react-native-typical

React native version of react-typical package.

Change Log

1.2.3

• Minor typing fix

1.2.2

• Making all the props optional in typescript

1.2.1

• Adding typescript support
• Fixed an issue where new steps transition was not happening gracefully but instead flickering

1.2.0

• Added support to gracefully transition to new steps
• Added support to change blinking character using blinkChar. Default to '|'

1.1.2

• Fixed a bug for not rendering dynamic steps
• Fixed an issue regarding cursor on center text align

1.1.1

• Updated README.md file.

1.1.0

• Added new property blinkCursor to toggle cursor blinking
• Added new property editDelay to determine delay while adding text
• Added new property deleteDelay to determine delay while deleting text

Motivation

While working with react native and after few hours into trial and error of making react-typical work, I realized the React.createElement used in the library doesn't work as expected in react native as its not possible to get text from Text component (I am new to react native so hey no judjing if its not that hard afterall). So I wrapped the existing react-typical in react native Text component and ta da...

Installation

npm install --save react-native-typical
or
expo install react-native-typical

Usage

1import React from "react";
2import { StyleSheet, Text, View } from "react-native";
3import TypingText from "react-native-typical";
4
5export default function App() {
6	return (
7		<View style={styles.container}>
8			<Text>Open up App.js to start working on your app!</Text>
9			<TypingText
10				steps={["Hello there", 1000, "Hello World !!!", 1000]}
11				loop={Infinity}
12				style={[styles.text]}
13			/>
14			<TypingText
15				steps={[
16					"This will run some time only",
17					1000,
18					"This will run 5 times only",
19					1000,
20				]}
21				loop={5}
22				blinkCursor={true}
23				blinkChar="_"
24				editDelay={80}
25				deleteDelay={10}
26			/>
27		</View>
28	);
29}
30
31const styles = StyleSheet.create({
32	container: {
33		flex: 1,
34		backgroundColor: "#fff",
35		alignItems: "center",
36		justifyContent: "center",
37	},
38	text: {
39		fontSize: 14,
40	},
41});

Properties

Name	Type	Example
steps	Array []	["string", 1000, "some more", 1000]
loop	number	5, 10, Infinity etc.
blinkCursor	boolean	true (default)
blinkChar	string	"
editDelay	number	60 (default)
deleteDelay	number	60 (default)
style	react native styles	{[styles.text, {fontSize: 50}]} etc.

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Annotations

This library is inspired from react-typical (for web) and logic is based on @camwiegert's light weight library.