React Native reload page

Question

So I have an app with an activity. The app checks for Internet connection at the beginning. If there are no Internet connection, it will show a screen with a button to refresh the page. The problem is that my API calls (Axios) is located on componentDidMount() where it's called only once after the first render. Is there any way I can reload the page so it calls componentDidMount again?

I mean like total refresh. I am using EXPO btw. Any help is appreciated. Sorry there are no examples, I just wanted to get the idea if possible

Answer 1

You can force update the component. Check this: https://reactjs.org/docs/react-component.html#forceupdate

It will re-render the component.

check this example:

class App extends Component{
  constructor(){
    super();
        this.forceUpdateHandler = this.forceUpdateHandler.bind(this);
  };

  forceUpdateHandler(){
    this.forceUpdate();
  };

  render(){
    return(
      <div>
          <button onClick= {this.forceUpdateHandler} >FORCE UPDATE</button>
            <h4>Random Number : { Math.random() }</h4>
          </div>
    );
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'));

Answer 2

Remember by calling setState function on your component, you can refresh it. if there's a button that's going to refresh the page, i would do this:

<Button  onPress={() => this.setState({dummy: 1})} />

calling setState will update your component no matter what you object you pass to it. I'm not sure if re-rendering page, calls componentDidMount function, so maybe you need to move your API calls to some funciton func and call this function in your componentDidMount, and also after each button press event. example:

componentDidMount() {
  apiCalls()
}

apiCalls() {
   .... // your code
   this.setState({dummy: 1})
}

render() {
  <View>
    ...
    <Button  onPress={this.apiCalls.bind(this)} />
    ...

  </View>
}

Answer 3

I would suggest putting your API call in it's own function within your component. If you want to make the API call on componentDidMount and also on a button click, then create a makeApiCall() function and call that from within componentDidMount, then for your button just set your onPress prop appropriately onPress={this.makeApiCall}