Disable native view recycling on iOS to ensure the PDF is reloaded on each render

marllonfrizzo · marllonfrizzo · commit 4f654ea32d68 · 2025-08-12T17:02:48.000-03:00
diff --git a/ios/ReactNativePdfRendererLibrary/RNPdfRendererComponentView.mm b/ios/ReactNativePdfRendererLibrary/RNPdfRendererComponentView.mm
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ -(instancetype)init
     return self;
 }
 
++(BOOL)shouldBeRecycled
+{
+    // We are disabling recycling for this native view to prevent it from being cached.
+    // This ensures that the PDF is reloaded every time the component is re-mounted
+    // or any of its props change, providing a fresh instance for each render.
+    return NO;
+}
+
 - (void)dealloc
 {
     if (observerAdded) {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ -(instancetype)init`
`58`	`58`	`return self;`
`59`	`59`	`}`
`60`	`60`
	`61`	`++(BOOL)shouldBeRecycled`
	`62`	`+{`
	`63`	`+ // We are disabling recycling for this native view to prevent it from being cached.`
	`64`	`+ // This ensures that the PDF is reloaded every time the component is re-mounted`
	`65`	`+ // or any of its props change, providing a fresh instance for each render.`
	`66`	`+ return NO;`
	`67`	`+}`
	`68`	`+`
`61`	`69`	`- (void)dealloc`
`62`	`70`	`{`
`63`	`71`	`if (observerAdded) {`