titleLarge' }}>
          currentPage: {currentPage} · settledPage: {settledPage}
        </Text>
        <HorizontalPager
          initialPage={1}
          onCurrentPageChange={setCurrentPage}
          onSettledPageChange={setSettledPage}
          modifiers={[fillMaxWidth(), height(240)]}>
          <Page label="Page 1" color="#6200EE" />
          <Page label="Page 2" color="#03DAC5" />
          <Page label="Page 3" color="#FF5722" />
        </HorizontalPager>
      </Column>
    </Host>
  );
}

function Page({ label, color }: { label: string; color: string }) {
  return (
    <Box modifiers={[fillMaxSize(), background(color)]} contentAlignment="center">
      <Text color="#FFFFFF" style={{ typography: 'headlineLarge' }}>
        {label}
      </Text>
    </Box>
  );
}

Attach a ref and call animateScrollToPage or scrollToPage on it. These mirror Compose's PagerState.animateScrollToPage and PagerState.scrollToPage.

ProgrammaticPagerExample.tsx

import {
  Box,
  Button,
  Column,
  Host,
  HorizontalPager,
  type HorizontalPagerHandle,
  Row,
  Text,
} from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose';
import { background, fillMaxSize, fillMaxWidth, height } from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose/modifiers';
import { useRef, useState } from 'react';

const PAGE_COUNT = 5;

export default function ProgrammaticPagerExample() {
  const pagerRef = useRef<HorizontalPagerHandle>(null);
  const [page, setPage] = useState(0);

  return (
    <Host matchContents={{ vertical: true }} style={{ width: '100%' }}>
      <Column verticalArrangement={{ spacedBy: 12 }} modifiers={[fillMaxWidth()]}>
        <Text style={{ typography: 'titleLarge' }}>
          Page {page + 1} / {PAGE_COUNT}
        </Text>
        <HorizontalPager
          ref={pagerRef}
          onSettledPageChange={setPage}
          modifiers={[fillMaxWidth(), height(200)]}>
          {Array.from({ length: PAGE_COUNT }).map((_, i) => (
            <Page key={i} label={`Page ${i + 1}`} color={COLORS[i]} />
          ))}
        </HorizontalPager>
        <Row horizontalArrangement={{ spacedBy: 8 }}>
          <Button onClick={() => pagerRef.current?.animateScrollToPage(Math.max(0, page - 1))}>
            <Text>Prev</Text>
          </Button>
          <Button
            onClick={() =>
              pagerRef.current?.animateScrollToPage(Math.min(PAGE_COUNT - 1, page + 1))
            }>
            <Text>Next</Text>
          </Button>
          <Button onClick={() => pagerRef.current?.scrollToPage(0)}>
            <Text>Jump to first</Text>
          </Button>
        </Row>
      </Column>
    </Host>
  );
}

const COLORS = ['#6200EE', '#03DAC5', '#FF5722', '#4CAF50', '#2196F3'];

function Page({ label, color }: { label: string; color: string }) {
  return (
    <Box modifiers={[fillMaxSize(), background(color)]} contentAlignment="center">
      <Text color="#FFFFFF" style={{ typography: 'headlineLarge' }}>
        {label}
      </Text>
    </Box>
  );
}

Page spacing and content padding

Use pageSpacing to add a gap between pages (visible during swipe) and contentPadding to inset the pager so neighboring pages peek at rest.

PagerLayoutExample.tsx

import { Box, Host, HorizontalPager, Text } from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose';
import { background, fillMaxSize, fillMaxWidth, height } from '@expo/ui/jetpack-compose/modifiers';

export default function PagerLayoutExample() {
  return (
    <Host matchContents={{ vertical: true }} style={{ width: '100%' }}>
      <HorizontalPager
        pageSpacing={12}
        contentPadding={{ start: 32, end: 32 }}
        modifiers={[fillMaxWidth(), height(180)]}>
        <Page label="Page 1" color="#6200EE" />
        <Page label="Page 2" color="#03DAC5" />
        <Page label="Page 3" color="#FF5722" />
      </HorizontalPager>
    </Host>
  );
}

function Page({ label, color }: { label: string; color: string }) {
  return (
    <Box modifiers={[fillMaxSize(), background(color)]} contentAlignment="center">
      <Text color="#FFFFFF" style={{ typography: 'headlineLarge' }}>
        {label}
      </Text>
    </Box>
  );
}

API

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

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HorizontalPager

Installation

Usage

Uncontrolled

Programmatic navigation

Page spacing and content padding

API