react-native-elements, button margin not taking effect

Question

I had an issue where there was a white shadow above the button after applying the marginTop: 15 property.

This happens because buttonStyle applies styling to the inner View and since elevation (shadow) is applied to the outer View, this way you basically create a 'padding' in the outer View.

I was expecting for it to be resolved in the following manner as you see below:

import React, { Component } from "react";
import { View, Text, ScrollView, Dimensions } from "react-native";
import { Button } from "react-native-elements";

const SCREEN_WIDTH = Dimensions.get("window").width;

class Slides extends Component {
  renderLastSlide(index) {
    if (index === this.props.data.length - 1) {
      return (
        <Button
          title="Onwards!"
          raised
          buttonStyle={styles.buttonStyle}
          containerViewStyle={{ marginTop: 15 }}
          onPress={this.props.onComplete}
        />
      );
    }
  }

  renderSlides() {
    return this.props.data.map((slide, index) => {
      return (
        <View
          key={slide.text}
          style={[styles.slideStyle, { backgroundColor: slide.color }]}
        >
          <Text style={styles.textStyles}>{slide.text}</Text>
          {this.renderLastSlide(index)}
        </View>
      );
    });
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <ScrollView horizontal style={{ flex: 1 }} pagingEnabled>
        {this.renderSlides()}
      </ScrollView>
    );
  }
}

const styles = {
  slideStyle: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: "center",
    alignItems: "center",
    width: SCREEN_WIDTH
  },
  textStyles: {
    fontSize: 30,
    color: "white",
    textAlign: "center"
  },
  buttonStyle: {
    backgroundColor: "#0288D1"
  }
};

export default Slides;

But the marginTop: 15 is having no effect on the button now. I am not sure what else to do here.

Answer 1

You can try View

<View style={{marginTop: 15}}}>
  <Button
          title="Onwards!"
          raised
          buttonStyle={styles.buttonStyle}
          onPress={this.props.onComplete}
        />
<View>