Setting state on componentDidMount()

Question

I know that it is an anti-pattern to set state on componentDidMount and a state should be set on componentWillMount but suppose I want to set the l

Answer 1

The only reason that the linter complains about using setState({..}) in componentDidMount and componentDidUpdate is that when the component render the setState immediately causes the component to re-render. But the most important thing to note: using it inside these component's lifecycles is not an anti-pattern in React.

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