Is it possible to use if...else... statement in React render function?

Question

Not exactly like that, but there are workarounds. There's a section in React's docs about conditional rendering that you should take a look. Here's an example of what you could do using inline if-else.

render() {
  const isLoggedIn = this.state.isLoggedIn;
  return (
    <div>
      {isLoggedIn ? (
        <LogoutButton onClick={this.handleLogoutClick} />
      ) : (
        <LoginButton onClick={this.handleLoginClick} />
      )}
    </div>
  );
}

You can also deal with it inside the render function, but before returning the jsx.

if (isLoggedIn) {
  button = <LogoutButton onClick={this.handleLogoutClick} />;
} else {
  button = <LoginButton onClick={this.handleLoginClick} />;
}

return (
  <div>
    <Greeting isLoggedIn={isLoggedIn} />
    {button}
  </div>
);

It's also worth mentioning what ZekeDroid brought up in the comments. If you're just checking for a condition and don't want to render a particular piece of code that doesn't comply, you can use the && operator.

  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Hello!</h1>
      {unreadMessages.length > 0 &&
        <h2>
          You have {unreadMessages.length} unread messages.
        </h2>
      }
    </div>
  );

There actually is a way to do exactly what OP is asking. Just render and call an anonymous function like so:

render () {
  return (
    <div>
      {(() => {
        if (someCase) {
          return (
            <div>someCase</div>
          )
        } else if (otherCase) {
          return (
            <div>otherCase</div>
          )
        } else {
          return (
            <div>catch all</div>
          )
        }
      })()}
    </div>
  )
}

You can render anything using the conditional statement like if, else :

 render() {
    const price = this.state.price;
    let comp;

    if (price) {

      comp = <h1>Block for getting started with {this.state.price}</h1>

    } else {

      comp = <h1>Block for getting started.</h1>

    }

    return (
      <div>
        <div className="gettingStart">
          {comp}
        </div>
      </div>
    );
  }

Type 1: If statement style

{props.hasImage &&

  <MyImage />

}

Type 2: If else statement style

   {props.hasImage ?

      <MyImage /> :

      <OtherElement/>

    }

You should Remember about TERNARY operator

:

so your code will be like this,

render(){
    return (
        <div>
            <Element1/>
            <Element2/>
            // note: code does not work here
            { 
               this.props.hasImage ?  // if has image
               <MyImage />            // return My image tag 
               :
               <OtherElement/>        // otherwise return other element  

             }
        </div>
    )
}

If you want a condition to show elements, you can use something like this.

renderButton() {
    if (this.state.loading) {
        return <Spinner size="small" spinnerStyle={styles.spinnerStyle} />;
    }

    return (
        <Button onPress={this.onButtonPress.bind(this)}>
            Log In
        </Button>
    );
}

Then call the helping method inside render function.

<View style={styles.buttonStyle}>
      {this.renderButton()}
</View>

Or you can use another way of condition inside return.

{this.props.hasImage ? <element1> : <element2>}

I used a ternary operator and it's working fine for me.

{item.lotNum == null ? ('PDF'):(item.lotNum)}