![Header](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/react-native-training/react-native-elements/master/docs/images/header.png)

### Header with default components

For quick setup we provide default components, which are React Native Elements Icon for left/right buttons and React Native Text for title. You can customize them with configuration objects passed in as props.

```js
<Header
  leftComponent={{ icon: 'menu', color: '#fff' }}
  centerComponent={{ text: 'MY TITLE', style: { color: '#fff' } }} 
  rightComponent={{ icon: 'home', color: '#fff' }}
/>
```

### Header with custom components passed in through props

You can pass in your custom components like this too.

```js
<Header
  leftComponent={<MyCustomLeftComponent />}
  centerComponent={<MyCustomCenterComponent />} 
  rightComponent={<MyCustomRightComponent />}
/>
```

### Header with mixed components

You can also mix the content, for example you can have default components defined by configuration combined with custom components. Passing a render function that returns a React Element is valid too.

```js
<Header
  leftComponent={<MyCustomLeftComponent />}
  centerComponent={this.renderCenterComponent()} 
  rightComponent={{ icon: 'home', style: { color: '#fff'} }}
/>
```

### Header with custom components passed in as children

```js
<Header>
  <MyCustomLeftComponent />
  <MyCustomCenterComponent />
  <MyCustomRightComponent />
</Header>
```

### Component precedence

Components defined through props take precedence over components passed in as children, so in this case only the left component with icon set to home will be rendered.

```js
<Header
  leftComponent={{ icon: 'menu' }}
>
  <MyCustomLeftComponent />
  <MyCustomCenterComponent />
  <MyCustomRightComponent />
</Header>
```

### Header customisability

We wanted the Header to be as customisable as possible, so you are free to try different combinations of props.

```js
<Header
  statusBarProps={{ barStyle: 'light-content' }}
  leftComponent={<MyCustomLeftComponent />}
  centerComponent={{ text: 'MY TITLE', style: { color: '#fff'} }}
  outerContainerStyles={{ backgroundColor: '#3D6DCC' }}
/>
```

### Header Props

| prop | default | type | description |
| ---- | ---- | ----| ---- |
| statusBarProps | none | object (props) | accepts all props for StatusBar |
| leftComponent | none | configuration object for default component (icon: string, ...props for React Native Elements Icon) or a valid React Element | define your left component here |
| centerComponent | none | configuration object for default component (text: string, ...props for React Native Text component) valid React Element | define your center component here |
| rightComponent | none | configuration object for default component (icon: string, ...props for React Native Elements Icon component) or a valid React Element | define your right component here |
| backgroundColor | none | string | sets backgroundColor of the parent component |
| outerContainerStyles | none | object (style) | styling for outer container |
| innerContainerStyles | none | object (style) | styling for inner container |