Storing non-state variables in functional components

Question

Below are two React Components that do almost the same thing. One is a function; the other is a class. Each Component has an Animated.Value with an asy

Answer 1

You can use useRef hook (it's the recommended way stated in docs):

• Declaring variable: const a = useRef(5) // 5 is initial value
• getting the value: a.current
• setting the value: a.current = my_value