I have a database listener on my app that updates my data state every time a user posts something. When I get the new post I update my state called "posts" which is an array with all the items that the FlatList renders.
The problem is that after updating the state I can't see the new post in the top of the list until I go down (to the footer of the list) and then back to the top.
My FlatList code is:
const keyExtractor = ({id}) => id
...
const renderItem = ({ item }) => {
const {
uri,
description,
location,
width,
height,
likes,
comments,
date,
} = item;
return (
<Card
uri={uri}
description={description}
location={location}
width={width}
height={height}
likes={likes}
date={date}
/>
);
};
return (
<FlatList
data={data} // data is the post state of the parent
renderItem={renderItem}
keyExtractor={keyExtractor}
initialNumToRender={15}
windowSize={WINDOW_HEIGHT * 2}
maxToRenderPerBatch={15}
updateCellsBatchingPeriod={50}
removeClippedSubviews={false}
ListFooterComponent={
isLoading ? (
<View style={styles.footer}>
<Loading type="ios" size={18} color={colors.gray} />
</View>
) : null
}
/>
);
}
And this is how I update the post state (in the parent component of the flat list)
function Posts(props) {
const [posts, setPosts] = useState([]);
useEffect(() => {
const { firebase } = props;
let postsArray = [];
// Realtime database listener
const unsuscribe = firebase
.getDatabase()
.collection("posts")
.doc(firebase.getCurrentUser().uid)
.collection("userPosts")
.orderBy("date") // Sorted by upload date
.onSnapshot((snapshot) => {
let changes = snapshot.docChanges();
changes.forEach((change) => {
if (change.type === "added") {
// Get the new post
const newPost = change.doc.data();
// Add the new post to the posts list
postsArray.unshift(newPost);
}
});
// Reversed order so that the last post is at the top of the list
setPosts(postsArray);
});
/* Pd: At the first time, this function will get all the user's posts */
return () => {
// Detach the listening agent
unsuscribe();
};
}, []);
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<CardList data={posts} />
</View>
);
}