How to customize look/feel of React Native ListView's RefreshControl

Question

React Native\'s ListView has a built-in pull-to-refresh control called RefreshControl. It\'s super easy to use.

I\'d like to customize the look and feel of the cont

Answer 1

You can outsmart it by doing:

• setting transparent properties to ListView
• Adding component with absolute position

Example:

<View style={{height:Dimensions.get('window').height}}>
  {/* custom refresh control */}
  <View
    style={{position:'absolute',
      width:Dimensions.get('window').width, height:60,
      alignItems:'center', justifyContent:'center'}}>
    <Progress.CircleSnail
      color={['red', 'green', 'blue']}
      duration={700} />
  </View>
  {/* list view*/}
  <ListView
    dataSource={this.state.dataSource}
    refreshControl={
      <RefreshControl
        onLayout={e => console.log(e.nativeEvent)}
        // all properties must be transparent
        tintColor="transparent"
        colors={['transparent']}
        style={{backgroundColor: 'transparent'}}
        refreshing={this.state.refreshing}
        onRefresh={() => {
          this.setState({refreshing:true});
          setTimeout(() => {
            this._addRows()
          }, 2000);
        }}
        />
    }
    renderRow={(rowData) => <Text>{rowData}</Text>} />
</View>

This is the result:

Answer 2

You can totally do this. It requires some work though. You can start by writing something like this.

<View style={styles.scrollview}>
  <View style={styles.topBar}><Text style={styles.navText}>PTR Animation</Text></View>
  <View style={styles.fillParent}>
    <Text>Customer indicator goes here...</Text>
  </View>
  <View style={styles.fillParent}>
    <ListView
      style={{flex: 1}}
      dataSource={this.state.dataSource}
      renderRow={(rowData) => <View style={styles.row}><Text style={styles.text}>{rowData}</Text></View>}
      ref='PTRListView'
    />
  </View>
</View>

When you'll pull to refresh, you should see the text "Custom indicator goes here..."

Following this pattern, you can place your component instead of just a view and a text.

For the credits, thanks to this article for the idea.