Since the release of v0.43 of React Native, we have two new components for presenting lists of data, the FlatList and the SectionList. Today we will be looking at the SectionList component.
Introducing the SectionList Component
The SectionList component allows us to create a list of content that is broken up into scrollable sections. SectionLists are similar to Flatlists, but they extend the FlatList functionality even further.
Using the SectionList Component
In this example, we will be creating a simple SectionList of hardcoded data. Each item in the data props is rendered as a Text component.
First, let’s make sure we have imported SectionList along with other necessary imports for this example. …
