Scroll Text in tvOS

[skyAnja]

Is this a bug report?

Yes

Have you read the Bugs section of the Contributing to React Native Guide?

Yes

Environment

react-native-cli: 2.0.1
react-native: 0.43.2
node: v6.10.3
npm: 3.10.10
yarn: 0.23.4

1. Target Platform: tvOS
2. Development Operating System: macOS Sierra 10.12.5
3. Build tools: XCode Version 8.3.3 (8E3004b)

Steps to Reproduce

Text that is vertically too large to fit on a screen. No possibility to scroll this text

Expected Behavior

If the Text or TouchableHighlight or ScrollView gets focus, the remote keys for 'up' and 'down' should scroll the View and make text below readable

Actual Behavior

Nothing happens. If there is an element below, this gets focus. Also doesn't work if there is no element above or below

Tested Possibilities

• Every Combination of nesting Text or TouchableHighlight or ScrollView or FlatList
• Give every element a fixed height

Working native solution

descriptionTextView.UserInteractionEnabled = true; descriptionTextView.ScrollEnabled = true; descriptionTextView.PanGestureRecognizer.AllowedTouchTypes = new NSNumber[]{(int)UITouchType.Indirect}; descriptionTextView.ShowsVerticalScrollIndicator = true;

[JulienKode]

I have the same problem, so I've created a custom bridged component, if you need some help just tell me

I think we need to improve a lot of things to have a better experience on react-native tvOS

[douglowder]

Thanks for the bug report -- I'll take a look at this issue.

[douglowder]

@JulienKode @skyAnja please see https://github.com/dlowder-salesforce/react-native/tree/tvos-scrollview-focus for a possible fix. Includes additions to the RNTester ScrollView example.

[JulienKode]

@dlowder-salesforce perfect solution 👍

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[gtebbutt]

@dlowder-salesforce that does indeed look like a perfect solution! Is there any plan to get this merged in?