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How to apply changes to a single element in a Flatlist in React Native

I have a Flatlist that renders multiple posts, each post has a text section, the text can get very big so I'm using a show more method to expand/hide the text, and I'm handling the status of it using a state, however, when I click on a post to expand the text, it expands all posts in the Flatlist, I tried creating a dynamic Ref for each post, but I can't figure out a way to change the text content accordingly, anything I'm missing?
here's my code:
const [showMore, setShowMore] = useState(false);
const refs = useRef([]);
// Inside a Flatlist render item:
<View style={styles.postContainer}>
{item.data.postText.length > 120 ? (
showMore ? (
<TouchableOpacity onPress={() => setShowMore(!showMore)}
ref={(expandableText) => (refs.current[index] = expandableText)}>
<Text style={styles.postDescription}>{item.data.postText}</Text>
<Text style={styles.seeMore}>Show less</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
) : (
<TouchableOpacity onPress={() => setShowMore(!showMore)}>
<Text style={styles.postDescription}>
{`${item.data.postText.slice(0, 120)}... `}
</Text>
<Text style={styles.seeMore}>Show more</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
)
) : (
<Text style={styles.postDescription}>{item.data.postText}</Text>
)}
</View>

You are using the same state for all items of the FlatList. Hence, if you change the state, all items will be expanded. You could keep a boolean array as a state. The index of this state array corresponds to the index of a component inside the flatlist.
// data is the data of your FlatList
// we use this to initialize each show more value with false
const [showMore, setShowMore] = useState(data.map(data => false))
In your render function you use it as follows.
renderItem={({item, index}) => {
return <View style={styles.postContainer}>
{item.data.postText.length > 120 ? (
showMore[index] ? (
<TouchableOpacity onPress={() => handleShowMore(index)}
ref={(expandableText) => (refs.current[index] = expandableText)}>
<Text style={styles.postDescription}>{item.data.postText}</Text>
<Text style={styles.seeMore}>Show less</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
) : (
<TouchableOpacity onPress={() => handleShowMore(index)}>
<Text style={styles.postDescription}>
{`${item.data.postText.slice(0, 120)}... `}
</Text>
<Text style={styles.seeMore}>Show more</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
)
) : (
<Text style={styles.postDescription}>{item.data.postText}</Text>
)}
</View>
}
The handleShowMore function is as follows.
function handleShowMore(index) {
setShowMore(prev => prev.map((element, idx) => {
if(idx === index) {
return !element
}
return element
}))
}

React Native Modal is not hiding

I am implementing my own Modal, trying to replace the Alert.alert with something more beautiful. I made it to be displayed when needed, but it is not hiding on the button press, but I think I transferred it the needed function. My modal structure is the following:
export const RCModal = ({ title, visible, onButtonPress }) => {
return (
<Modal
animationType='fade'
transparent={true}
visible={visible}
>
<View style={styles.container}>
<Text style={styles.title}>{title}</Text>
<Pressable style={styles.button} onPress={onButtonPress}>
<Text style={styles.text}>OK</Text>
</Pressable>
</View>
</Modal>
)
};
And it is used in the application in the following way:
// ...
const [alertVisible, setAlertVisible] = useState(false);
const [alertTitle, setAlertTitle] = useState();
const [alertOnPress, setAlertOnPress] = useState();
// ...
const winner = (theWinner) => {
setBlocked(true);
setAlertTitle(`${theWinner} win!`);
setAlertOnPress(() => setAlertVisible(!alertVisible));
setAlertVisible(true);
}
// ...
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<RCModal title={alertTitle} visible={alertVisible} onButtonPress={alertOnPress} />
<ScrollView contentContainerStyle={{ flexGrow: 1, justifyContent: 'center' }}>
<Text style={styles.title}>Noughts and Crosses</Text>
<Text style={styles.tip}>Get {winCondition()} in row, column or diagonal</Text>
<View style={styles.buttonsContainer}>
<Text style={styles.turnContainer}>Turn: <Text style={[styles.turn, { color: turn === 'X' ? '#2E86C1' : '#E74C3C'}]}>{turn}</Text></Text>
<TouchableHighlight underlayColor="#000000" style={[styles.button, styles.newGameButton]} onPress={setInitialFieldState}>
<Text style={styles.buttonText}>New game</Text>
</TouchableHighlight>
</View>
<Field state={fieldState} size={fieldSize} onCellPress={onCellPress} />
</ScrollView>
<View style={styles.settingsButtonContainer}>
<TouchableHighlight underlayColor={theme.colors.secondary} style={styles.settingsButton} onPress={onSettingsPress}>
<Image source={require('../img/settings.png')} style={styles.settingsIcon} />
</TouchableHighlight>
</View>
</View>
);
};
When the winner() is called, it is displayed as it should, but when I press OK button, it is not hiding. How can I fix it?

You can use setAlertVisible to change the alertVisible state:
<RCModal title={alertTitle} visible={alertVisible} onButtonPress={() => setAlertVisible(false)} />

The answer was that to set a function like a state variable, I needed to set it like
setAlertOnPress(() => () => setAlertVisible(false))
(2 x () =>)

How to implement a way to delete an item from a FlatList?

I am not sure how to add a delete function in a FlatList. I know I can make different components, but I want to know how to do it within this one file. I've trying to figure this out for hours, but do not know how to do.
export default function test() {
const [enteredGoal, setEnteredGoal] = useState("");
const [courseGoals, setCourseGoals] = useState([]);
const goalInput = enteredText => {
setEnteredGoal(enteredText);
};
const addGoal = () => {
setCourseGoals(currentGoals => [
...currentGoals,
{ key: Math.random().toString(), value: enteredGoal }
]);
};
const removeGoal = goalId => {
setCourseGoals(currentGoals => {
return currentGoals.filter((goal) => goal.id !== goalId);
})
}
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<View>
<TextInput
color="lime"
style={styles.placeholderStyle}
placeholder="Type here"
placeholderTextColor="lime"
onChangeText={goalInput}
value={enteredGoal}
/>
</View>
<FlatList
data={courseGoals}
renderItem={itemData => (
<View style={styles.listItem} >
<Text style={{ color: "lime" }}>{itemData.item.value}</Text>
</View>
)}
/>
<View>
<TouchableOpacity>
<Text style={styles.button} onPress={addGoal}>
Add
</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
</View>
</View>
);
}

You just need to modify your code a bit to handle the delete button. Since you already have delete functionality, call that function when you click the delete button. That's it.
<FlatList
data={courseGoals}
renderItem={itemData => (
<View style={{ flexDirection: "row", justifyContent: "space-between" }}>
<Text style={{ color: "lime" }}>{itemData.item.value}</Text>
<TouchableOpacity onPress={() => removeGoal(itemData.item.key)}>
<Text>Delete</Text>
</TouchableOpacity>
</View>
)}
/>;
EDIT
change your removeGoal function as below
const removeGoal = goalId => {
setCourseGoals(courseGoals => {
return courseGoals.filter(goal => goal.key !== goalId);
});
};
Hope this helps you. Feel free for doubts.

Show Empty list message only after Loader get ended in React Native using Flat list

I have a flat list, which gets its data source as a state. Actually, this data is from firebase, and i have been using redux. So, the data is fetched in the actions, and using callback i get the data to state.
What i want to achieve is, when there is no data found from the api, An empty list message should be show in the view. Actually , i achieved this using "ListEmptyComponent". But whats happening is the screen starts with empty message, and the spinner loads below it, and then if data found the message goes away as well as spinner.
But, what i wanted is, when the view gets rendered the first thing everyone should see is the spinner, and then if data empty spinner hides then empty list message displays.
How to achieve this ?
My Action :
export const fetchOrderHistory = (phone, callback) => {
return (dispatch) => {
dispatch({ type: START_SPINNER_ACTION_FOR_ORDER_HISTORY })
firebase.database().ref('orders/'+phone)
.on('value', snapshot => {
const snapShotValue = snapshot.val();
callback(snapShotValue);
dispatch ({ type: ORDER_HISTORY_FETCHED , payload: snapshot.val()});
dispatch({ type: STOP_SPINNER_ACTION_FRO_ORDER_HISTORY })
});
};
};
My Flat List & spinner:
<FlatList
data={this.state.historyOfOrders}
keyExtractor={item => item.uid}
ListEmptyComponent={this.onListEmpty()}
renderItem={({ item }) => (
<Card
containerStyle={{ borderRadius: 5 }}
>
<View style={styles.topContainerStyle}>
<View>
<TouchableOpacity
onPress={() => this.props.navigation.navigate('ViewOrderScreen', {itemsOfOrder: item}) }
>
<View style={styles.viewOrderContainer}>
<View style={styles.viewOrderTextContainer}>
<Text style={styles.viewOrderTextStyle}>View Order</Text>
</View>
<Icon
name='ios-arrow-forward'
type='ionicon'
color='#ff7675'
/>
</View>
</TouchableOpacity>
</View>
</View>
</View>
</Card>
)}
/>
{this.props.isSpinnerLoading &&
<View style={styles.loading}>
<ActivityIndicator size="large" color="#03A9F4"/>
</View> }
My Call back at componentWillMount which set state:
componentWillMount() {
this.props.fetchOrderHistory((this.props.phone), (snapShotValue)=> {
const userOrderHistory = _.map(snapShotValue, (val,uid) => ({uid, ...val}))
this.setState({ historyOfOrders: userOrderHistory })
});
}
My EmptyList Message:
onListEmpty = () => {
return <View style={{ alignSelf: 'center' }}>
<Text style={{ fontWeight: 'bold', fontSize: 25 }}>No Data</Text>
</View>
}
My State:
state = { historyOfOrders: "" }
I am getting the spinner values from the reducers, using mapStateToProps.
Kindly Guide me, through

you have to do two things for that.
First, show Flatlist only if the loader is stopped. Second, set default value of this.state.historyOfOrders is null and check if this.state.historyOfOrders not null then only show Flatlist.
Here is a code:
{(!this.props.isSpinnerLoading && this.state.historyOfOrders != null) ?
(
<FlatList
data={this.state.historyOfOrders}
keyExtractor={item => item.uid}
ListEmptyComponent={this.onListEmpty()}
renderItem={({ item }) => (
<Card containerStyle={{ borderRadius: 5 }}>
<View style={styles.topContainerStyle}>
<View>
<TouchableOpacity onPress={() => this.props.navigation.navigate('ViewOrderScreen', {itemsOfOrder: item}) }>
<View style={styles.viewOrderContainer}>
<View style={styles.viewOrderTextContainer}>
<Text style={styles.viewOrderTextStyle}>View Order</Text>
</View>
<Icon
name='ios-arrow-forward'
type='ionicon'
color='#ff7675'
/>
</View>
</TouchableOpacity>
</View>
</View>
</Card>
)}
/>
) : null
}
With this condition, even if you want loader above Flatlist you can do that.

The path you should take is rendering only the spinner when the loading flag is set and rendering the list when loading flag is false.
Your render method should be like below
render()
{
if(this.props.isSpinnerLoading)
{
return (<View style={styles.loading}>
<ActivityIndicator size="large" color="#03A9F4"/>
</View> );
}
return (/** Actual List code here **/);
}

React native - dynamically add a view onPress

I have a View that contains a button - onPress it opens a modal showing a list of contacts.
onPress of any of those contacts (pickContact function) I would like to dynamically add a new View to _renderAddFriendTile (above button).
Also ideally, the 'Add' icon next each contact name (in the modal) should update ('Remove' icon) whether or not they are present in _renderAddFriendTile View.
What would be the best way to do it?
[UPDATED code]
import React, {Component} from 'react'
import {
Text,
View,
ListView,
ScrollView,
StyleSheet,
Image,
TouchableHighlight,
TextInput,
Modal,
} from 'react-native'
const friends = new ListView.DataSource({
rowHasChanged: (r1, r2) => r1 !== r2
}).cloneWithRows([
{
id: 1,
firstname: 'name01',
surname: 'surname01',
image: require('../images/friends/avatar-friend-01.png')
},
{
id: 2,
firstname: 'name02',
surname: 'surname02',
image: require('../images/friends/avatar-friend-02.png')
},
{
id: 3,
firstname: 'name03',
surname: 'surname03',
image: require('../images/friends/avatar-friend-03.png')
},
{
id: 4,
firstname: 'name04',
surname: 'surname04',
image: require('../images/friends/avatar-friend-04.png')
},
])
class AppView extends Component {
state = {
isModalVisible: false,
contactPicked: [],
isFriendAdded: false,
}
setModalVisible = visible => {
this.setState({isModalVisible: visible})
}
pickContact = (friend) => {
if(this.state.contactPicked.indexOf(friend) < 0){
this.setState({
contactPicked: [ ...this.state.contactPicked, friend ],
})
}
if(this.state.contactPicked.indexOf(friend) >= 0){
this.setState({isFriendAdded: true})
}
}
_renderAddFriendTile = () => {
return(
<View style={{flex: 1}}>
<View style={[styles.step, styles.stepAddFriend]}>
<TouchableHighlight style={styles.addFriendButtonContainer} onPress={() => {this.setModalVisible(true)}}>
<View style={styles.addFriendButton}>
<Text style={styles.addFriendButtonText}>Add a friend</Text>
</View>
</TouchableHighlight>
</View>
</View>
)
}
render(){
return (
<ScrollView style={styles.container}>
<Modal
animationType={'fade'}
transparent={true}
visible={this.state.isModalVisible}
>
<View style={styles.addFriendModalContainer}>
<View style={styles.addFriendModal}>
<TouchableHighlight onPress={() => {this.setModalVisible(false)}}>
<View>
<Text style={{textAlign:'right'}}>Close</Text>
</View>
</TouchableHighlight>
<ListView
dataSource={friends}
renderRow={(friend) => {
return (
<TouchableHighlight onPress={() => {this.pickContact()}}>
<View style={[styles.row, styles.friendRow]}>
<Image source={friend.image} style={styles.friendIcon}></Image>
<Text style={styles.name}>{friend.firstname} </Text>
<Text style={styles.name}>{friend.surname}</Text>
<View style={styles.pickContainer}>
<View style={styles.pickWrapper}>
<View style={this.state.isFriendAdded ? [styles.buttonActive,styles.buttonSmall]: [styles.buttonInactive,styles.buttonSmall]}>
<Image source={this.state.isFriendAdded ? require('../images/button-active.png'): require('../images/button-inactive.png')} style={styles.buttonIcon}></Image>
</View>
</View>
</View>
</View>
</TouchableHighlight>
)
}}
/>
</View>
</View>
</Modal>
{this._renderAddFriendTile()}
</ScrollView>
)
}
}
export default AppView

Since you need to update something dynamically, that's a clear indication you need to make use of local state for modelling that data. (Setting aside you are not using a state library management like Redux)
state = {
isModalVisible: false,
contactPicked: null,
}
Your pickContact function needs the friend data from the listView, so you need to call it with the row selected:
<TouchableHighlight onPress={() => {this.pickContact(friend)}}>
Then inside your pickContact function, update your UI with the new contactsPicked data model
pickContact = (friend) => {
this.setState({
contactPicked: friend,
});
}
That will make your component re-render and you can place some logic inside _renderAddFriendTile to render some extra UI (Views, Texts..) given the existence of value on this.state.contactPicked You could use something along these lines:
_renderAddFriendTile = () => {
return(
<View style={{flex: 1}}>
{this.state.contactPicked && (
<View>
<Text>{contactPicked.firstName}<Text>
</View>
)}
<View style={[styles.step, styles.stepAddFriend]}>
<TouchableHighlight style={styles.addFriendButtonContainer} onPress={() => {this.setModalVisible(true)}}>
<View style={styles.addFriendButton}>
<Text style={styles.addFriendButtonText}>Add a friend</Text>
</View>
</TouchableHighlight>
</View>
</View>
)
}
Notice you now hold in state the firstName of the contact picked, so point number 2 should be easy to address. Just inside renderRow of ListView, render a different Icon if friend.firstname === this.state.contactPicked.firstname
Note: Don't rely on firstname for this sort of check since you can have repeated ones and that would fail. The best solution is to provide to your list model an unique id property per contact and use that id property for checking the logic above.
Side Notes
The part {this.state.contactPicked && (<View><Text>Some text</Text></View)} is using conditional rendering. The && acts as an if so if this.state.contactPicked is truthy, it will render the view, otherwise it will render nothing (falsy and null values are interpreted by react as "nothing to render").
Of course, if you want to render more than one item dynamically, your state model should be an array instead, i.e contactsPicked, being empty initially. Every time you pick a contact you'll add a new contact object to the array. Then inside _renderAddFriendTile you can use map to dynamically render multiple components. I think you won't need a ListView, unless you wanna have a separate scrollable list.
_renderAddFriendTile = () => {
return(
<View style={{flex: 1}}>
{this.state.contactsPicked.length && (
<View>
{this.state.contactsPicked.map(contact => (
<Text>{contact.firstName}</Text>
)}
</View>
)}
<View style={[styles.step, styles.stepAddFriend]}>
<TouchableHighlight style={styles.addFriendButtonContainer} onPress={() => {this.setModalVisible(true)}}>
<View style={styles.addFriendButton}>
<Text style={styles.addFriendButtonText}>Add a friend</Text>
</View>
</TouchableHighlight>
</View>
</View>
)
}