I have a FlatList
where I want to change the number of columns based on orientation. However, I get the red screen when I do this. As per the red screen error message, I'm not quite sure how I should be changing the key prop. Any help is appreciated.
// dynamically changing number of columns
const numCols = orientation === constants.PORTRAIT ? 3 : 8
<FlatList
keyExtractor={(_, i) => i}
numColumns={numCols} // assigning the number of columns
horizontal={false}
renderItem={({ item }) => <ListItem imageUrl={item.url} />}
/>}
From the documentation, looks like you should do something like this
key={(this.state.horizontal ? 'h' : 'v')}
I did it using key
numColumns = {this.state.columnCount}
key={this.state.columnCount}
Pass a changing value to the FlatList itself. It has nothing to do with the keyExtractor or the key attrbibute in renderItem methods:
<FlatList key={changingValue} .. />
should solve it.
I think the message is very clear. You need to define different keys for portrait/landscape if you want to change the number of columns to force a fresh re-render. Try concatenating the numCols
value to the index in your keyExtractor
.
horizontal={false}
numColumns={2}
Try this