SectionList
A performant interface for rendering sectioned lists, supporting the most handy features:
- Fully cross-platform.
- Configurable viewability callbacks.
- List header support.
- List footer support.
- Item separator support.
- Section header support.
- Section separator support.
- Heterogeneous data and item rendering support.
- Pull to Refresh.
- Scroll loading.
If you don't need section support and want a simpler interface, use <FlatList>
.
Examples
<SectionList
renderItem={({item}) => <ListItem title={item} />}
renderSectionHeader={({section}) => <Header title={section.title} />}
sections={[ // homogeneous rendering between sections
{data: [...], title: ...},
{data: [...], title: ...},
{data: [...], title: ...},
]}
/>
<SectionList
sections={[ // heterogeneous rendering between sections
{data: [...], renderItem: ...},
{data: [...], renderItem: ...},
{data: [...], renderItem: ...},
]}
/>
This is a convenience wrapper around VirtualizedList
, and thus inherits its props (as well as those of ScrollView
) that aren't explicitly listed here, along with the following 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 ifprops
remain shallow-equal. Make sure that everything yourrenderItem
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 thedata
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 and 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 customkeyExtractor
prop.
Props
ScrollView
props...VirtualizedList
props...sections
renderItem
ItemSeparatorComponent
ListEmptyComponent
ListFooterComponent
SectionSeparatorComponentextradata
initialNumToRender
inverted
keyExtractor
onEndReached
onEndReachedThreshold
onRefresh
onViewableItemsChanged
refreshing
removeClippedSubviews
renderSectionHeader
renderSectionFooter
stickySectionHeadersEnabled
legacyImplementation
Methods
Type Definitions
Reference
Props
sections
The actual data to render, akin to the data
prop in FlatList
.
General shape:
sections: [{
data: array,
[renderItem]: ({item: SectionItem, ...}) => element,
[ItemSeparatorComponent]: React Class Component | function | element,
}]
Type | Required |
---|---|
array of objects | Yes |
renderItem
renderItem({ item: object, index: number, section: object, separators: { highlight: function, unhighlight: function, updateProps: function(select: string, newProps: object) } }): [element]
Default renderer for every item in every section. Can be over-ridden on a per-section basis.
Provides additional metadata like index
if you need it, as well as a more generic separators.updateProps
function which let's you set whatever props you want to change the rendering of either the leading separator or trailing separator in case the more common highlight
and unhighlight
(which set the highlighted: boolean
prop) are insufficient for your use case.
Type | Required |
---|---|
function | No |
ItemSeparatorComponent
Rendered in between each item, but not at the top or bottom. By default, highlighted
, section
, and [leading/trailing][Item/Separator]
props are provided. renderItem
provides separators.highlight
/unhighlight
which will update the highlighted
prop, but you can also add custom props with separators.updateProps
.
Type | Required |
---|---|
component | No |
ListHeaderComponent
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 |
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 |
ListFooterComponent
Rendered at the very end of the list. Can be a React Component Class, a render function, or a rendered element.
Type | Required |
---|---|
component, function, element | No |
SectionSeparatorComponent
Rendered at the top and bottom of each section (note this is different from ItemSeparatorComponent
which is only rendered between items). These are intended to separate sections from the headers above and below and typically have the same highlight response as ItemSeparatorComponent
. Also receives highlighted
, [leading/trailing][Item/Separator]
, and any custom props from separators.updateProps
.
Type | Required |
---|---|
any | No |
extraData
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.
Type | Required |
---|---|
any | No |
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.
Type | Required |
---|---|
number | No |
inverted
Reverses the direction of scroll. Uses scale transforms of -1
.
Type | Required |
---|---|
boolean | No |
keyExtractor
(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. Note that this sets keys for each item, but each overall section still needs its own key.
Type | Required |
---|---|
function | No |
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.
Type | Required |
---|---|
number | 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 |
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.
Type | Required |
---|---|
boolean | No |
removeClippedSubviews
This may improve scroll performance for large lists.
Note: May have bugs (missing content) in some circumstances - use at your own risk.
Type | Required |
---|---|
boolean | No |
renderSectionHeader
(info: {section}) => [element]
Rendered at the top of each section. These stick to the top of the ScrollView
by default on iOS. See stickySectionHeadersEnabled
.
Type | Required |
---|---|
element | No |
renderSectionFooter
(info: {section}) => [element]
React element rendered at the bottom of each section.
Type | Required |
---|---|
element | No |
stickySectionHeadersEnabled
Makes section headers stick to the top of the screen until the next one pushes it off. Only enabled by default on iOS because that is the platform standard there.
Type | Required |
---|---|
No |
Methods
scrollToLocation()
scrollToLocation((params: object));
Scrolls to the item at the specified sectionIndex
and itemIndex
(within the section) positioned in the viewable area such that viewPosition
0 places it at the top (and may be covered by a sticky header), 1 at the bottom, and 0.5 centered in the middle. viewOffset
is a fixed number of pixels to offset the final target position, e.g. to compensate for sticky headers.
Note: cannot scroll to locations outside the render window without specifying the getItemLayout
prop.
recordInteraction()
recordInteraction();
Tells the list an interaction has occured, which should trigger viewability calculations, e.g. if waitForInteractions
is true and the user has not scrolled. This is typically called by taps on items or by navigation actions.
flashScrollIndicators()
flashScrollIndicators();
Displays the scroll indicators momentarily.
Type Definitions
SectionBase
Type |
---|
ObjectTypeAnnotation |
Props
Type |
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IntersectionTypeAnnotation |