React Native: vertical centering when using ScrollView
I'm using React Native and I'm having trouble retaining vertical centering of elements as soon as I introduce a ScrollView. To demonstrate, I created 3 apps with React Native Playground. All examples have 2 pages, and they can be toggled by tapping the blue button.
Example 1:
This first example shows blocks centered vertically on page 2. This happens because the container has these styles applied to it:
flex: 1,
flexDirection: 'column',
justifyContent: 'center',
https://rnplay.org/apps/lb5wSQ
However, there's a problem as soon as you switch to page 2, because the entire content of the page doesn't fit, so we need a ScrollView.
Example 2
In this example, I wrap everything inside of a ScrollView. This allows page 2 to scroll, but now I lost the vertical centering of Page 1.
https://rnplay.org/apps/DCgOgA
Example 3
In order to try and get back the vertical centering of Page 1, I apply flex: 1 to the contentContainerStyle of ScrollView. This fixes the vertical centering on page 1, but I'm no longer able to scroll all the way down to the bottom on page 2.
https://rnplay.org/apps/LSgbog
How can I fix this so that I get vertical centering of elements on page 1 yet still get ScrollView to scroll all the way to the bottom on page 2?
Answer
I solved this issue with flexGrow instead of flex
<ScrollView contentContainerStyle={{ flexGrow: 1, justifyContent: 'center' }}>
This makes the content container stretch to fill the ScrollView but does not restrict the maximum height, so you can still scroll correctly when the content extends the bounds of the ScrollView