Add rule to stop single element style arrays

README.md

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ Finally, enable all of the rules that you would like to use.
     "react-native/no-inline-styles": 2,
     "react-native/no-color-literals": 2,
     "react-native/no-raw-text": 2,
+    "react-native/no-single-element-style-arrays": 2,
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ Finally, enable all of the rules that you would like to use.
 * [no-inline-styles](docs/rules/no-inline-styles.md): Detect JSX components with inline styles that contain literal values
 * [no-color-literals](docs/rules/no-color-literals.md): Detect `StyleSheet` rules and inline styles containing color literals instead of variables
 * [no-raw-text](docs/rules/no-raw-text.md): Detect raw text outside of `Text`  component
+* [no-single-element-style-arrays](docs/rules/no-raw-text.md): No style arrays that have 1 element only `<View style={[{height: 10}]}/>`
 
 [npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/eslint-plugin-react-native
 [npm-image]: http://img.shields.io/npm/v/eslint-plugin-react-native.svg?style=flat-square

docs/rules/no-single-element-style-arrays.md

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# No Single Element Style Arrays are allowed
+
+These cause unnecessary re-renders as each time the array's identity changes.
+
+## Rule Details
+
+The following pattern is not allowed:
+
+```js
+<View style={[{height: 10}]} />
+```
+

index.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const allRules = {
   'sort-styles': require('./lib/rules/sort-styles'),
   'split-platform-components': require('./lib/rules/split-platform-components'),
   'no-raw-text': require('./lib/rules/no-raw-text'),
+  'no-single-element-style-arrays': require('./lib/rules/no-single-element-style-arrays'),
 };
 
 function configureAsError(rules) {
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'sort-styles': 0,
     'split-platform-components': 0,
     'no-raw-text': 0,
+    'no-single-element-style-arrays': 0
   },
   environments: {
     'react-native': {

lib/rules/no-single-element-style-arrays.js

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/**
+ * @fileoverview Enforce no single element style arrays
+ * @author Michael Gall
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = {
+  meta: {
+    docs: {
+      description:
+        'Disallow single element style arrays. These cause unnecessary re-renders as the identity of the array always changes',
+      category: 'Stylistic Issues',
+      recommended: false,
+      url: '',
+    },
+    fixable: 'code',
+  },
+
+  create(context) {
+    function reportNode(JSXExpressionNode) {
+      context.report({
+        node: JSXExpressionNode,
+        message:
+          'Single element style arrays are not necessary and cause unnecessary re-renders',
+        fix(fixer) {
+          const realStyleNode = JSXExpressionNode.value.expression.elements[0];
+          const styleSource = context.getSourceCode().getText(realStyleNode);
+          return fixer.replaceText(JSXExpressionNode.value, `{${styleSource}}`);
+        },
+      });
+    }
+
+    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Public
+    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    return {
+      JSXAttribute(node) {
+        if (node.name.name !== 'style') return;
+        if (node.value.expression.type !== 'ArrayExpression') return;
+        if (node.value.expression.elements.length === 1) {
+          reportNode(node);
+        }
+      },
+    };
+  },
+};

tests/lib/rules/no-single-element-style-arrays.js

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/**
+ * @fileoverview Enforce no single element style arrays
+ * @author Michael Gall
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+/* eslint-disable quotes */ // For better readability on tests involving quotes
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Requirements
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const RuleTester = require('eslint').RuleTester;
+const rule = require('../../../lib/rules/no-single-element-style-arrays');
+
+require('babel-eslint');
+
+const unnecessaryArrayMessage = 'Single element style arrays are not necessary and cause unnecessary re-renders';
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Tests
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const config = {
+  parser: 'babel-eslint',
+  parserOptions: {
+    ecmaFeatures: {
+      classes: true,
+      jsx: true,
+    },
+  },
+  settings: {
+    'react-native/style-sheet-object-names': ['StyleSheet', 'OtherStyleSheet'],
+  },
+};
+
+const ruleTester = new RuleTester(config);
+ruleTester.run('single-element-style-array', rule, {
+  valid: [
+    {
+      code: `
+      const Hello = React.createClass({
+        render: function() {
+          return <App {...props}>foo</App>;
+        }
+      });
+    `,
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<App>foo</App>',
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<App style={woop}>foo</App>',
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<App style={{woop: "woop"}}>foo</App>',
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<App style={[woope, wap]}>foo</App>',
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<App className="asdf" style={woop}>foo</App>',
+    },
+  ],
+
+  invalid: [
+    {
+      code: '<App style={[woop]}>foo</App>',
+      output: '<App style={woop}>foo</App>',
+      errors: [{ message: unnecessaryArrayMessage }],
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<App style={[{woop: "woop"}]}>foo</App>',
+      output: '<App style={{woop: "woop"}}>foo</App>',
+      errors: [{ message: unnecessaryArrayMessage }],
+    },
+
+  ],
+});
+