How to reparent a component in ReactNative?
The problem here is that on every state change your component will re-render webView
object and will show the current date. I suggest that you change webView
to a component and add a static key when you call WebViewComp
to prevent unmount/mount on every state change.
const WebViewComp = () => ( //Change declaration to function component instead of constant object
<WebView
source={{
uri:
'data:text/html,<html><script>document.write("<h1 style=\\"font-size:64px\\">"+Date.now()+"<h1>");</script>',
}}
/>
);
export default class App extends React.Component {
state = {
clicks: 0,
};
onClick = () => {
this.setState({ clicks: this.state.clicks + 1 });
};
render() {
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<Text style={styles.paragraph} onPress={this.onClick}>
Click Me: {this.state.clicks}
</Text>
{this.state.clicks % 2 === 0 ? <WebViewComp key="child" /> : null}
{this.state.clicks % 2 === 1 ? <WebViewComp key="child" /> : null}
</View>
);
}
}
You definitely need to reparenting the view. I searched some libs that work as React Portals does.
We have two projects available:
https://github.com/zenyr/react-native-portal
https://github.com/mfrachet/rn-native-portals
I tested the second package (rn-native-portals
) and this magically worked on Android:
How to install
npm install mfrachet/rn-native-portals
react-native link
(unfortunately we can't auto-link this yet, but we can submit PR)
Implementation
Your target element needs to be inside <PortalOrigin>
import React from "react";
import { View, Text, TouchableOpacity } from "react-native";
import { PortalOrigin } from 'rn-native-portals';
class Target extends React.Component {
state = {
moveView: false,
}
render() {
return (
<>
<TouchableOpacity
style={{ flex: 1 }}
onPress={() => this.setState({ moveView: !this.state.moveView })}
>
<Text>Press Here</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
<PortalOrigin destination={this.state.moveView ? 'destinationPortal' : null}>
<View>
<Text>This text will appear on destination magically...</Text>
</View>
</PortalOrigin>
</>
);
}
}
export default Target;
On destination use this (don't forget set the same unique portal's name)
import React from "react";
import { PortalDestination } from "rn-native-portals";
class Destination extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<PortalDestination name="destinationPortal" />
);
}
}
export default Destination;
This project is amazing, but definitely need our community help to create a better documentation.
I have one project that need to use this feature, reparenting a video to the outside of screen. I'm seriously considering PR auto-link support to avoid compiling warnings.
More useful info about:
The project concept: https://github.com/mfrachet/rn-native-portals/blob/master/docs/CONCEPT.md
Why the project was created (long history): https://tech.bedrockstreaming.com/6play/how-a-fullscreen-video-mode-ended-up-implementing-react-native-portals/