I am currently following the modal example given here.

.html

The code works and it is indeed showing a modal box.

But there is no "close" functionality except the one via TouchableHighlight onPress event.

Is it possible to have a "close modal" functionality via "X" on the corner ?

I checked out the props and I am not able to find any.

So does this mean that using only the TouchableHighlight's onPress event alone you will be able to control the modal's closing ?

App.js code

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Modal, Text, TouchableHighlight, View } from 'react-native';

export default class ModalExample extends Component {

  state = {
    modalVisible: false,
  }

  setModalVisible(visible) {
    this.setState({modalVisible: visible});
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <View style={{marginTop: 22}}>
        <Modal
          animationType="slide"
          transparent={false}
          visible={this.state.modalVisible}
          onRequestClose={() => {alert("Modal has been closed.")}}
          >
         <View style={{marginTop: 22}}>
          <View>
            <Text>Hello World!</Text>

            <TouchableHighlight onPress={() => {
              this.setModalVisible(!this.state.modalVisible)
            }}>
              <Text>Hide Modal</Text>
            </TouchableHighlight>

          </View>
         </View>
        </Modal>

        <TouchableHighlight onPress={() => {
          this.setModalVisible(true)
        }}>
          <Text>Show Modal</Text>
        </TouchableHighlight>

      </View>
    );
  }
}

I am currently following the modal example given here.

https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/modal.html

The code works and it is indeed showing a modal box.

But there is no "close" functionality except the one via TouchableHighlight onPress event.

Is it possible to have a "close modal" functionality via "X" on the corner ?

I checked out the props and I am not able to find any.

So does this mean that using only the TouchableHighlight's onPress event alone you will be able to control the modal's closing ?

App.js code

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Modal, Text, TouchableHighlight, View } from 'react-native';

export default class ModalExample extends Component {

  state = {
    modalVisible: false,
  }

  setModalVisible(visible) {
    this.setState({modalVisible: visible});
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <View style={{marginTop: 22}}>
        <Modal
          animationType="slide"
          transparent={false}
          visible={this.state.modalVisible}
          onRequestClose={() => {alert("Modal has been closed.")}}
          >
         <View style={{marginTop: 22}}>
          <View>
            <Text>Hello World!</Text>

            <TouchableHighlight onPress={() => {
              this.setModalVisible(!this.state.modalVisible)
            }}>
              <Text>Hide Modal</Text>
            </TouchableHighlight>

          </View>
         </View>
        </Modal>

        <TouchableHighlight onPress={() => {
          this.setModalVisible(true)
        }}>
          <Text>Show Modal</Text>
        </TouchableHighlight>

      </View>
    );
  }
}

• javascript
• react-native

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• I've recently used (in production) and found this library to be super useful for modal. It extends on top of the native Modal class, giving you additional functionality such as swipe-gestures. Do check it out. – Kunal Chawla Commented Nov 27, 2017 at 5:01

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Sorted by: Reset to default 4

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Modal, Text, TouchableHighlight, View } from 'react-native';

export default class ModalExample extends Component {

  state = {
    modalVisible: false,
  }

  setModalVisible(visible) {
    this.setState({modalVisible: visible});
  }

  closeModal = () => {
      this.setState({modalVisible: false})
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <View style={{marginTop: 22}}>
        <Modal
          animationType="slide"
          transparent={false}
          visible={this.state.modalVisible}
          onRequestClose={() => {alert("Modal has been closed.")}}
          >
         <View style={{marginTop: 22}}>

          <View>
            <Text>Hello World!</Text>

            <TouchableHighlight onPress={() => {
              this.setModalVisible(!this.state.modalVisible)
            }}>
              <Text>Hide Modal</Text>
            </TouchableHighlight>
          </View>
         <CloseButton onPress={this.closeModal} /> // Create your 'X' button with your preferred styling
         </View>
        </Modal>

        <TouchableHighlight onPress={() => {
          this.setModalVisible(true)
        }}>
          <Text>Show Modal</Text>
        </TouchableHighlight>

      </View>
    );
  }
}

You just need to add a button to the modal with your preferred styling and on the button's onPress listener set the state variable modalVisible to false for hiding the modal.