[WebView] Add props for overriding native component

[cbrevik]

Opening a new PR for #10946 (see discussion there).

This PR builds upon #14775 (iOS ViewManager inheritance) and #14261 (more extensible Android WebView).

Motivation
When WebView.android.js and WebView.ios.js use requireNativeComponent, they are hard-coded to require RCTWebView. This means if you want to re-use the same JS-logic, but require a custom native WebView-implementation, you have to duplicate the entire JS-code files.

The same is true if you want to pass through any custom events or props, which you want to set on the custom native WebView.

What I'm trying to solve with this PR is to able to extend native WebView logic, and being able to re-use and extend existing WebView JS-logic.

This is done by adding a new nativeConfig prop on WebView. I've also moved the extra requireNativeComponent config to WebView.extraNativeComponentConfig for easier re-use.

Test plan
@jacobp100 has been kind enough to help me with docs for this new feature. So that is part of the PR and can be read for some information.

I've also created an example app which demonstrates how to use this functionality: https://github.com/cbrevik/webview-native-config-example

If you've implemented the native side as in the example repo above, it should be fairly easy to use from JavaScript like this:

importReact,{Component,PropTypes}from'react';import{WebView,requireNativeComponent,NativeModules}from'react-native';const{ CustomWebViewManager }=NativeModules;exportdefaultclassCustomWebViewextendsComponent{staticpropTypes={
...WebView.propTypes,finalUrl: PropTypes.string,onNavigationCompleted: PropTypes.func,};_onNavigationCompleted=(event)=>{const{ onNavigationCompleted }=this.props;onNavigationCompleted&&onNavigationCompleted(event);}render(){return(<WebView{...this.props}nativeConfig={{component: RCTCustomWebView,props: {finalUrl: this.props.finalUrl,onNavigationCompleted: this._onNavigationCompleted,},viewManager: CustomWebViewManager}}/>);}}constRCTCustomWebView=requireNativeComponent('RCTCustomWebView',CustomWebView,WebView.extraNativeComponentConfig);

As you see, you require the custom native implementation at the bottom, and send in that along with any custom props with the nativeConfig prop on the WebView. You also send in the viewManager since iOS requires that for startLoadWithResult.

Discussion
As noted in the original PR, this could in principle be done with more React Native components, to make it easier for the community to re-use and extend native components.

[cbrevik]

@shergin did you have a chance to look at this one yet?

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It was failing to import due to the "cc:" line in the description, which gets re-parsed by arcanist during import. Edited and trying again.

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[cbrevik]

Oops, my bad! I'll remember that for next time.

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[Lxxyx]

I need this too

[cbrevik]

@hramos Just checking in, and wondering if there's anything holding the merge back?

[hramos]

Here's why the PR hasn't landed - missing opening comment. I'll see if I can fix it on our side, no need to update your PR.

[cbrevik]

Alright, noted. Seems to be caused by an earlier merge. Thanks! 👍

[dahjelle]

Does this PR provide a mechanism for customizing WebChromeClient? In particular, I'm trying to get file upload working via onShowFileChooser, but so far it seems that I need to re-implement this code to make that work. Does that seem accurate?

[cbrevik]

@dahjelle What this PR enables is that you can extend ReactWebViewManager, and override logic as you see fit, while reusing the WebView JavaScript.

So yes, you can override createViewInstance and re-implement it with your own WebChromeClient. See the docs for more info.

(Ideally maybe I should have created a createReactWebViewClient method for even easier overriding of the client. But oh well)

[dahjelle]

@cbrevik Thanks much!