React Adaptive Loading Hooks & Utilities ·

Deliver experiences best suited to a user's device and network constraints (experimental)

This is a suite of React Hooks and utilities for adaptive loading based on a user's:

• Network via effective connection type
• Data Saver preferences
• Device memory
• Logical CPU cores

It can be used to add patterns for adaptive resource loading, data-fetching, code-splitting and capability toggling.

Objective

Make it easier to target low-end devices while progressively adding high-end-only features on top. Using these hooks and utilities can help you give users a great experience best suited to their device and network constraints.

Installation

npm i react-adaptive-hooks --save or yarn add react-adaptive-hooks

Usage

You can import the hooks you wish to use as follows:

import { useNetworkStatus } from 'react-adaptive-hooks/network';
import { useSaveData } from 'react-adaptive-hooks/save-data';
import { useHardwareConcurrency } from 'react-adaptive-hooks/hardware-concurrency';
import { useMemoryStatus } from 'react-adaptive-hooks/memory';

and then use them in your components. Examples for each hook and utility can be found below:

Network

useNetworkStatus React hook for adapting based on network status (effective connection type)

import React from 'react';

import { useNetworkStatus } from 'react-adaptive-hooks/network';

const MyComponent = () => {
  const { effectiveConnectionType } = useNetworkStatus();

  let media;
  switch(effectiveConnectionType) {
    case 'slow-2g':
      media = <img src='...' alt='low resolution' />;
      break;
    case '2g':
      media = <img src='...' alt='medium resolution' />;
      break;
    case '3g':
      media = <img src='...' alt='high resolution' />;
      break;
    case '4g':
      media = <video muted controls>...</video>;
      break;
    default:
      media = <video muted controls>...</video>;
      break;
  }
  
  return <div>{media}</div>;
};

Save Data

useSaveData utility for adapting based on the user's browser Data Saver preferences.

import React from 'react';

import { useSaveData } from 'react-adaptive-hooks/save-data';

const MyComponent = () => {
  const { saveData } = useSaveData();
  return (
    <div>
      { saveData ? <img src='...' /> : <video muted controls>...</video> }
    </div>
  );
};

CPU Cores / Hardware Concurrency

useHardwareConcurrency utility for adapting to the number of logical CPU processor cores on the user's device.

import React from 'react';

import { useHardwareConcurrency } from 'react-adaptive-hooks/hardware-concurrency';

const MyComponent = () => {
  const { numberOfLogicalProcessors } = useHardwareConcurrency();
  return (
    <div>
      { numberOfLogicalProcessors <= 4 ? <img src='...' /> : <video muted controls>...</video> }
    </div>
  );
};

Memory

useMemoryStatus utility for adapting based on the user's device memory (RAM)

import React from 'react';

import { useMemoryStatus } from 'react-adaptive-hooks/memory';

const MyComponent = () => {
  const { deviceMemory } = useMemoryStatus();
  return (
    <div>
      { deviceMemory < 4 ? <img src='...' /> : <video muted controls>...</video> }
    </div>
  );
};

Adaptive Code-loading & Code-splitting

Code-loading

Deliver a light, interactive core experience to users and progressively add high-end-only features on top, if a user's hardware can handle it. Below is an example using the Network Status hook:

import React, { Suspense, lazy } from 'react';

import { useNetworkStatus } from 'react-adaptive-hooks/network';

const Full = lazy(() => import(/* webpackChunkName: "full" */ './Full.js'));
const Light = lazy(() => import(/* webpackChunkName: "light" */ './Light.js'));

function MyComponent() {
  const { effectiveConnectionType } = useNetworkStatus();
  return (
    <div>
      <Suspense fallback={<div>Loading...</div>}>
        { effectiveConnectionType === '4g' ? <Full /> : <Light /> }
      </Suspense>
    </div>
  );
}

export default MyComponent;

Light.js:

import React from 'react';

const Light = ({ imageUrl, ...rest }) => (
  <img src={imageUrl} alt='product' {...rest} />
);

export default Light;

Full.js:

import React from 'react';
import Magnifier from 'react-magnifier';

const Full = ({ imageUrl, ...rest }) => (
  <Magnifier src={imageUrl} {...rest} />
);

export default Full;

Code-splitting

We can extend React.lazy() by incorporating a check for a device or network signal. Below is an example of network-aware code-splitting. This allows us to conditionally load a light core experience or full-fat experience depending on the user's effective connection speed (via navigator.connection.effectiveType).

import React, { Suspense } from 'react';

const Component = React.lazy(() => {
  const effectiveType = navigator.connection ? navigator.connection.effectiveType : null

  let module;
  switch (effectiveType) {
    case "3g":
      module = import(/* webpackChunkName: "light" */ "./Light.js");
      break;
    case "4g":
      module = import(/* webpackChunkName: "full" */ "./Full.js");
      break;
    default:
      module = import(/* webpackChunkName: "full" */ "./Full.js");
      break;
  }

  return module;
});

function App() {
  return (
    <div className="App">
      <header className="App-header">
        <Suspense fallback={<div>Loading...</div>}>
          <Component />
        </Suspense>
      </header>
    </div>
  );
}

export default App;

Browser Support

• Network Information API - effectiveType is available in Chrome 61+, Opera 48+, Edge 76+, Chrome for Android 76+, Firefox for Android 68+

• Save Data API is available in Chrome 65+, Opera 62+, Chrome for Android 76+, Opera for Android 46+

• Hardware Concurrency API is available in Chrome 37+, Safari 10.1+, Firefox 48+, Opera 24+, Edge 15+, Chrome for Android 76+, Safari on iOS 10.3+, Firefox for Android 68+, Opera for Android 46+

• Performance memory API is a non-standard and only available in Chrome 7+, Opera, Chrome for Android 18+, Opera for Android

• Device Memory API is available in Chrome 63+, Opera 50+, Chrome for Android 76+, Opera for Android 46+

Demos

Network

• Network-aware loading with create-react-app (Live)

• Network-aware code-splitting with create-react-app (Live)

• Network-aware data-fetching with create-react-app (Live)

• React Movie - network-aware loading (Live)

• React Shrine - network-aware code-splitting (Live)

• React eBay - network-aware code-splitting (Live)

• React Lottie - network-aware loading (Live)

Save Data

• React Twitter - save-data loading based on Client Hint (Live)
• React Twitter - save-data loading based on Hook (Live)

CPU Cores / Hardware Concurrency

• Hardware concurrency considerate code-splitting with create-react-app (Live)
• Hardware concurrency considerate loading with create-react-app (Live)

Memory

• Memory considerate loading with create-react-app (Live)

• Memory considerate loading (SketchFab version) with create-react-app (Live)

• Memory-considerate animation-toggling with create-next-app (Live)

• React Dixie Mesh - memory considerate loading (Live)

Hybrid

• React Youtube - adaptive loading with mix of network, memory and hardware concurrency (Live)

References

• Adaptive serving based on network quality
• Adaptive Serving using JavaScript and the Network Information API
• Serving Adaptive Components Using the Network Information API

License

Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.

Team

This project is brought to you by Addy Osmani and Anton Karlovskiy.