Out/In animation on same element in React Native

Question

I have a TextView which will fadeOutDown the old data and fadeInDown the new data on the next render. How do I accomplish this? I am using the react-native-animatable library and have managed to do one animation but don't know how to do two.

<Animatable.View animation={this.props.animation} style = {styles.innerView2}>
  <Text text = "abcd" style = {{alignItems: 'flex-start', width: DEVICE_WIDTH - 20, textAlign: 'left'}}/>
</Animatable.View>

Answer 1

Assign a ref to the Animatable component and then for example on componentDidUpdate, you can re-trigger the animation

componentDidUpdate() {
  if (this.view !== undefined && this.view !== null) {
    this.view.fadeIn(1000);
  }
}

<Animatable.View
  ref={ref => (this.view = ref)}
  animation="fadeIn"
  easing="ease-in">
  <Text>{this.state.newText}</Text>
</Animatable.View>

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