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Expo SDK55 no icon shown on Menu #1198
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Hello,
I'm having an issue where icons don't appear in iOS when I open the menu.
I've been having this problem ever since I upgraded to Expo SDK 55 with the new architecture.
Can anyone help me? Here's the code
const actions: MenuAction[] = useMemo( () => [ { id: 'tire-info', title: t('Tire information'), image: 'plus',/*'ic_information_outline_grey600_36dp',*/ state: 'mixed' }, { id: 'photo', title: t('Photo'), image: 'ic_photo_camera_outline_grey600_36dp' }, { id: 'character-recognition', title: t('Character recognition'), image: 'ic_camera_enhance_outline_grey600_36dp', }, { id: 'visual-inspections', title: t('Visual inspections'), image: 'ic_alert_outline_grey600_36dp', }, { id: 'tread-depth', title: t('Tread depth'), image: 'ic_tire_grey600_36dp', }, ], [t], )
For testing i use "image: 'plus'". But no icon shown.
Can you help me?
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seferdemirci commentedon May 7, 2026
I investigated this on Expo SDK 55 + New Architecture and found the likely root cause.
The issue is in the iOS New Arch bridge path of
@react-native-menu/menu:imageColoris treated as an optional prop in JS, but in generated native structs it becomes anintwith default0.ios/NewArch/MenuView.mm,imageColoris always forwarded (@"imageColor": @(action.imageColor)), even when you didn’t set it.ios/Shared/RCTMenuItem.swift, this check always passes:if let imageColor = details["imageColor"] { ... }so the icon gets tinted with that value.
0, the tint can make the icon effectively invisible.That’s why icons disappear after upgrading to SDK 55 / New Arch.
Workaround that works reliably:
Set
imageColorfor every action that hasimage(e.g. theme text color), for example:{ id: "share", title: "Share", image: "square.and.arrow.up", imageColor: isDark ? "#FFFFFF" : "#111111" }(Alternative local patch: ignore
imageColorwhen it is0, similar to what was discussed in #1034.)mbrandenburg88 commentedon May 8, 2026
Thx for helping
app: cwd picker UI + sheet chrome polish + InputBar menu library swap