How to make mui avatar with icon in react js?

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To make mui avatar with icon in React js, you can use this code <Avatar> <FolderIcon /> </Avatar>. It will make mui avatar with icon in react js.

Today, I am going to show you, How to make mui avatar with icon in react js.

Installation

Install the following packages to use mui avatar in react js.

npm

npm install @mui/material @emotion/react @emotion/styled

yarn

yarn add @mui/material @emotion/react @emotion/styled

Table of contents

• Install MUI and create a new React app.
• Import the Avatar component from MUI.
• Use the Avatar component in your JS code.
• Add inline styles to adjust the icon.

Step 1: Install MUI and create a new React app.

First you have to install the React project. You should use create-react-app command to create a new React project.

npx create-react-app my-app
cd my-app
npm start

Step 2: Import the Avatar component from MUI.

After installing MUI, you have to import your React component. To do this, add the following line to the top of your component file.

import Avatar from "@mui/material/Avatar";
import FolderIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Folder";
import PageviewIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Pageview";

Step 3: Use the Avatar component in your JS code.

You can use the Avatar component in your react js. For example, you can have the following code to display an avatar with an icon.

<Avatar>
    <FolderIcon />
      </Avatar>
    <Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: pink[500] }}>
       <PageviewIcon />
</Avatar>

Step 4: Add inline styles to adjust the icon.

You can add inline styles to the Avatar component. For example, you can add the following style to set the bgcolor to pink[500].

<Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: pink[500] }}>
    <PageviewIcon />
</Avatar>

MUI material make mui avatar with icon example.

The below code is an example of making with icon of mui avatar, first import the "@mui/icons-material/Pageview" in react js library. then use this code <Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: pink[500] }}><PageviewIcon /></Avatar>. It will make with icon of mui avatar.

App.js

import * as React from "react";
import { pink } from "@mui/material/colors";
import Avatar from "@mui/material/Avatar";
import Stack from "@mui/material/Stack";
import FolderIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Folder";
import PageviewIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Pageview";

export default function IconAvatars() {
  return (
    <Stack direction="row" spacing={2}>
      <Avatar>
        <FolderIcon />
      </Avatar>
      <Avatar sx={{ bgcolor: pink[500] }}>
        <PageviewIcon />
      </Avatar>
    </Stack>
  );
}

In the above code example, I have used the @mui/material component and made mui avatar with icon in react js.

Check the output of the above code example.

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