@mattermost/react-native-paste-input

React Native TextInput component have functionality to capture text input from a user
by using the soft and hardware keyboards but lacks the ability to restrict copy & paste options
as well as allwing pasting different files formats copied from other apps, like images & videos from
the Photos gallery app.

PasteInput is a TextInput replacement that solves this issues.

Installation

``sh
npm i --save-exact @mattermost/react-native-paste-input
`

Demo

`js
import React, { useRef } from 'react';
import PasteInput, { PastedFile, PasteInputRef } from "@mattermost/react-native-paste-input";

const YourTextInput = () => {
const inputRef = useRef(null);

const onPaste = (
error: string | null | undefined,
files: Array
) => {
console.log('ERROR', error);
console.log('PASTED FILES', files);
};

return (
ref={inputRef}
disableCopyPaste={false}
onPaste={onPaste}
multiline={true}
blurOnSubmit={false}
underlineColorAndroid="transparent"
keyboardType="default"
disableFullscreenUI={true}
textContentType="none"
autoCompleteType="off"
/>
);
}
`

$3

##### disableCopyPaste: boolean
Indicates if the menu items for cut, copy, paste and share should not be present in the context menu.

##### onPaste: (error, files) => void`
Callback that is called when the pasting files into the text input.
Note: On Android this callback is also called when selecting and image / gif from the soft keyboard.

Contributing

See the contributing guide to learn how to contribute to the repository and the development workflow.

License

MIT