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title: Props
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---
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## React Native - Props
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The term props, short for 'properties', means some type of data that is passed from one component into another. Props always flow downward from the parent component to the child.
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In React, the child component has access to the information from a parent via props:
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```jsx
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// the child Header component receives the text prop and can access it via this.props.text
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class Header extends Component {
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render () {
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return (
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<Text>{this.props.text}</Text>
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)
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}
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}
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class App extends Component {
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render () {
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return (
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<Header text="Welcome!" />
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);
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}
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}
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```
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This also works the same way in functional components:
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```jsx
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// in functional components, props will be received as a parameter 'props'
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const Header = (props) => {
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return (
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<Text>{props.title}</Text>
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);
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};
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class App extends Component {
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render () {
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return (
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<View>
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<Header text="Welcome!" />
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</View>
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);
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}
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}
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```
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Other libraries you import will also give you access to additional properties inside your components. Here is an example from the [react-native-elements](https://github.com/react-native-training/react-native-elements) library.
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```jsx
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import { Button } from 'react-native-elements';
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// here 'buttonStyle' and 'title' are props passed into the Button component
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class App extends Component {
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render () {
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return (
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<Button
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buttonStyle={{backgroundColor: 'red', borderRadius: 10}}
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title={`Submit`}
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/>
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);
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}
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}
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```
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