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Base implementation for the more convenient <FlatList> and <SectionList> components, which are also better documented. In general, this should only really be used if you need more flexibility than FlatList provides, e.g. for use with immutable data instead of plain arrays.
Virtualization massively improves memory consumption and performance of large lists by maintaining a finite render window of active items and replacing all items outside of the render window with appropriately sized blank space. The window adapts to scrolling behavior, and items are rendered incrementally with low-pri (after any running interactions) if they are far from the visible area, or with hi-pri otherwise to minimize the potential of seeing blank space.
Some caveats:
- Internal state is not preserved when content scrolls out of the render window. Make sure all your data is captured in the item data or external stores like Flux, Redux, or Relay.
- This is a
PureComponent which means that it will not re-render if props remain shallow-equal. Make sure that everything your renderItem function depends on is passed as a prop (e.g. extraData) that is not === after updates, otherwise your UI may not update on changes. This includes the data prop and parent component state.
- In order to constrain memory and enable smooth scrolling, content is rendered asynchronously offscreen. This means it's possible to scroll faster than the fill rate ands momentarily see blank content. This is a tradeoff that can be adjusted to suit the needs of each application, and we are working on improving it behind the scenes.
- By default, the list looks for a
key prop on each item and uses that for the React key. Alternatively, you can provide a custom keyExtractor prop.
Props
State
Methods
Type Definitions
Reference
Props
renderItem
data
The default accessor functions assume this is an array of objects with shape {key: string} but you can override getItem, getItemCount, and keyExtractor to handle any type of index-based data.
getItem
(data: any, index: number) => object
A generic accessor for extracting an item from any sort of data blob.
| Type |
Required |
| function |
Yes |
getItemCount
(data: any) => number
Determines how many items are in the data blob.
| Type |
Required |
| function |
Yes |
debug
debug will turn on extra logging and visual overlays to aid with debugging both usage and implementation, but with a significant perf hit.
A marker property for telling the list to re-render (since it implements PureComponent). If any of your renderItem, Header, Footer, etc. functions depend on anything outside of the data prop, stick it here and treat it immutably.
getItemLayout
(
data: any,
index: number,
) => {length: number, offset: number, index: number}
| Type |
Required |
| function |
No |
initialScrollIndex
Instead of starting at the top with the first item, start at initialScrollIndex. This disables the "scroll to top" optimization that keeps the first initialNumToRender items always rendered and immediately renders the items starting at this initial index. Requires getItemLayout to be implemented.
inverted
Reverses the direction of scroll. Uses scale transforms of -1.
CellRendererComponent
Each cell is rendered using this element. Can be a React Component Class,or a render function. Defaults to using View.
| Type |
Required |
| component, function |
No |
ListEmptyComponent
Rendered when the list is empty. Can be a React Component Class, a render function, or a rendered element.
| Type |
Required |
| component, function, element |
No |
Rendered at the bottom of all the items. Can be a React Component Class, a render function, or a rendered element.
| Type |
Required |
| component, function, element |
No |
Rendered at the top of all the items. Can be a React Component Class, a render function, or a rendered element.
| Type |
Required |
| component, function, element |
No |
onLayout
| Type |
Required |
| function |
No |
onRefresh
() => void
If provided, a standard RefreshControl will be added for "Pull to Refresh" functionality. Make sure to also set the refreshing prop correctly.
| Type |
Required |
| function |
No |
onScrollToIndexFailed
(info: {
index: number,
highestMeasuredFrameIndex: number,
averageItemLength: number,
}) => void
Used to handle failures when scrolling to an index that has not been measured yet. Recommended action is to either compute your own offset and scrollTo it, or scroll as far as possible and then try again after more items have been rendered.
| Type |
Required |
| function |
No |
onViewableItemsChanged
(info: {
viewableItems: array,
changed: array,
}) => void
Called when the viewability of rows changes, as defined by the viewabilityConfig prop.
| Type |
Required |
| function |
No |
refreshing
Set this true while waiting for new data from a refresh.
removeClippedSubviews
This may improve scroll performance for large lists.
Note:
May have bugs (missing content) in some circumstances - use at your own risk.
renderScrollComponent
(props: object) => element
Render a custom scroll component, e.g. with a differently styled RefreshControl.
| Type |
Required |
| function |
No |
viewabilityConfig
See ViewabilityHelper.js for flow type and further documentation.
| Type |
Required |
| ViewabilityConfig |
No |
viewabilityConfigCallbackPairs
List of ViewabilityConfig/onViewableItemsChanged pairs. A specific onViewableItemsChanged will be called when its corresponding ViewabilityConfig's conditions are met. See ViewabilityHelper.js for flow type and further documentation.
| Type |
Required |
| array of ViewabilityConfigCallbackPair |
No |
horizontal
initialNumToRender
How many items to render in the initial batch. This should be enough to fill the screen but not much more. Note these items will never be unmounted as part of the windowed rendering in order to improve perceived performance of scroll-to-top actions.
(item: object, index: number) => string
Used to extract a unique key for a given item at the specified index. Key is used for caching and as the react key to track item re-ordering. The default extractor checks item.key, then falls back to using the index, like React does.
| Type |
Required |
| function |
No |
maxToRenderPerBatch
The maximum number of items to render in each incremental render batch. The more rendered at once, the better the fill rate, but responsiveness my suffer because rendering content may interfere with responding to button taps or other interactions.
onEndReached
(info: {distanceFromEnd: number}) => void
Called once when the scroll position gets within onEndReachedThreshold of the rendered content.
| Type |
Required |
| function |
No |
onEndReachedThreshold
How far from the end (in units of visible length of the list) the bottom edge of the list must be from the end of the content to trigger the onEndReached callback. Thus a value of 0.5 will trigger onEndReached when the end of the content is within half the visible length of the list.
scrollEventThrottle
updateCellsBatchingPeriod
Amount of time between low-pri item render batches, e.g. for rendering items quite a ways off screen. Similar fill rate/responsiveness tradeoff as maxToRenderPerBatch.
windowSize
Determines the maximum number of items rendered outside of the visible area, in units of visible lengths. So if your list fills the screen, then windowSize={21} (the default) will render the visible screen area plus up to 10 screens above and 10 below the viewport. Reducing this number will reduce memory consumption and may improve performance, but will increase the chance that fast scrolling may reveal momentary blank areas of unrendered content.
disableVirtualization
DEPRECATED. Virtualization provides significant performance and memory optimizations, but fully unmounts react instances that are outside of the render window. You should only need to disable this for debugging purposes.
progressViewOffset
Set this when offset is needed for the loading indicator to show correctly.
| Type |
Required |
Platform |
| number |
No |
Android |
State
first
last
Methods
scrollToEnd()
scrollToEnd([params]: object)
scrollToIndex()
scrollToIndex(params: object)
scrollToItem()
scrollToItem(params: object)
scrollToOffset()
scrollToOffset(params: object)
Scroll to a specific content pixel offset in the list.
Parameters:
offset expects the offset to scroll to.
In case of horizontal is true, the offset is the x-value, in any other case the offset is the y-value.animated (true by default) defines whether the list should do an animation while scrolling.
recordInteraction()
recordInteraction()
flashScrollIndicators()
flashScrollIndicators()
Type Definitions
renderItemType
| Type |
| FunctionTypeAnnotation |
Props
| Type |
| IntersectionTypeAnnotation |