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isWorkerRuntime

Available from 0.8.0

Checks if the current runtime is a Worker Runtime.

Reference

Code

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function checkUI() {

'worklet';

console.log(isWorkerRuntime()); // false (UI Runtime)

}

function checkWorker() {

'worklet';

console.log(isWorkerRuntime()); // true (Worker Runtime)

}

console.log(isWorkerRuntime()); // false (RN Runtime)

scheduleOnUI(checkUI);

const workerRuntime = createWorkletRuntime({ name: 'background' });

scheduleOnRuntime(workerRuntime, checkWorker);

Type definitions

function isWorkerRuntime(): boolean;

true if the current runtime is the Worker Runtime, false otherwise.

The function checks the value of globalThis.__RUNTIME_KIND to determine the kind of the current runtime. See getRuntimeKind for more details.