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@secret-knock/react-native
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A hook for handling secret knocks in React Native.
This also exists for React.
// 🧶 Yarn
yarn add @secret-knock/react-native
// 📦 NPM
npm install --save @secret-knock/react-native
import { useSecretKnock } from "@secret-knock/react-native";
useSecretKnock takes two properties:
A mandatory string representing the correct sequence of knocks:
const { ... } = useSecretKnock("...---/...");
| Character | Represents | Time |
|---|---|---|
"." | A normal press | Less than 500 ms |
"-" | A long press | 500 ms |
"/" or " " | A pause | No pressing for 1500 ms |
Waiting for 2000 ms between presses will reset the sequence.
If you're not satisfied, maybe you should try playing around for yourself a bit.
import { useSecretKnock } from "@secret-knock/react-native";
import { MyCustomButton } from "../MyCustomButton";
const { ... } = useSecretKnock("...",
{
component: MyCustomButton,
longPressMs: 500,
pauseMs: 1500,
timeoutMs: 2000,
resetWhenWrong: true,
}
);
| Option | Type | Default value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
component | (props) => JSX.Element | Pressable | Use this if you want to use your own button instead of React Native's own Pressable |
longPressMs | number | 500 | The amount of time to press and hold for it to register as a "long press" ("-") |
pauseMs | number | 1500 | The amount of time to pause between knocks for it to register as a pause in the input sequence ("/" or " ") |
timeoutMs | number | 2000 | Exceeding this amount of time between knocks wil reset the input sequence. |
resetWhenWrong | boolean | true | Whether or not to reset the input sequence when a wrong knock has been registered. I think it's best to keep this set to true, but maybe you disagree. |
import React from "react";
import { Pressable, Text, View } from "react-native";
import { useSecretKnock } from "@secret-knock/react-native";
export const HiddenSecret = () => {
// press, press, press, long press,
// pause, press, press, press,
// long press, long press, long press
const secretKnockSequence = "...-/...---";
const {
unlocked,
progress,
Knocker,
reset,
} = useSecretKnock(secretKnockSequence);
return (
<View>
<Knocker>
<Text>Knock me!</Text>
</Knocker>
<View style={{ backgroundColor: "#ccc" }}>
<View
style={{
height: 10,
width: `${progress * 100}%`,
backgroundColor: unlocked ? "lime" : "red",
}}
/>
</View>
{unlocked && (
<Pressable onPress={reset}>
<Text>Reset</Text>
</Pressable>
)}
</View>
);
};
FAQs
A hook for handling secret knocks in **React Native**.
We found that @secret-knock/react-native demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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