chore: release 4.20.0

.github/workflows/storybook.yml

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-name: Deploy Storybook
-on:
-  # Testing to see if this job is causing the race condition
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  # pull_request:
-  #   types: [closed]
-  #   branches:
-  #     - main
-  #   paths: ['src', 'examples/stories/**'] # Trigger the action only when files change in the folders defined here
-jobs:
-  build-and-deploy:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout 🛎️
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Install and Build 🔧
-        run: | # Install npm packages and build the Storybook files
-          npm install
-          npm run build-storybook
-      - name: Deploy 🚀
-        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@3.6.2
-        with:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          BRANCH: main # The branch the action should deploy to.
-          FOLDER: docs-build # The folder that the build-storybook script generates files.
-          CLEAN: true # Automatically remove deleted files from the deploy branch
-          TARGET_FOLDER: docs # The folder that we serve our Storybook files from

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,8 +4,23 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Dates are d
 
 Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 
+#### [v4.20.0](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react/compare/v4.19.1...v4.20.0)
+
+- feat: add db test [`46e1987`](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react/commit/46e19874a2ec5893b5d3365f61db871400327087)
+- fix: hot reload crash [`6d76e9f`](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react/commit/6d76e9f85d949ec1e0e4d29458676efbe1c24d1d)
+- inital work for data binding hooks [`452eb89`](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react/commit/452eb89e72ffb73f837917fd969a51ed238a6d05)
+
+#### [v4.19.1](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react/compare/v4.19.0...v4.19.1)
+
+> 8 May 2025
+
+- chore: release 4.19.1 [`d303e8c`](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react/commit/d303e8c96f70fa8886d96aba35afd911f0fcef50)
+- chore: rive-wasm -> 2.27.2 [`479d534`](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react/commit/479d5340e87f5335a2525b547e690be60ebafc00)
+
 #### [v4.19.0](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react/compare/v4.18.9...v4.19.0)
 
+> 29 April 2025
+
 - Add examples [`5354d1f`](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react/commit/5354d1f69bfe91dc67c39cee80a6ea00c4c70cb1)
 - Storybookk page reloads when the package in the parent changes [`7277ed2`](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react/commit/7277ed2f0d877150637a69f2ff9122db1b151686)
 - Upgrade React and React DOM [`a9a98fe`](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react/commit/a9a98fece2caf727e941ce645be2f031efaf8a89)

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ![Build Status](https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg)
-[![Storybook](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/storybookjs/brand@main/badge/badge-storybook.svg)](https://rive-app.github.io/rive-react)
 ![Discord badge](https://img.shields.io/discord/532365473602600965)
 ![Twitter handle](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/rive_app.svg?style=social&label=Follow)
 
@@ -55,8 +54,6 @@ This library supports React versions `^16.8.0` through `^18.0.0`.
 
 Check out our Storybook instance that shows how to use the library in small examples, along with code snippets! This includes examples using the basic component, as well as the convenient hooks exported to take advantage of state machines.
 
-- [Example page](https://rive-app.github.io/rive-react)
-- [Login screen w/ input tracking](https://rive-app.github.io/rive-use-cases/?path=/story/example-loginformcomponent--primary)
 - [Mouse tracking](https://codesandbox.io/s/rive-mouse-track-test-t0y965?file=/src/App.js)
 - [Accessibility concerns](https://rive.app/blog/accesible-web-animations-aria-live-regions)
 

npm/react-canvas-lite/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rive-app/react-canvas-lite",
-  "version": "4.19.0",
+  "version": "4.20.0",
   "description": "React wrapper around the @rive-app/canvas-lite library",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "typings": "dist/types/index.d.ts",
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@rive-app/canvas-lite": "2.27.1"
+    "@rive-app/canvas-lite": "2.27.2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "^16.8.0 || ^17.0.0 || ^18.0.0 || ^19.0"

npm/react-canvas/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rive-app/react-canvas",
-  "version": "4.19.0",
+  "version": "4.20.0",
   "description": "React wrapper around the @rive-app/canvas library",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "typings": "dist/types/index.d.ts",
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@rive-app/canvas": "2.27.1"
+    "@rive-app/canvas": "2.27.2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "^16.8.0 || ^17.0.0 || ^18.0.0 || ^19.0"

npm/react-webgl/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rive-app/react-webgl",
-  "version": "4.19.0",
+  "version": "4.20.0",
   "description": "React wrapper around the @rive-app/webgl library",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "typings": "dist/types/index.d.ts",
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@rive-app/webgl": "2.27.1"
+    "@rive-app/webgl": "2.27.2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "^16.8.0 || ^17.0.0 || ^18.0.0 || ^19.0"

npm/react-webgl2/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rive-app/react-webgl2",
-  "version": "4.19.0",
+  "version": "4.20.0",
   "description": "React wrapper around the @rive-app/webgl2 library",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "typings": "dist/types/index.d.ts",
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@rive-app/webgl2": "2.27.1"
+    "@rive-app/webgl2": "2.27.2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "^16.8.0 || ^17.0.0 || ^18.0.0 || ^19.0"

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rive-react",
-  "version": "4.19.0",
+  "version": "4.20.0",
   "description": "React wrapper around the rive-js library",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "typings": "dist/types/index.d.ts",
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/rive-app/rive-react#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@rive-app/canvas": "2.27.1",
-    "@rive-app/canvas-lite": "2.27.1",
-    "@rive-app/webgl": "2.27.1",
-    "@rive-app/webgl2": "2.27.1"
+    "@rive-app/canvas": "2.27.2",
+    "@rive-app/canvas-lite": "2.27.2",
+    "@rive-app/webgl": "2.27.2",
+    "@rive-app/webgl2": "2.27.2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "^16.8.0 || ^17.0.0 || ^18.0.0 || ^19.0"

src/hooks/useViewModel.ts

@@ -1,26 +1,7 @@
-import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { Rive, ViewModel, EventType } from '@rive-app/canvas';
 import { UseViewModelParameters } from '../types';
 
-
-function areParamsEqual(
-    prev?: UseViewModelParameters,
-    next?: UseViewModelParameters
-): boolean {
-    if (prev === next) return true;
-    if (!prev || !next) return prev === next;
-
-    if ('name' in prev && 'name' in next) {
-        return prev.name === next.name;
-    }
-
-    if ('useDefault' in prev && 'useDefault' in next) {
-        return prev.useDefault === next.useDefault;
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
 /**
  * Hook for fetching a ViewModel from a Rive instance.
  *
@@ -35,57 +16,37 @@ export default function useViewModel(
     params?: UseViewModelParameters
 ): ViewModel | null {
     const { name, useDefault = false } = params ?? {};
-    const riveRef = useRef<Rive | null>(null);
-    const paramsRef = useRef<UseViewModelParameters | undefined>(params);
     const [viewModel, setViewModel] = useState<ViewModel | null>(null);
 
-    const shouldUpdate = useRef(true);
-
     useEffect(() => {
-        const isRiveChanged = riveRef.current !== rive;
-        const areParamsChanged = !areParamsEqual(paramsRef.current, params);
-
-        shouldUpdate.current = isRiveChanged || areParamsChanged;
-        riveRef.current = rive;
-        paramsRef.current = params;
-
-        if (!shouldUpdate.current && viewModel) {
-            return;
-        }
-
         function fetchViewModel() {
-            const currentRive = riveRef.current;
-            const currentParams = paramsRef.current;
-
-            if (!currentRive) {
+            if (!rive) {
                 setViewModel(null);
                 return;
             }
 
             let model: ViewModel | null = null;
 
-            if (currentParams?.name != null) {
-                model = currentRive.viewModelByName?.(currentParams.name) || null;
-            } else if (currentParams?.useDefault) {
-                model = currentRive.defaultViewModel() || null;
+            if (name != null) {
+                model = rive.viewModelByName?.(name) || null;
+            } else if (useDefault) {
+                model = rive.defaultViewModel() || null;
             } else {
-                model = currentRive.defaultViewModel() || null;
+                model = rive.defaultViewModel() || null;
             }
 
             setViewModel(model);
-            shouldUpdate.current = false;
         }
 
         fetchViewModel();
 
-        const currentRive = riveRef.current;
-        if (currentRive) {
-            currentRive.on(EventType.Load, fetchViewModel);
+        if (rive) {
+            rive.on(EventType.Load, fetchViewModel);
         }
 
         return () => {
-            if (currentRive) {
-                currentRive.off(EventType.Load, fetchViewModel);
+            if (rive) {
+                rive.off(EventType.Load, fetchViewModel);
             }
         };
     }, [rive, name, useDefault]);

src/hooks/useViewModelInstance.ts

@@ -1,30 +1,7 @@
-import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { ViewModel, ViewModelInstance } from '@rive-app/canvas';
 import { UseViewModelInstanceParameters } from '../types';
 
-
-function areParamsEqual(
-    prev?: UseViewModelInstanceParameters,
-    next?: UseViewModelInstanceParameters
-): boolean {
-    if (prev === next) return true;
-    if (!prev || !next) return prev === next;
-
-    if ('name' in prev && 'name' in next) {
-        return prev.name === next.name;
-    }
-
-    if ('useDefault' in prev && 'useDefault' in next) {
-        return prev.useDefault === next.useDefault;
-    }
-
-    if ('useNew' in prev && 'useNew' in next) {
-        return prev.useNew === next.useNew;
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
 /**
  * Hook for fetching a ViewModelInstance from a ViewModel.
  *
@@ -43,50 +20,26 @@ export default function useViewModelInstance(
     const { name, useDefault = false, useNew = false, rive } = params ?? {};
     const [instance, setInstance] = useState<ViewModelInstance | null>(null);
 
-    const viewModelRef = useRef<ViewModel | null>(viewModel);
-    const paramsRef = useRef<UseViewModelInstanceParameters | undefined>(params);
-    const instanceRef = useRef<ViewModelInstance | null>(null);
-
-    const shouldUpdate = useRef(true);
-
     useEffect(() => {
-        const isViewModelChanged = viewModelRef.current !== viewModel;
-        const areParamsChanged = !areParamsEqual(paramsRef.current, params);
-
-        shouldUpdate.current = isViewModelChanged || areParamsChanged;
-        viewModelRef.current = viewModel;
-        paramsRef.current = params;
-
-        if (!shouldUpdate.current && instanceRef.current) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        const currentViewModel = viewModelRef.current;
-        const currentParams = paramsRef.current;
-
-        if (!currentViewModel) {
+        if (!viewModel) {
             setInstance(null);
-            instanceRef.current = null;
             return;
         }
 
         let result: ViewModelInstance | null = null;
 
-        if (currentParams?.name != null) {
-            result = currentViewModel.instanceByName(currentParams.name) || null;
-        } else if (currentParams?.useDefault) {
-            result = currentViewModel.defaultInstance?.() || null;
-        } else if (currentParams?.useNew) {
-            result = currentViewModel.instance?.() || null;
+        if (name != null) {
+            result = viewModel.instanceByName(name) || null;
+        } else if (useDefault) {
+            result = viewModel.defaultInstance?.() || null;
+        } else if (useNew) {
+            result = viewModel.instance?.() || null;
         } else {
-            result = currentViewModel.defaultInstance?.() || null;
+            result = viewModel.defaultInstance?.() || null;
         }
 
-        instanceRef.current = result;
         setInstance(result);
-        shouldUpdate.current = false;
 
-        // Bind instance to Rive if needed
         if (rive && result && rive.viewModelInstance !== result) {
             rive.bindViewModelInstance(result);
         }