Auto focus

[kyangy]

Hi, is there a way to auto focus the search input on render?

[jacobbodkin]

@kyangy I added a pull request for this feature. Until then you can use my fork at https://github.com/jacobbodkin/react-native-search-box.git

[anhtuank7c]

@kyangy Actually you can do it via component ref because i already added input_keyword to the input.

In example:

<SearchBox ref={ref => this.searchRef = ref} />

Then you can do focus anywhere in the component

do console.log(this.searchRef);  //for sure
this.searchRef.refs.input_keyword  // something like this

@jacobbodkin Thank you. I am not decided to merge or not. Will review it later

[kyangy]

@jacobbodkin @anhtuank7c thanks yea i just ended up using ref good call!

[anhtuank7c]

@kyangy Can we closing this?

[progamr]

@anhtuank7c why don't you merged the contribution of @jacobbodkin it is more declarative i couldn't apply your solution