getElementById react-native

Question

How do you get elements in react-native?

My use-case is a login screen. the submit button is pressed and now i want to get the value of username and password TextInputs.

      export default class Login extends Component 
      {
        login()
        {
          //document.getElementById('username'); //run-time error
        }
        render() 
        {
          return (

            <View style={{flex: 1,flexDirection: 'column',justifyContent: 'space-between',margin:10}}>
              <View style={{backgroundColor: 'powderblue'}} />
              <MyTextField id='user' placeholder="User Name" />
              <MyTextField id='pass' placeholder="Password" />
              <MyButton onPress={this.login} title='Login'/>
            </View>

          );
        }
      }

Answer 1

You don't have get getElementById in react native, you have to use state. you can do like this:

  export default class Login extends Component {

      constructor (props) {
          super(props);
          this.state={
              email:'',
              password:''
          }
          this.login = this.login.bind(this); // you need this to be able to access state from login
      }

      login() {
          console.log('your email is', this.state.email);
          console.log('your password is', this.state.password);
      }

      render() {
          return (
            <View style={{flex: 1,flexDirection: 'column',justifyContent: 'space-between',margin:10}}>
              <View style={{backgroundColor: 'powderblue'}} />
              <TextInput onChangeText={(email) => {
            this.setState({email})/>
                 <TextInput secureTextEntry={true} onChangeText={(password) => {
            this.setState({password})/>
              <MyButton onPress={this.login} title='Login'/>
            </View>
          );
        }
      }