Text nodes

import * as React from 'react';
import { SafeAreaView, StyleSheet, Text } from 'react-native';

const TextWithRefs = () => {
  const ref = React.useRef(null);
  const [viewInfo, setViewInfo] = React.useState('');

  React.useEffect(() => {
    // `textElement` is an object implementing the interface described here.
    const textElement = ref.current;
    const textNode = textElement.childNodes[0];
    setViewInfo(
      `Text content is: ${textNode.nodeValue}`,
    );
  }, []);

  return (
    <SafeAreaView style={styles.container}>
      <Text ref={ref}>
        Hello world!
      </Text>
      <Text>{viewInfo}</Text>
    </SafeAreaView>
  );
};

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
  },
  content: {
    padding: 10,
    backgroundColor: 'gray',
  },
});

export default TextWithRefs;