feat: optionally override TextInput inside AutoCompleteInput completely using props

Author: khushal87

package/src/components/AutoCompleteInput/AutoCompleteInput.tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import {
   I18nManager,
-  NativeSyntheticEvent,
+  TextInput as RNTextInput,
   StyleSheet,
-  TextInput,
-  TextInputContentSizeChangeEventData,
+  TextInputContentSizeChangeEvent,
   TextInputProps,
-  TextInputSelectionChangeEventData,
+  TextInputSelectionChangeEvent,
 } from 'react-native';
 
 import { MessageComposerConfig, TextComposerState } from 'stream-chat';
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ type AutoCompleteInputPropsWithContext = TextInputProps &
      * that would happen if we put this in the MessageInputContext
      */
     cooldownActive?: boolean;
+    TextInputComponent?: React.ComponentType<TextInputProps>;
   };
 
 type AutoCompleteInputProps = Partial<AutoCompleteInputPropsWithContext>;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const configStateSelector = (state: MessageComposerConfig) => ({
 const MAX_NUMBER_OF_LINES = 5;
 
 const AutoCompleteInputWithContext = (props: AutoCompleteInputPropsWithContext) => {
-  const { channel, cooldownActive = false, setInputBoxRef, t, ...rest } = props;
+  const { channel, cooldownActive = false, setInputBoxRef, t, TextInputComponent, ...rest } = props;
   const [localText, setLocalText] = useState('');
   const [textHeight, setTextHeight] = useState(0);
   const messageComposer = useMessageComposer();
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const AutoCompleteInputWithContext = (props: AutoCompleteInputPropsWithContext)
   }, [text]);
 
   const handleSelectionChange = useCallback(
-    (e: NativeSyntheticEvent<TextInputSelectionChangeEventData>) => {
+    (e: TextInputSelectionChangeEvent) => {
       const { selection } = e.nativeEvent;
       textComposer.setSelection(selection);
     },
@@ -108,16 +108,18 @@ const AutoCompleteInputWithContext = (props: AutoCompleteInputPropsWithContext)
   }, [command, cooldownActive, t]);
 
   const handleContentSizeChange = useCallback(
-    ({
-      nativeEvent: { contentSize },
-    }: NativeSyntheticEvent<TextInputContentSizeChangeEventData>) => {
+    ({ nativeEvent: { contentSize } }: TextInputContentSizeChangeEvent) => {
       setTextHeight(contentSize.height);
     },
     [],
   );
 
+  if (TextInputComponent) {
+    return <TextInputComponent {...rest} />;
+  }
+
   return (
-    <TextInput
+    <RNTextInput
       autoFocus={!!command}
       editable={enabled}
       maxLength={maxMessageLength}

package/src/components/MessageInput/MessageInput.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
-import { Modal, SafeAreaView, StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
+import { Modal, SafeAreaView, StyleSheet, TextInputProps, View } from 'react-native';
 
 import {
   Gesture,
@@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ type MessageInputPropsWithContext = Pick<
   > &
   Pick<MessagesContextValue, 'Reply'> &
   Pick<TranslationContextValue, 't'> &
-  Pick<MessageComposerAPIContextValue, 'clearEditingState'> & { editing: boolean };
+  Pick<MessageComposerAPIContextValue, 'clearEditingState'> & {
+    editing: boolean;
+    TextInputComponent?: React.ComponentType<TextInputProps>;
+  };
 
 const textComposerStateSelector = (state: TextComposerState) => ({
   command: state.command,
@@ -207,6 +210,7 @@ const MessageInputWithContext = (props: MessageInputPropsWithContext) => {
     ShowThreadMessageInChannelButton,
     StartAudioRecordingButton,
     StopMessageStreamingButton,
+    TextInputComponent,
     watchers,
   } = props;
 
@@ -504,6 +508,7 @@ const MessageInputWithContext = (props: MessageInputPropsWithContext) => {
                       <View style={[styles.autoCompleteInputContainer, autoCompleteInputContainer]}>
                         <AutoCompleteInput
                           cooldownActive={!!cooldownRemainingSeconds}
+                          TextInputComponent={TextInputComponent}
                           {...additionalTextInputProps}
                         />
                       </View>