User Input

    In React, most input components are stateless. An input component typically has a value prop and a prop prefixed with onChange, and together these things give us complete control over the input without ever having to access the native UI imperatively.

    Input field

    Here's an example of a text input field.

    We introduce a state variable, text, to store the current value of the input field. We pass text into the TextInput as the value prop, and any time onChangeText is called, we update call setText to update our state variable.

    We use the useState hook to store the text value. We'll cover this soon.

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    1. Input field

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