Can I update a component's props in React.js?

Question

After starting to work with React.js, it seems like props are intended to be static (passed in from the parent component), while state changes base

Answer 1

Trick to update props if they are array :

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import {
  AppRegistry,
  StyleSheet,
  Text,
  View,
  Button
} from 'react-native';

class Counter extends Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
      this.state = {
        count: this.props.count
      }
    }
  increment(){
    console.log("this.props.count");
    console.log(this.props.count);
    let count = this.state.count
    count.push("new element");
    this.setState({ count: count})
  }
  render() {

    return (
      
        { this.state.count.length }
        
      
    );
  }
}

Counter.defaultProps = {
 count: []
}

export default Counter
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',
    backgroundColor: '#F5FCFF',
  },
  welcome: {
    fontSize: 20,
    textAlign: 'center',
    margin: 10,
  },
  instructions: {
    textAlign: 'center',
    color: '#333333',
    marginBottom: 5,
  },
});