How to show for text More/Less in React-Native (JavaScript)

Question

I am developing react-native application. In that, We are showing some description on Text, It may be number of lines.

So, If data has more than 3 lines, I have to show More and Less if it's expanded.

        <FlatList
          style={styles.faltList}
          showsVerticalScrollIndicator
          data={data}
          extraData={this.state}
          renderItem={({ item, index }) => (
            <View style={styles.flatListCell}>
                <Text style={styles.description}>{item.description}</Text>
              </View>
            </View>
          )
          }
          ItemSeparatorComponent={() => (
            <View style={{ height: 10}} />
          )}
        />

I have found react-native-view-more-text library, But I would like to implement it by custom code.

Note: I am displaying that Text in FlatList.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I tried in this way, Hope it helps to you and others!

const postTextContent = (props) => {
const [textShown, setTextShown] = useState(false); //To show ur remaining Text
const [lengthMore,setLengthMore] = useState(false); //to show the "Read more & Less Line"
const toggleNumberOfLines = () => { //To toggle the show text or hide it
    setTextShown(!textShown);
}

const onTextLayout = useCallback(e =>{
    setLengthMore(e.nativeEvent.lines.length >=4); //to check the text is more than 4 lines or not
    // console.log(e.nativeEvent);
},[]);
    
  return (
      <View style={styles.mainContainer}>
          <Text
              onTextLayout={onTextLayout}
              numberOfLines={textShown ? undefined : 4}
              style={{ lineHeight: 21 }}>{Your Long Text}</Text>

              {
                  lengthMore ? <Text
                  onPress={toggleNumberOfLines}
                  style={{ lineHeight: 21, marginTop: 10 }}>{textShown ? 'Read less...' : 'Read more...'}</Text>
                  :null
              }
      </View>
  )
}

Answer 2

The first implementation is close but the problem is that the Read More button shows when the text equals 3 lines which it should not because there is no more text. I fixed it by updating the number of lines in state as well as checking if the text had been shown or not.

const ReadMoreText = ({ readMoreStyle, text, textStyle }) => {
  const [showMoreButton, setShowMoreButton] = useState(false);
  const [textShown, setTextShown] = useState(false);
  const [numLines, setNumLines] = useState(undefined);

  const toggleTextShown = () => {
    setTextShown(!textShown);
  };

  useEffect(() => {
    setNumLines(textShown ? undefined : 3);
  }, [textShown]);

  const onTextLayout = useCallback(
    (e) => {
      if (e.nativeEvent.lines.length > 3 && !textShown) {
        setShowMoreButton(true);
        setNumLines(3);
      }
    },
    [textShown],
  );

  return (
    <>
      <Text onTextLayout={onTextLayout} numberOfLines={numLines} style={textStyle} ellipsizeMode="tail">
        {text}
      </Text>

      {showMoreButton ? (
        <Text onPress={toggleTextShown} style={readMoreStyle}>
          {textShown ? 'Read Less' : 'Read More'}
        </Text>
      ) : null}
    </>
  );
};