New architecture support

[prajnab]

Added support for the fabric architecture along with backward compatibility for the old architecture.

Simulator.Screen.Recording.-.iPhone.13.-.2022-10-25.at.18.33.31.mp4

[prajnab]

resolves #35

[oblador]

Hi, thank you for this PR! I've only run-tested this PR on iOS so far and didn't dive into the code much but I've found two major issues;

• In Fabric on iOS, initial props and changed props are ignored, it seems it only uses the default props at all times.
• In Fabric on iOS the app crashes when unmounting the component or reloading the app.

[oblador]

Bumped the example app to latest stable which should help you debug this issue

[oblador]

Don't forget to delete the old index file too 👍

[prajnab]

Hi, thank you for this PR! I've only run-tested this PR on iOS so far and didn't dive into the code much but I've found two major issues;

• In Fabric on iOS, initial props and changed props are ignored, it seems it only uses the default props at all times.
• In Fabric on iOS the app crashes when unmounting the component or reloading the app.

The example is bumped to latest RN version but fabric was not enabled. Let me add two separate examples for the new and old architecture. And let me check again regarding the issues mentioned

[oblador]

Enabling/disabling fabric is pretty trivial, i prefer having just one example project as it is less maintenance

[prajnab]

@oblador The issue has been fixed. Please review the updated PR

[oblador]

Thanks for the update, however the app is still crashing if I reload/hot refresh or toggle the animation enabled switch.

[oblador]

Example project crashes on start for me 🤔

[prajnab]

Example project crashes on start for me 🤔

@oblador Can you please check if you have the latest pull and have deleted the node_modules and build folders before running the app? It looks like the error is due using property "direction" instead of "shimmeringDirection".

In the last commit(d9aef78) I had updated two properties(direction->shimmeringDirection and opacity->shimmeringOpacity) for the old architecture apps as the new ones were accepting shimmeringDirection and shimmeringOpacity.

[oblador]

Yep, can get it to work now thanks! 👍 Some new/other bugs I found:

• On Android using Fabric the Loading text is not visible.
• On iOS using Fabric the animation duration on the Logo seems to be wrong (it's veery slow)

[prajnab]

@oblador Had a look at these issues and here are my observations:

- On Android using Fabric the Loading text is not visible.
Had seen this during development, but I confused it was shimmer-android issue due to this previous issue. I was not able to identify what exactly is the reason for the text component to disappear as the image component is working fine.

Also, I noticed that if I comment the text, save it and then uncomment and save it(which makes it render twice), the "Loading..." label will be visible.

- On iOS using Fabric the animation duration on the Logo seems to be wrong (it's very slow)
The duration is as expected when we first run the app. But it slows down on reload and will work fine only on relaunch. This could be due to the debug mode.

[oblador]

Hmm, the linked issue was already fixed by bumping the native dependency. The iOS issue i think is related to how the prop is updated (or not updated). That prop is applied and calculated in a special way on iOS where the order seems to matter.

[prajnab]

Regarding android, yes I realised it when i rechecked it after you reported. And it is working fine even in my PR for the old architecture. But I am not able to identify what exactly is the issue with new architecture.

Regarding iOS, yes i did see and realise that. Hence i am updating the duration at the end(file - on load line 44 and on update line 111.