lucide/docs/guide/react-native/advanced/combining-icons.md

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Combining icons - React Native	Learn how to combine multiple icons into a single icon nested SVG elements in your React Native application.

Combining icons

You can combine multiple icons into a single icon by nesting SVG elements. This is useful if you want to create custom icons by combining existing ones.

import React, {useState, useEffect} from 'react';
import { View, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
import { Scan, User} from "lucide-react-native";

const App = () => {
  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <Scan size={48} nonScalingStroke>
        <User
          size={12}
          x={6}
          y={6}
          nonScalingStroke
        />
      </Scan>
    </View>
  );
};

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    height: '100%',
    alignItems: 'center',
    display: 'flex',
    justifyContent: 'center'
  },
});

export default App;

This is valid, since SVGs can be nested, and all SVG properties are supported on the icons. The x and y coordinates can be adjusted to position the icons as you like.

::: info Limitation When combining icons, you need to make sure that the x and y coordinates are within the viewBox of the outer icon (24x24). :::

With native SVG elements

You can also combine Lucide icons with native SVG elements to build custom icon variations.

Example with notification badge

For example, you can add a notification badge to an icon by using the circle SVG element.

import React, {useState, useEffect} from 'react';
import { View, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
import { Mail } from "lucide-react-native";
import { Circle } from 'react-native-svg';

const App = () => {
  const hasUnreadMessages = true;

  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <Mail size={48}>
        {hasUnreadMessages && (
          <Circle
            r="3"
            cx="21"
            cy="5"
            stroke="none"
            fill="#F56565"
          />
        )}
      </Mail>
    </View>
  );
};

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    height: '100%',
    alignItems: 'center',
    display: 'flex',
    justifyContent: 'center'
  },
});

export default App;

Example with text element

You can also use the text SVG element to add text to your icon.

import React, {useState, useEffect} from 'react';
import { View, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
import { File } from "lucide-react-native";
import { Text } from 'react-native-svg';

const App = () => {
  const hasUnreadMessages = true;

  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <File size={48}>
        <Text
          x={7.5}
          y={19}
          fontSize={8}
          fontFamily="Verdana,sans-serif"
          strokeWidth={1}
        >
          JS
        </Text>
      </File>
    </View>
  );
};

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    height: '100%',
    alignItems: 'center',
    display: 'flex',
    justifyContent: 'center'
  },
});

export default App;