Add support for SectionList

src/SectionList.android.tsx

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+import React, { MutableRefObject, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import {
+  DefaultSectionT,
+  NativeModules,
+  Platform,
+  SectionList as RNSectionList,
+  SectionListProps as RNSectionListProps,
+} from 'react-native';
+
+export const ScrollViewManager = NativeModules.MvcpScrollViewManager;
+
+export default React.forwardRef(
+  <ItemT extends any, SectionT = DefaultSectionT>(
+    props: RNSectionListProps<ItemT, SectionT>,
+    forwardedRef:
+      | ((instance: RNSectionList<ItemT, SectionT> | null) => void)
+      | MutableRefObject<RNSectionList<ItemT, SectionT> | null>
+      | null
+  ) => {
+    const sectionListRef = useRef<RNSectionList<ItemT, SectionT> | null>(null);
+    const isMvcpEnabledNative = useRef<boolean>(false);
+    const handle = useRef<number | null>(null);
+    const enableMvcpRetriesCount = useRef<number>(0);
+    const isMvcpPropPresentRef = useRef(!!props.maintainVisibleContentPosition);
+
+    const autoscrollToTopThreshold = useRef<number | null>(
+      props.maintainVisibleContentPosition?.autoscrollToTopThreshold ||
+        -Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
+    );
+    const minIndexForVisible = useRef<number>(
+      props.maintainVisibleContentPosition?.minIndexForVisible || 1
+    );
+    const retryTimeoutId = useRef<NodeJS.Timeout>();
+    const debounceTimeoutId = useRef<NodeJS.Timeout>();
+    const disableMvcpRef = useRef(async () => {
+      isMvcpEnabledNative.current = false;
+      if (!handle?.current) {
+        return;
+      }
+      await ScrollViewManager.disableMaintainVisibleContentPosition(
+        handle.current
+      );
+    });
+    const enableMvcpWithRetriesRef = useRef(() => {
+      // debounce to wait till consecutive mvcp enabling
+      // this ensures that always previous handles are disabled first
+      if (debounceTimeoutId.current) {
+        clearTimeout(debounceTimeoutId.current);
+      }
+      debounceTimeoutId.current = setTimeout(async () => {
+        // disable any previous enabled handles
+        await disableMvcpRef.current();
+
+        if (
+          !sectionListRef.current ||
+          !isMvcpPropPresentRef.current ||
+          isMvcpEnabledNative.current ||
+          Platform.OS !== 'android'
+        ) {
+          return;
+        }
+        const scrollableNode = sectionListRef.current.getScrollableNode();
+
+        try {
+          handle.current = await ScrollViewManager.enableMaintainVisibleContentPosition(
+            scrollableNode,
+            autoscrollToTopThreshold.current,
+            minIndexForVisible.current
+          );
+        } catch (error: any) {
+          /**
+           * enableMaintainVisibleContentPosition from native module may throw IllegalViewOperationException,
+           * in case view is not ready yet. In that case, lets do a retry!! (max of 10 tries)
+           */
+          if (enableMvcpRetriesCount.current < 10) {
+            retryTimeoutId.current = setTimeout(
+              enableMvcpWithRetriesRef.current,
+              100
+            );
+            enableMvcpRetriesCount.current += 1;
+          }
+        }
+      }, 300);
+    });
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+      // when the mvcp prop changes
+      // enable natively again, if the prop has changed
+      const propAutoscrollToTopThreshold =
+        props.maintainVisibleContentPosition?.autoscrollToTopThreshold ||
+        -Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
+      const propMinIndexForVisible =
+        props.maintainVisibleContentPosition?.minIndexForVisible || 1;
+      const hasMvcpChanged =
+        autoscrollToTopThreshold.current !== propAutoscrollToTopThreshold ||
+        minIndexForVisible.current !== propMinIndexForVisible ||
+        isMvcpPropPresentRef.current !== !!props.maintainVisibleContentPosition;
+
+      if (hasMvcpChanged) {
+        enableMvcpRetriesCount.current = 0;
+        autoscrollToTopThreshold.current = propAutoscrollToTopThreshold;
+        minIndexForVisible.current = propMinIndexForVisible;
+        isMvcpPropPresentRef.current = !!props.maintainVisibleContentPosition;
+        enableMvcpWithRetriesRef.current();
+      }
+    }, [props.maintainVisibleContentPosition]);
+
+    const refCallback = useRef<
+      (instance: RNSectionList<ItemT, SectionT>) => void
+    >((ref) => {
+      sectionListRef.current = ref;
+      enableMvcpWithRetriesRef.current();
+      if (typeof forwardedRef === 'function') {
+        forwardedRef(ref);
+      } else if (forwardedRef) {
+        forwardedRef.current = ref;
+      }
+    }).current;
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+      const disableMvcp = disableMvcpRef.current;
+      return () => {
+        // clean up the retry mechanism
+        if (debounceTimeoutId.current) {
+          clearTimeout(debounceTimeoutId.current);
+        }
+        // clean up any debounce
+        if (debounceTimeoutId.current) {
+          clearTimeout(debounceTimeoutId.current);
+        }
+        disableMvcp();
+      };
+    }, []);
+
+    return <RNSectionList<ItemT, SectionT> ref={refCallback} {...props} />;
+  }
+);

src/SectionList.tsx

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+import { SectionList } from 'react-native';
+
+export default SectionList;

src/index.ts

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 export { default as FlatList } from './FlatList';
 export { default as ScrollView } from './ScrollView';
+export { default as SectionList } from './SectionList';