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react-native-app-state
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react-native-app-state is a declarative way to use react-native's AppState.
Internally it uses the new React 16.3 Context API.

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Because this library uses the new React 16.3 Context API, you need at least React 16.3.
$ yarn add react-native-app-state
$ npm install react-native-app-state --save
See the example project under example/
import AppState from 'react-native-app-state';
class App extends React.PureComponent {
onAppStateChange = (appState, prevAppState) => {
console.log(this.constructor.name, 'onAppStateChange()', prevAppState, '=>', appState);
// E.g. output: "App onAppStateChange() background => active"
};
render() {
return (
<View>
<AppState onChange={this.onAppStateChange}>
{({ appState }) => (
<View>
<Text style={styles.text}>App state: {appState}</Text>
</View>
)}
</AppState>
{/* ------ OR ------ */}
<AppState onChange={this.onAppStateChange}>
<AppState.Active>
<Text>App is active</Text>
</AppState.Active>
<AppState.Inactive>
<Text>App is inactive</Text>
</AppState.Inactive>
<AppState.Background>
<Text>App is in background</Text>
</AppState.Background>
</AppState>
</View>
);
}
}
<AppState.Active>, <AppState.Inactive>, <AppState.Background><AppState.Foreground> alias for <AppState.Active> and <AppState.Inactive><AppState>{({ appState }) => (<View />)}</AppState>FAQs
A declarative way to use react-native's AppState
We found that react-native-app-state 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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