React-native-gifted-chat: Why is returning an empty view if the message array is empty?

[emilkarl]

Why is this done instead of implementing ListEmptyComponent on the FlatList? Any special reason for it?

render() {
    if (this.props.messages.length === 0) {
      return <View style={styles.container} />;
    }
//...

RN docs: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/flatlist#listemptycomponent
https://github.com/FaridSafi/react-native-gifted-chat/blob/master/src/MessageContainer.js#L121

[MingFaiYau]

i think is because this way is easier to handle.
But if you set refresh or load more function in the List, this coding seems cant do that.

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[gsdatta]

Reopening this - this seems really bad and isn't documented. Breaks the fact that this is just a listview.