setInterval in a React app

Question

I\'m still fairly new at React, but I\'ve been grinding along slowly and I\'ve encountered something I\'m stuck on.

I am trying to build a \"timer\" component in Re

Answer 1

If anyone is looking for a React Hook approach to implementing setInterval. Dan Abramov talked about it on his blog. Check it out if you want a good read about the subject including a Class approach. Basically the code is a custom Hook that turns setInterval as declarative.

function useInterval(callback, delay) {
  const savedCallback = useRef();

  // Remember the latest callback.
  useEffect(() => {
    savedCallback.current = callback;
  }, [callback]);

  // Set up the interval.
  useEffect(() => {
    function tick() {
      savedCallback.current();
    }
    if (delay !== null) {
      let id = setInterval(tick, delay);
      return () => clearInterval(id);
    }
  }, [delay]);
}

Also posting the CodeSandbox link for convenience: https://codesandbox.io/s/105x531vkq

Answer 2

Updated 10-second countdown using class Clock extends Component

import React, { Component } from 'react';

class Clock extends Component {
  constructor(props){
    super(props);
    this.state = {currentCount: 10}
  }
  timer() {
    this.setState({
      currentCount: this.state.currentCount - 1
    })
    if(this.state.currentCount < 1) { 
      clearInterval(this.intervalId);
    }
  }
  componentDidMount() {
    this.intervalId = setInterval(this.timer.bind(this), 1000);
  }
  componentWillUnmount(){
    clearInterval(this.intervalId);
  }
  render() {
    return(
      <div>{this.state.currentCount}</div>
    );
  }
}

module.exports = Clock;

Answer 3

Thanks @dotnetom, @greg-herbowicz

If it returns "this.state is undefined" - bind timer function:

constructor(props){
    super(props);
    this.state = {currentCount: 10}
    this.timer = this.timer.bind(this)
}

Answer 4

Manage setInterval with React Hooks:

  const [seconds, setSeconds] = useState(0)

  const interval = useRef(null)

  useEffect(() => { if (seconds === 60) stopCounter() }, [seconds])

  const startCounter = () => interval.current = setInterval(() => {
    setSeconds(prevState => prevState + 1)
  }, 1000)

  const stopCounter = () => clearInterval(interval.current)

Answer 5

Updating state every second in the react class. Note the my index.js passes a function that return current time.

import React from "react";

class App extends React.Component {
  constructor(props){
    super(props)

    this.state = {
      time: this.props.time,

    }        
  }
  updateMe() {
    setInterval(()=>{this.setState({time:this.state.time})},1000)        
  }
  render(){
  return (
    <div className="container">
      <h1>{this.state.time()}</h1>
      <button onClick={() => this.updateMe()}>Get Time</button>
    </div>
  );
}
}
export default App;

Answer 6

I see 4 issues with your code:

• In your timer method you are always setting your current count to 10
• You try to update the state in render method
• You do not use setState method to actually change the state
• You are not storing your intervalId in the state

Let's try to fix that:

componentDidMount: function() {
   var intervalId = setInterval(this.timer, 1000);
   // store intervalId in the state so it can be accessed later:
   this.setState({intervalId: intervalId});
},

componentWillUnmount: function() {
   // use intervalId from the state to clear the interval
   clearInterval(this.state.intervalId);
},

timer: function() {
   // setState method is used to update the state
   this.setState({ currentCount: this.state.currentCount -1 });
},

render: function() {
    // You do not need to decrease the value here
    return (
      <section>
       {this.state.currentCount}
      </section>
    );
}

This would result in a timer that decreases from 10 to -N. If you want timer that decreases to 0, you can use slightly modified version:

timer: function() {
   var newCount = this.state.currentCount - 1;
   if(newCount >= 0) { 
       this.setState({ currentCount: newCount });
   } else {
       clearInterval(this.state.intervalId);
   }
},