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React Native is Multi-Processed
Instead of running multiple threads, React Native runs multiple processes. 3 main processes run in React Native. (Even if they are called threads)
- UI Thread
- JS Thread
- Render Thread / Shadow Tree
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Solution Animation + Data Flow
Imagine having a like animation and a counter. When the like is pressed the counter should increment.
A person using the interface doesn’t know about how data flux is designed, what is a network request. The person just expects the heart to be colored immediately.
As React Native is s...
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Intro
Thread. You can think of a thread as a set of instructions to be executed by the CPU. A thread is a component of a process.
Process. A process is a program that is running. For example, the bro...
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Single-Threaded vs Multi-Threaded
Single-threaded means that a process is designed to have only one thread of execution. This means only one set of instructions executes at once.
Multi-threaded means that a process has two or more threads. So it can execute multiple instructions simultaneou...
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React Native is Single-Threaded
Because React Native is single-threaded, if you have a process that has many responsibilities, you can have performance problems. Imagine you have a process responsible for rendering a video on the screen and a live feed of comments on the video. The video rendering could block the live feed from...
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One Application - Multiple Processes
Every process has one or more threads. And a program can actually be made up of many processes. In the example above, you’ll notice that it says Google Chrome (44). This means that Google Chrome is actually running 44 different processes. Processes in a single pr...
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Problem With Animations
If animation run on JS Thread then for each frame the JS Thread will send serialized data on Bridge to the UI Thread. This will result in something similar with real life traffic jam where we have the bridge and the cars(code for each frame).
In addition of this imagine also doing a networ...
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TL;DR how threading is working in React Native and the solution of handling data flux for a like button and its counter
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