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Allow third-party react-native libraries to render text
Summary
It is not possible to publish a third-party library Text/TextInput component that accepts raw text as children. The function createTextInstance triggers an error if the name of the HostComponent is not one of those defined in getChildHostComponent.
This PR adds one additional type to the react-native renderer to be used by third-party libraries (fixes https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/25136).
Additional info on the motivations for this change
The react-native team previously suggested publishing react-native patches for Text and TextInput through a third-party library (https://github.com/react-native-community/discussions-and-proposals/discussions/731#discussioncomment-7821826).
The library react-native-improved provides react-native bug fixes without using patch-package or forking react-native.
The project is currently a proof of concept and applies only one fix (PR https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/41770) to the react-native Text component, but more components and fixes could be published in the future.
The advantages of this approach over forking react-native are the following:
- The components are based on the react-native implementation (for ex. ReactTextView, ReactTextViewManager, and ReactTextShadowNode).
- It is possible to add javascript, android and iOS patches
- No issues upgrading react-native
- The fixes can be used selectively in the application (for ex. by using
import { TextImproved } from 'react-native-improved') - Allows a wider community to contribute to react-native
- May help make the release process of react-native easier in the future
- Fast development workflow (building react-native from source with third party libraries may take 10-30 minutes)
How did you test this change?
- I tested the solution with patch-package in the react-native-improved example
- I tested the solution in a brand new react-native 0.73 app after installing react-native-improved npm package
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Comparing: 493610f299ddf7d06e147e60dc4f2b97482982d2...5600bae73109af33cd75e5167e4665ed0767d4ea
Critical size changes
Includes critical production bundles, as well as any change greater than 2%:
| Name | +/- | Base | Current | +/- gzip | Base gzip | Current gzip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| oss-stable/react-dom/cjs/react-dom.production.min.js | = | 175.90 kB | 175.90 kB | = | 54.76 kB | 54.75 kB |
| oss-experimental/react-dom/cjs/react-dom.production.min.js | = | 177.97 kB | 177.97 kB | = | 55.39 kB | 55.39 kB |
| facebook-www/ReactDOM-prod.classic.js | = | 570.21 kB | 570.21 kB | = | 100.35 kB | 100.35 kB |
| facebook-www/ReactDOM-prod.modern.js | = | 554.06 kB | 554.06 kB | = | 97.43 kB | 97.43 kB |
| test_utils/ReactAllWarnings.js | Deleted | 67.41 kB | 0.00 kB | Deleted | 16.49 kB | 0.00 kB |
Significant size changes
Includes any change greater than 0.2%:
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| Name | +/- | Base | Current | +/- gzip | Base gzip | Current gzip |
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| test_utils/ReactAllWarnings.js | Deleted | 67.41 kB | 0.00 kB | Deleted | 16.49 kB | 0.00 kB |
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