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React Native: Issue with State Update – Component Not Re-rendering

I’m currently facing an issue in my React Native project related to state updates and component re-rendering. Even though I’m updating the state, the component doesn’t re-render as expected. Here’s a simplified version of my code:

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { View, Text, Button } from 'react-native';

export default function MyComponent() {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);

  const handleIncrement = () => {
    setCount(count + 1);
    console.log('Count:', count); // Logs the correct incremented value
  };

  return (
    <View>
      <Text>Count: {count}</Text>
      <Button title="Increment" onPress={handleIncrement} />
    </View>
  );
}

Although the setCount function updates the state correctly, the component doesn’t re-render immediately, and the logged count value remains the same. I’ve tried using useEffect, but it doesn’t resolve the issue.

Can someone please provide guidance on how to troubleshoot and resolve this problem with state updates not triggering an immediate re-render of the component? Any help or insights would be appreciated. Thank you!

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  1. 0

    You need to listen changes with useEffect.

    import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import { View, Text, Button } from 'react-native';

export default function MyComponent() {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
  useEffect(() => {    }, [])
  const handleIncrement = () => {
    setCount(count + 1);
    console.log('Count:', count); // Logs the correct incremented value
  };

  return (
    <View>
      <Text>Count: {count}</Text>
      <Button title="Increment" onPress={handleIncrement} />
    </View>
  );
}
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  2. 0 
    import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import { View, Text, Button } from 'react-native';

export default function MyComponent() {
   const [count, setCount] = useState(0);

   const handleIncrement = () => {
     setCount(prevCount => prevCount + 1);
   };

   useEffect(() => {
     console.log('Count:', count);
   },  [count]);


  return (
    <View>
      <Text>Count: {count}</Text>
      <Button title="Increment" onPress={handleIncrement} />
    </View>
  );
}
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  3. 0

    The issue you’re experiencing in your React Native project is a common one related to the asynchronous nature of state updates in React. When you update a state variable using the setCount function, the update doesn’t happen immediately. Instead, it schedules an update to the component, which will happen later. This means that logging the state variable right after setting it may not show the updated value.

    However, the component should re-render with the new value of count on the next render cycle. If you are not seeing the updated value in your UI, it is likely due to the asynchronous state update.

    Here’s a revised version of your code with a slight modification to log the updated state correctly using a useEffect hook. This hook will run after the component has re-rendered, which means it will have the updated state:

    import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import { View, Text, Button } from 'react-native';

export default function MyComponent() {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);

  useEffect(() => {
    console.log('Updated Count:', count); // Logs the updated count after re-render
  }, [count]); // Dependency array makes sure this effect runs whenever count changes

  const handleIncrement = () => {
    setCount(count + 1);
  };

  return (
    <View>
      <Text>Count: {count}</Text>
      <Button title="Increment" onPress={handleIncrement} />
    </View>
  );
}
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