Summary:
Both iOS and Android currently support some sort of native pull to refresh control but the API was very different. I tried implementing a component based on PullToRefreshViewAndroid but that works on both platforms.
I liked the idea of wrapping the ListView or ScrollView with the PullToRefreshView component and allow styling the refresh view with platform specific props if needed. I also like the fact that 'refreshing' is a controlled prop so there is no need to keep a ref to the component or to the stopRefreshing function.
It is a pretty rough start so I'm looking for feedback and ideas to improve on the API before cleaning up everything.
On iOS we could probably deprecate the onRefreshStart property of the ScrollView and implement the native stuff in a PullToRefreshViewManager. We could then add props to customize the look of the UIRefreshControl (tintColor). We could also deprecate the Android only component and remove it later.
Closes https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/4915
Reviewed By: svcscm
Differential Revision: D2799246
Pulled By: nicklockwood
fb-gh-sync-id: 75872c12143ddbc05cc91900ab4612e477ca5765
Janic Duplessis