How to get callback from child component to parent component in React Native

Question

I have been working on react-native to get the callback from child to parent. Below is the code snippet of my implementation:

MainView.js

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import {
    StyleSheet,
    View,
    Text,
    Image,
    TouchableHighlight,
    FlatList,
    Dimensions,
} from 'react-native';
import ListCell from './ListCell';
import {displayAlert} from './CustomAlert';
type Props =  {
};

let winSize = Dimensions.get('window');
export default class MainView extends Component<Props> {

_keyExtractor = (item, index) => { return(index.toString());};

  _renderItem = ({item, index}) => {
    return (<ListCell
    item={item}
    index={index}
    onPressItem={this._onPressItem}
    />);
  };
  _onPressItem = (item,index) => {
    console.log("Pressed row : "+index);
    displayAlert();
    // this.props.navigation.navigate('Detail',{item: item});
  };
    render() {
        return(
            <FlatList
        style={styles.flatListStyle}
        data={this.props.listing}
        keyExtractor={this._keyExtractor}
        renderItem={this._renderItem}
      />
        );
    }
}

The list Cell Component for FlatList is :

ListCell.js

import React, {PureComponent} from 'react';
import {
    StyleSheet,
    TouchableHighlight,
    View,
    Image,
    Text,
} from 'react-native'


export default class ListCell extends PureComponent {
  _onPress() {
    this.props._onPressItem(this.props.item,this.props.index);
  }
  render() {
    const item = this.props.item;
    const price = item.price_formatted.split(' ')[0];
    return (
      <TouchableHighlight
      style={styles.listCellContainer}
      onPress={this._onPress}
      underlayColor='#dddddd'>
        <View >
          <View style={styles.rowContainer}>
            <Image style={styles.thumb} source={{uri:item.img_url}}/>
            <View style={styles.textContainer}>
              <Text style={styles.price}>{price}</Text>
              <Text style={styles.title}>{item.title}</Text>
            </View>
          </View>
        </View>
      </TouchableHighlight>
    );

  }
}

this code will work fine when declared in single file, but when seperated in two different file it gives an error stating this.props._onPressItem is undefined when tap on cell.

I have followed the following https://medium.com/@ruthmpardee/passing-data-between-react-components-103ad82ebd17 approach but didn't succeed on that either Any suggestions would be helpful.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 15 '19 at 11:25

Got a quick look on your code. This is what I found.

export default class ListCell extends PureComponent {
  _onPress() {
    this.props.onPressItem(this.props.item,this.props.index); //Change: passing prop onPressItem and calling _onPressItem
  }
  render() {
    const item = this.props.item;
    const price = item.price_formatted.split(' ')[0];
    return (
      <TouchableHighlight
      style={styles.listCellContainer}
      onPress={this._onPress} //Try: Also bind the event () => this._onPress()
      underlayColor='#dddddd'>
        <View >
          <View style={styles.rowContainer}>
            <Image style={styles.thumb} source={{uri:item.img_url}}/>
            <View style={styles.textContainer}>
              <Text style={styles.price}>{price}</Text>
              <Text style={styles.title}>{item.title}</Text>
            </View>
          </View>
        </View>
      </TouchableHighlight>
    );

  }
}

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '19 at 11:26

Your prop is called onPressItem without an underscore.

    this.props.onPressItem(this.props.item, this.props.index);

...and you should pass the function itself to your components onPress method, not the return value. So do...

      onPress={() => this._onPress}

...instead of...

      onPress={this._onPress}

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 16 '19 at 10:29

you can use like this this code for you parent component

class ParentComponent extends Component {
    onPressButtonChildren(data){
      console.log(data)
      //press button chilldre  
    }
    render(){
      return(
        <ListChildren data={this.props.data} fnPressButton={this.onPressButtonChildren.bind(this)}/>
      )
    }
}

export default ParentComponent

this is code for your children component and handle press button

const ListChildren = (props) => {
  const {price, title, image} = props.item
  const onPress = () => props.fnPressButton(props.item)
  return (
    <TouchableHighlight
      style={styles.listCellContainer}
      onPress={onPress} //Try: Also bind the event () => this._onPress()
      underlayColor="#dddddd"
    >
      <View>
        <View style={styles.rowContainer}>
          <Image style={styles.thumb} source={{ uri: img_url }} />
          <View style={styles.textContainer}>
            <Text style={styles.price}>{price}</Text>
            <Text style={styles.title}>{title}</Text>
          </View>
        </View>
      </View>
    </TouchableHighlight>
  );
};

export default ListChildren

How to get callback from child component to parent component in React Native

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