---
title: Styling a React Native button
sidebar_title: Styling buttons
description: Learn how to style a button in a React Native app.
---

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import { SnackInline } from '~/ui/components/Snippet';

React Native exports a [`<Button>`](https://reactnative.dev/docs/button) component that exposes the native button element for Android, iOS, and the web. The `<Button>` component accepts `title` and `onPress` props but it does not accept a `style` prop, which makes it hard to customize the style.

The closest you can get to styling a `<Button>` exported from React Native is with the `color` prop. Below is an example of two buttons on Android, iOS, and the web.

The first button is the default `<Button>` and the second is another default `<Button>` with its `color` prop set to `"red"`.

<ImageSpotlight style={{ maxWidth: 960 }} src="/static/images/faq-button-style-button.png" alt="" />

To create a button with a custom style, you can turn to the [`<Pressable>`](https://reactnative.dev/docs/pressable) component.
`<Pressable>` lets us fully customize the appearance of a pressable element (like a button), in addition to allowing us to customize its behavior.

Here's an example of using `<Pressable>` to create a button component:

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{/* prettier-ignore */}
```jsx
import React from 'react';
import { Text, StyleSheet, Pressable } from 'react-native';

export default function Button(props) {
  const { onPress, title = 'Save' } = props;
  return (
    <Pressable style={styles.button} onPress={onPress}>
      <Text style={styles.text}>{title}</Text>
    </Pressable>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  button: {
    alignItems: 'center',
    justifyContent: 'center',
    paddingVertical: 12,
    paddingHorizontal: 32,
    borderRadius: 4,
    elevation: 3,
    backgroundColor: 'black',
  },
  text: {
    fontSize: 16,
    lineHeight: 21,
    fontWeight: 'bold',
    letterSpacing: 0.25,
    color: 'white',
  },
});
```

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And here's the result of this code:

<ImageSpotlight
  style={{ maxWidth: 640 }}
  src="/static/images/faq-button-style-pressable.png"
  alt="Custom styled button component using Pressable"
/>

React Native's `<Button>` component does not accept a `style` prop, and its `color` prop is limited and appears differently across Android, iOS, and the web. With the `<Pressable>` component, we can create custom buttons that fit our app's design. Those styles will also be the same across Android, iOS, and the web, which will give our apps a consistent look on every platform.
