responsive-component

Switch between mobile mode and desktop mode instantly using the size of the window.

Install

npm install @smackchat/responsive-component or yarn add @smackchat/responsive-component

Usage

In this example, we create an app that features a mobile version component and a desktop version component.

We create a variable which passes the App class inside responsiveComponent(). This is the variable we are exporting instead of the App class.

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { responsiveComponent } from './responsive-component';
import { DesktopView } from './DesktopView';
import { MobileView } from './MobileView';
import './App.css';

const App = responsiveComponent(
  class App extends Component {
    render(){
      const { isMobile, sizeClass } = this.props;
      return (
        <div className={"App " + sizeClass}>
          {
            isMobile ? <MobileView /> : <DesktopView />
          }
          <div className="status">Is mobile: { isMobile + "" }</div>
          <div className="status">Current screen size: { sizeClass }</div>
        </div>
      );
    }
  }
);

export default App;

The isMobile property is used to determine which of the two components will render. The app renders the mobile version if the current window size is small enough to fit inside a mobile device. Otherwise, the app renders the desktop version.

The sizeClass property may also be used to determine the current window size. Depending on the window size, it returns one of the following: screen-big, screen-md, and screen-small.

In this example, we use the sizeClass property to create specific CSS configurations for big and small window sizes.

.App {
  background-color: #ffffff; /*default color*/
}

.App.screen-big{
  background-color: #98e263; /*green*/
}

.App.screen-small{
  background-color: #ffc759; /*orange*/
}

Courtesy of Chrome's dev tools, we can see how the app changes between mobile view and desktop view by shrinking and expanding the dimensions.