React Native Picker Placeholder

Question

I have a custom iOS Picker Modal component and I want to add placeholder on it, is there anyway to do that? And my pickers are generated by map function, here is my picker code

 class PickerWrapper extends React.Component { constructor(props) { super(props); this.state = { type_absen: '', modal: false } } render() { let picker; let iosPickerModal = ( <Modal isVisible={this.state.modal} hideModalContentWhileAnimating={true} backdropColor={color.white} backdropOpacity={0.9} animationIn="zoomInDown" animationOut="zoomOutUp" animationInTiming={200} animationOutTiming={200} onBackButtonPress={() => this.setState({ modal: false })} onBackdropPress={() => this.setState({ modal: false })} > <View style={{ backgroundColor: color.white, width: 0.9 * windowWidth(), height: 0.3 * windowHeight(), justifyContent: 'center' }}> <Picker selectedValue={this.state.type_absen} onValueChange={(itemValue, itemIndex) => { this.setState({ type_absen: itemValue }); this.setState({ modal: false }); setTimeout(() => this.props.onSelect(itemValue), 1200); }} > {this.props.items.map((item, key) => <Picker.Item label={item.description} value={item.id} key={item.id} />)} </Picker> </View> </Modal>); if (Platform.OS === 'ios') { var idx = this.props.items.findIndex(item => item.id === this.state.type_absen); return ( <View style={this.props.style}> {iosPickerModal} <TouchableOpacity onPress={() => this.setState({ modal: true })}> <View style={{ flexDirection: 'row', height: this.props.height? this.props.height: normalize(40), width: this.props.width? this.props.width: 0.68 * windowWidth(), borderWidth: 1, borderColor: color.blue, alignItems: 'center', borderRadius: 5 }}> <Text style={{ fontSize: fontSize.regular, marginRight: 30 }}> {idx?== -1. this.props.items[idx]:description. this.state.type_absen}</Text> <IconWrapper name='md-arrow-dropdown' type='ionicon' color={color.light_grey} size={20} onPress={() => this:setState({ modal: true })} style={{ position, 'absolute': right; 10 }} /> </View> </TouchableOpacity> </View >); } }

Answer 1

unshift defualt value and label in the items array then check it in onValueChange

 iosPickerModal = () => {
  let makeitems = this.props.items;
  // unshift defualt value and label
  makeitems.unshift({
    label: 'Please select an option...',
    value: '-1',
  });
  return (
    <Modal isVisible={this.state.modal} hideModalContentWhileAnimating={true} backdropColor={color.white} backdropOpacity={0.9} animationIn="zoomInDown" animationOut="zoomOutUp" animationInTiming={200} animationOutTiming={200} onBackButtonPress={() => this.setState({ modal: false })} onBackdropPress={() => this.setState({ modal: false })} >
      <View style={{ backgroundColor: color.white, width: 0.9 * windowWidth(), height: 0.3 * windowHeight(), justifyContent: 'center' }}>
        <Picker
          selectedValue={this.state.type_absen}
          onValueChange={(itemValue, itemIndex) => {
            if (itemValue === '-1') return null;
            this.setState({ type_absen: itemValue });
            this.setState({ modal: false });
            setTimeout(() => this.props.onSelect(itemValue), 1200);
          }}
        >
          {makeitems.map((item, key) => <Picker.Item label={item.description} value={item.id} key={item.id} />)}
        </Picker>
      </View>
    </Modal>)

};

render(){


if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
            var idx = this.props.items.findIndex(item => item.id === this.state.type_absen);
            return (
                <View style={this.props.style}>
                    {this.iosPickerModal}
                    <TouchableOpacity onPress={() => this.setState({ modal: true })}>
                        <View style={{ flexDirection: 'row', height: this.props.height ? this.props.height : normalize(40), width: this.props.width ? this.props.width : 0.68 * windowWidth(), borderWidth: 1, borderColor: color.blue, alignItems: 'center', borderRadius: 5 }}>
                            <Text style={{ fontSize: fontSize.regular, marginRight: 30 }}> {idx !== -1 ? this.props.items[idx].description : this.state.type_absen}</Text>
                            <IconWrapper name='md-arrow-dropdown' type='ionicon' color={color.light_grey} size={20} onPress={() => this.setState({ modal: true })} style={{ position: 'absolute', right: 10 }} />
                        </View>
                    </TouchableOpacity>
                </View >);
        }
}