How do I get new markings to show up when the user clicks a date? I'm sure I'm just missing some reference in documentation, but I would appreciate a pointer in the right direction.
I'm using the library react-native-calendars (https://github.com/wix/react-native-calendars) and their boilerplate code.
<Calendar
// Collection of dates that have to be colored in a special way. Default = {}
markedDates={{
'2021-05-20': {textColor: 'green'},
'2021-05-22': {startingDay: true, color: 'green'},
'2021-05-23': {selected: true, endingDay: true, color: 'green', textColor: 'gray'},
'2021-05-04': {disabled: true, startingDay: true, color: 'green', endingDay: true}
}}
// Date marking style [simple/period/multi-dot/custom]. Default = 'simple'
markingType={'period'}
/>
Currently when I click a date nothing happens. I'm guessing I'm supposed to detect a click and change the markedDates dict accordingly, but I don't know how to do that. Is there a onMarked callback method or something I can use?
Alright so what I do here is, when I click on a day, it marks 4 days from the day you click on to the day+4 (it is for the example but you can adapt the code for your use case):
Also, I use moment to add days and format date. You can use another date lib
import React, { useState } from "react";
import {Calendar} from 'react-native-calendars';
import moment from 'moment';
const App = () => {
const [markedDates, setMarkedDates] = useState({
'2021-01-20': {textColor: 'green'},
'2021-01-22': {startingDay: true, color: 'green'},
'2021-01-23': {selected: true, endingDay: true, color: 'green', textColor: 'gray'},
'2021-01-04': {disabled: true, startingDay: true, color: 'green', endingDay: true}
})
const handleDayPress = (day) => {
setMarkedDates({
[day.dateString]: {
startingDay: true,color: 'green'
},
[moment(day.dateString).add(1, 'days').format('YYYY-MM-DD')]: {
color: 'green'
},
[moment(day.dateString).add(2, 'days').format('YYYY-MM-DD')]: {
color: 'green'
},
[moment(day.dateString).add(3, 'days').format('YYYY-MM-DD')]: {
endingDay: true,color: 'green'
}
})
}
return (
<Calendar
markedDates={markedDates}
markingType={'period'}
onDayPress={handleDayPress}
/>
)
}
export default App;