Summary:
In preparation for Blob support (wherein binary XHR and WebSocket responses can be retained as native data blobs on the native side and JS receives a web-like opaque Blob object), this change makes RCTNetworking aware of the responseType that JS requests. A `xhr.responseType` of `''` or `'text'` translates to a native response type of `'text'`. A `xhr.responseType` of `arraybuffer` translates to a native response type of `base64`, as we currently lack an API to transmit TypedArrays directly to JS. This is analogous to how the WebSocket module already works, and it's a lot more versatile and much less brittle than converting a JS *string* back to a TypedArray, which is what's currently going on.
Now that we don't always send text down to JS, JS consumers might still want to get progress updates about a binary download. This is what the `'progress'` event is designed for, so this change also implements that. This change also follows the XHR spec with regards to `xhr.response` and `xhr.responseText`:
- if the response type is `'text'`, `xhr.responseText` can be peeked at by the JS consumer. It will be updated periodically as the download progresses, so long as there's either an `onreadystatechange` or `onprogress` handler on the XHR.
- if the response type is not `'text'`, `xhr.responseText` can't be accessed and `xhr.response` remains `null` until the response is fully received. `'progress'` events containing response details (total bytes, downloaded so far) are dispatched if there's an `onprogress` handler.
Once Blobs are landed, `xhr.responseType` of `'blob'` will correspond to the same native response type, which will cause RCTNetworking to only send a blob ID down to JS, which can then create a `Blob` object from that for consumers.
Closes https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/8324
Reviewed By: javache
Differential Revision: D3508822
Pulled By: davidaurelio
fbshipit-source-id: 441b2d4d40265b6036559c3ccb9fa962999fa5df
Summary: Hi,
While implementing my own `RCTURLRequestHandler` I came across retain cycles in `RCTNetworkTask` when used with `RCTFileRequestHandler` and `RCTDataRequestHandler`.
The `NSBlockOperation` used in `RCTFileRequestHandler` and `RCTDataRequestHandler` could never be dealloc'ed because of a retain cycle.
And then the second issue was that those blocks were also strongly capturing the passed delegate which in this case is the `RCTNetworkTask` itself and then since the task was storing the block as a `requestToken`, the task could never be dealloc'ed as well.
Here are my proposed fixes. Let me know what you think.
Closes https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/3884
Reviewed By: svcscm
Differential Revision: D2615353
Pulled By: nicklockwood
fb-gh-sync-id: a73cbecffbebea75aaeb23d39f04a0d87602926f
Summary: public
Added RCTDataRequestHandler, which is responsible for loading data URLs. This moves the logic for data URL handling out of RCTImageDownloader (no longer needed) and into the RCTNetwork library, where it makes more sense.
This also means that it is now possible to load data URLs via XHR, and use them for purposes other than just images.
Reviewed By: javache
Differential Revision: D2540964
fb-gh-sync-id: 4f0418bd6b9186f047cc8297276bb970795af104
Pieter De Baets
Philipp von Weitershausen
Nick Lockwood
Jean Regisser