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React Native component for measuring text height
// @flow
import type {
StyleObj,
} from 'react-native/Libraries/StyleSheet/StyleSheetTypes';
import React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import { Text, View, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
import invariant from 'invariant';
import _isEmpty from 'lodash/fp/isEmpty';
import _map from 'lodash/fp/map';
import _toArray from 'lodash/fp/toArray';
const measureBatchSize = 10;
type TextToHeight = { [text: string]: number };
type Props = {
textToMeasure: string[],
allHeightsMeasuredCallback: (
textToMeasure: string[],
heights: TextToHeight,
) => void,
style: StyleObj,
};
type State = {
currentlyMeasuring: ?Set<string>,
};
class TextHeightMeasurer extends React.PureComponent {
props: Props;
state: State = {
currentlyMeasuring: null,
};
static propTypes = {
textToMeasure: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string).isRequired,
allHeightsMeasuredCallback: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
style: Text.propTypes.style,
};
currentTextToHeight: TextToHeight = {};
nextTextToHeight: ?TextToHeight = null;
leftToMeasure: Set<string> = new Set();
leftInBatch = 0;
constructor(props: Props) {
super(props);
this.resetInternalState(this.props.textToMeasure);
}
componentDidMount() {
this.newBatch();
}
componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps: Props) {
if (nextProps.textToMeasure === this.props.textToMeasure) {
return;
}
this.resetInternalState(nextProps.textToMeasure);
this.newBatch();
}
// resets this.leftToMeasure and this.nextTextToHeight
resetInternalState(newTextToMeasure: string[]) {
this.leftToMeasure = new Set();
const nextNextTextToHeight = {};
for (let text of newTextToMeasure) {
if (this.currentTextToHeight[text]) {
nextNextTextToHeight[text] = this.currentTextToHeight[text];
} else if (this.nextTextToHeight && this.nextTextToHeight[text]) {
nextNextTextToHeight[text] = this.nextTextToHeight[text];
} else {
this.leftToMeasure.add(text);
}
}
this.nextTextToHeight = nextNextTextToHeight;
}
onTextLayout(
text: string,
event: { nativeEvent: { layout: { height: number }}},
) {
invariant(this.nextTextToHeight, "nextTextToHeight should be set");
this.nextTextToHeight[text] = event.nativeEvent.layout.height;
this.leftToMeasure.delete(text);
this.leftInBatch--;
if (this.leftToMeasure.size === 0) {
// We're done!!
invariant(this.leftInBatch === 0, "batch should be complete");
invariant(this.nextTextToHeight, "nextTextToHeight should be set");
this.currentTextToHeight = this.nextTextToHeight;
this.nextTextToHeight = null;
this.props.allHeightsMeasuredCallback(
this.props.textToMeasure,
this.currentTextToHeight,
);
this.setState({ currentlyMeasuring: null });
} else if (this.leftInBatch === 0) {
this.newBatch();
}
}
newBatch() {
let newBatchSize = Math.min(measureBatchSize, this.leftToMeasure.size);
this.leftInBatch = newBatchSize;
const newCurrentlyMeasuring = new Set();
const leftToMeasureIter = this.leftToMeasure.values();
for (; newBatchSize > 0; newBatchSize--) {
const value = leftToMeasureIter.next().value;
invariant(value, "item should exist");
newCurrentlyMeasuring.add(value);
}
this.setState({ currentlyMeasuring: newCurrentlyMeasuring });
}
render() {
if (_isEmpty(this.state.currentlyMeasuring)) {
return null;
}
const set = this.state.currentlyMeasuring;
invariant(set, "should be set");
const dummies = _map((text: string) => (
<Text
style={[styles.text, this.props.style]}
onLayout={(event) => this.onTextLayout(text, event)}
key={text}
>
{text}
</Text>
))(_toArray(this.state.currentlyMeasuring));
return <View>{dummies}</View>;
}
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
text: {
opacity: 0,
position: 'absolute',
},
});
export default TextHeightMeasurer;
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