Adding Active Inactive Tint Color

android/src/main/java/com/rcttabview/RCTTabView.kt

@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ class ReactBottomNavigationView(context: Context) : BottomNavigationView(context
   var items: MutableList<TabInfo>? = null
   var onTabSelectedListener: ((WritableMap) -> Unit)? = null
   private var isAnimating = false
+  private var activeTintColor: Int? = null
+  private var inactiveTintColor: Int? = null
+  private val checkedStateSet = intArrayOf(android.R.attr.state_checked)
+  private val uncheckedStateSet = intArrayOf(-android.R.attr.state_checked)
 
   private val layoutCallback = Choreographer.FrameCallback {
     isLayoutEnqueued = false
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ class ReactBottomNavigationView(context: Context) : BottomNavigationView(context
   init {
     setOnItemSelectedListener { item ->
       onTabSelected(item)
+      updateTintColors(item)
       true
     }
   }
@@ -160,12 +165,41 @@ class ReactBottomNavigationView(context: Context) : BottomNavigationView(context
     itemBackground = colorDrawable
   }
 
+  fun setActiveTintColor(color: Int?) {
+    activeTintColor = color
+    updateTintColors()
+  }
+
+  fun setInactiveTintColor(color: Int?) {
+    inactiveTintColor = color
+    updateTintColors()
+  }
+
+  private fun updateTintColors(item: MenuItem? = null) {
+    // First let's check current item color.
+    val currentItemTintColor = items?.find { it.title == item?.title }?.activeTintColor
+
+    // getDeaultColor will always return a valid color but to satisfy the compiler we need to check for null
+    val colorPrimary = currentItemTintColor ?: activeTintColor ?: getDefaultColorFor(android.R.attr.colorPrimary) ?: return
+    val colorSecondary =
+      inactiveTintColor ?: getDefaultColorFor(android.R.attr.textColorSecondary) ?: return
+    val states = arrayOf(uncheckedStateSet, checkedStateSet)
+    val colors = intArrayOf(colorSecondary, colorPrimary)
+
+    ColorStateList(states, colors).apply {
+      [email protected] = this
+      [email protected] = this
+    }
+  }
+
   private fun getDefaultColorFor(baseColorThemeAttr: Int): Int? {
     val value = TypedValue()
     if (!context.theme.resolveAttribute(baseColorThemeAttr, value, true)) {
       return null
     }
-    val baseColor = AppCompatResources.getColorStateList(context, value.resourceId)
+    val baseColor = AppCompatResources.getColorStateList(
+      context, value.resourceId
+    )
     return baseColor.defaultColor
   }
 }

android/src/main/java/com/rcttabview/RCTTabViewViewManager.kt

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import com.facebook.yoga.YogaNode
 data class TabInfo(
   val key: String,
   val title: String,
-  val badge: String
+  val badge: String,
+  val activeTintColor: Int?
 )
 
 @ReactModule(name = RCTTabViewViewManager.NAME)
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ class RCTTabViewViewManager :
           TabInfo(
             key = item.getString("key") ?: "",
             title = item.getString("title") ?: "",
-            badge = item.getString("badge") ?: ""
+            badge = item.getString("badge") ?: "",
+            activeTintColor = if (item.hasKey("activeTintColor")) item.getInt("activeTintColor") else null
           )
         )
       }
@@ -57,7 +59,6 @@ class RCTTabViewViewManager :
     }
   }
 
-
   @ReactProp(name = "labeled")
   fun setLabeled(view: ReactBottomNavigationView, flag: Boolean?) {
     view.setLabeled(flag)
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ class RCTTabViewViewManager :
   fun setBarTintColor(view: ReactBottomNavigationView, color: Int?) {
     view.setBarTintColor(color)
   }
-  
+
   @ReactProp(name = "rippleColor")
   fun setRippleColor(view: ReactBottomNavigationView, rippleColor: Int?) {
     if (rippleColor != null) {
@@ -81,8 +82,14 @@ class RCTTabViewViewManager :
     }
   }
 
-  @ReactProp(name = "translucent")
-  fun setTranslucentview(view: ReactBottomNavigationView, translucent: Boolean?) {
+  @ReactProp(name = "activeTintColor")
+  fun setActiveTintColor(view: ReactBottomNavigationView, color: Int?) {
+    view.setActiveTintColor(color)
+  }
+
+  @ReactProp(name = "inactiveTintColor")
+  fun setInactiveTintColor(view: ReactBottomNavigationView, color: Int?) {
+    view.setInactiveTintColor(color)
   }
 
   public override fun createViewInstance(context: ThemedReactContext): ReactBottomNavigationView {
@@ -96,7 +103,6 @@ class RCTTabViewViewManager :
     return view
   }
 
-
   class TabViewShadowNode() : LayoutShadowNode(),
     YogaMeasureFunction {
     private var mWidth = 0
@@ -161,4 +167,8 @@ class RCTTabViewViewManager :
   @ReactProp(name = "disablePageAnimations")
   fun setDisablePageAnimations(view: ReactBottomNavigationView, flag: Boolean) {
   }
+
+  @ReactProp(name = "translucent")
+  fun setTranslucentview(view: ReactBottomNavigationView, translucent: Boolean?) {
+  }
 }

docs/docs/docs/guides/usage-with-react-navigation.mdx

@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ Whether to disable page animations between tabs.
 
 Describes the appearance attributes for the tabBar to use when an observable scroll view is scrolled to the bottom.
 
+### `tabBarActiveTintColor`
+
+Color for the active tab.
+
+### `tabBarInactiveTintColor`
+
+Color for the inactive tabs.
+
 #### `barTintColor`
 
 Background color of the tab bar.
@@ -106,6 +114,14 @@ Title text for the screen.
 
 Label text of the tab displayed in the navigation bar. When undefined, scene title is used.
 
+#### `tabBarActiveTintColor`
+
+Color for the active tab.
+
+:::note
+The `tabBarInactiveTintColor` is not supported on route level due to native limitations. Use `inactiveTintColor` in the `Tab.Navigator` instead.
+:::
+
 #### `tabBarIcon`
 
 Function that given `{ focused: boolean }` returns `ImageSource` or `AppleIcon` to display in the navigation bar.

example/src/App.tsx

@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@
   TouchableOpacity,
   Button,
   Alert,
+  useColorScheme,
 } from 'react-native';
-import { NavigationContainer, useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/native';
+import {
+  DarkTheme,
+  DefaultTheme,
+  NavigationContainer,
+  useNavigation,
+} from '@react-navigation/native';
 import { createStackNavigator } from '@react-navigation/stack';
 import { createNativeStackNavigator } from '@react-navigation/native-stack';
 import { SafeAreaProvider } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
@@ -22,6 +28,7 @@
 import SFSymbols from './Examples/SFSymbols';
 import LabeledTabs from './Examples/Labeled';
 import NativeBottomTabs from './Examples/NativeBottomTabs';
+import TintColorsExample from './Examples/TintColors';
 
 const FourTabsIgnoreSafeArea = () => {
   return <FourTabs ignoresTopSafeArea />;
@@ -82,6 +89,7 @@
     screenOptions: { headerShown: false },
   },
   { component: MaterialBottomTabs, name: 'Material (JS) Bottom Tabs' },
+  { component: TintColorsExample, name: 'Tint Colors' },
 ];
 
 function App() {
@@ -112,15 +120,18 @@
 export default function Navigation() {
   const [mode, setMode] = React.useState<'native' | 'js'>('native');
   const NavigationStack = mode === 'js' ? Stack : NativeStack;
+  const colorScheme = useColorScheme();
+  const theme = colorScheme === 'dark' ? DarkTheme : DefaultTheme;
+
   return (
     <SafeAreaProvider>
-      <NavigationContainer>
+      <NavigationContainer theme={theme}>
         <NavigationStack.Navigator initialRouteName="BottomTabs Example">
           <NavigationStack.Screen
             name="BottomTabs Example"
             component={App}
             options={{
               headerRight: () => (
                 <Button
                   onPress={() =>
                     Alert.alert(

example/src/Examples/NativeBottomTabs.tsx

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const Tab = createNativeBottomTabNavigator();
 
 function NativeBottomTabs() {
   return (
-    <Tab.Navigator>
+    <Tab.Navigator tabBarInactiveTintColor="red" tabBarActiveTintColor="orange">
       <Tab.Screen
         name="Article"
         component={Article}
@@ -33,13 +33,15 @@ function NativeBottomTabs() {
         component={Contacts}
         options={{
           tabBarIcon: () => require('../../assets/icons/person_dark.png'),
+          tabBarActiveTintColor: 'yellow',
         }}
       />
       <Tab.Screen
         name="Chat"
         component={Chat}
         options={{
           tabBarIcon: () => require('../../assets/icons/chat_dark.png'),
+          tabBarActiveTintColor: 'purple',
         }}
       />
     </Tab.Navigator>

example/src/Examples/TintColors.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import TabView, { SceneMap } from 'react-native-bottom-tabs';
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { Article } from '../Screens/Article';
+import { Albums } from '../Screens/Albums';
+import { Contacts } from '../Screens/Contacts';
+import { Chat } from '../Screens/Chat';
+
+export default function TintColorsExample() {
+  const [index, setIndex] = useState(0);
+  const [routes] = useState([
+    {
+      key: 'article',
+      title: 'Article',
+      focusedIcon: require('../../assets/icons/article_dark.png'),
+      unfocusedIcon: require('../../assets/icons/chat_dark.png'),
+      badge: '!',
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'albums',
+      title: 'Albums',
+      focusedIcon: require('../../assets/icons/grid_dark.png'),
+      badge: '5',
+      activeTintColor: 'green',
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'contacts',
+      focusedIcon: require('../../assets/icons/person_dark.png'),
+      title: 'Contacts',
+      activeTintColor: 'yellow',
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'chat',
+      focusedIcon: require('../../assets/icons/chat_dark.png'),
+      title: 'Chat',
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  const renderScene = SceneMap({
+    article: Article,
+    albums: Albums,
+    contacts: Contacts,
+    chat: Chat,
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <TabView
+      sidebarAdaptable
+      navigationState={{ index, routes }}
+      onIndexChange={setIndex}
+      renderScene={renderScene}
+      tabBarActiveTintColor="red"
+      tabBarInactiveTintColor="orange"
+      scrollEdgeAppearance="default"
+    />
+  );
+}

ios/Extensions.swift

@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ extension Collection {
   }
 }
 
+
+extension Collection where Element == TabInfo {
+  func findByKey(_ key: String?) -> Element? {
+    guard let key else { return nil }
+    guard !isEmpty else { return nil }
+    return first(where: { $0.key == key })
+  }
+}
+
 extension UIView {
   func pinEdges(to other: UIView) {
     NSLayoutConstraint.activate([

ios/RCTTabViewViewManager.mm

@@ -34,5 +34,7 @@ - (UIView *)view
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(scrollEdgeAppearance, NSString)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(barTintColor, NSNumber)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(translucent, BOOL)
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(activeTintColor, NSNumber)
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(inactiveTintColor, NSNumber)
 
 @end