FontAwesome 5 Pro

Installing the Pro Fonts

You need your FontAwesome npm token which can be obtained by logging into your account and then access the Services tab.

Run npx fa-upgrade5 and enter the token when asked to in order to upgrade to the Pro version. It will install the fonts in your repo in the rnvi-fonts/fontawesome5-pro directory. The top-level rnvi-fonts folder name can be customized by setting it when executing the command: npx fa-upgrade5 [destination] and setting the fontDir in package.json.

Manually

If the shell script does not work you can install the Pro version manually. All you really need to do is adding the Pro fonts to the rnvi-fonts/fontawesome5-pro directory.

Usage

Using the standard icons works just like the standard icons in this library.

import { FontAwesome5Pro } from "@react-native-vector-icons/fontawesome5-pro";

const icon = <FontAwesome5Pro name="comments" />;

Something special about the FontAwesome5Pro class is that you can also pass props to change the style of the icon:

import { FontAwesome5Pro } from "@react-native-vector-icons/fontawesome5-pro";

const icon = <FontAwesome5Pro name="comments" iconStyle="solid" />;
const icon = <FontAwesome5Pro name="git" iconStyle="brand" />;

Valid types

No specified type indicates Regular font.

getImageSource

getImageSource works a little different due to its native backend and how the font is separated into different files. An extra argument to specify the font style is required.

Use this to select which style the generated image should have:

import { FontAwesome5Pro } from "@react-native-vector-icons/fontawesome5-pro";

FontAwesome5Pro.getImageSource("solid", "comments", 30, "#000").then((source) =>
  this.setState({ image: source }),
);