React-Native-Maps: How to animate to coordinate?

Question

I am using the following code with no success:

//Inside of NativeBase Container

        <MapView.Animated
           ref="map"
           style = {styles.map}
           showsUserLocation = {true}
           zoomEnabled = {true}
           showsMyLocationButton = {true}
           showsCompass = {true}
           showScale = {true}
           showsIndoors = {true}
           mapType = {this.state.mapTypes[this.state.mapTypeCode]}
        />

//Inside of componentDidMount of the class

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(
  (position) => {
    var initialPosition = JSON.stringify(position.coords);
    this.setState({position: initialPosition});

    let tempCoords = {
      latitude: Number(position.coords.latitude),
      longitude: Number(position.coords.longitude)
    }

    this.refs.map.animateToCoordinate(tempCoords, 1);

  }, function (error) { alert(error) },

);

But an error occurs saying there is no such function animateToCoordinate.

Answer 1

I've had some issues where this.refs is undefined, unless I bind a reference to this in the constructor to the function I am using this.refs in. In your case, try this:

constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this._getCoords = this._getCoords.bind(this);
    this.state = {
        position: null
    };
}

componentDidMount() {
    this._getCoords();
}

_getCoords = () => {
    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(
        (position) => {
            var initialPosition = JSON.stringify(position.coords);
            this.setState({position: initialPosition});
            let tempCoords = {
                latitude: Number(position.coords.latitude),
                longitude: Number(position.coords.longitude)
            }
            this._map.animateToCoordinate(tempCoords, 1);
          }, function (error) { alert(error) },
     );
};

render() {
    return (
         <MapView.Animated
             ref={component => this._map = component}
          />
    );

}

Although using string refs is still possible, I believe that is legacy now, so I've also updated the MapView ref to the newer way. See: Ref Example