reactjsHow do I use a timer in ReactJS?
Using a timer in ReactJS is relatively simple. To do so, you can create a new React component and use the built-in JavaScript setTimeout()
method. The setTimeout()
method takes two arguments - a callback function and the amount of time in milliseconds before the callback function is executed.
// Example of using setTimeout() in React
class Timer extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = { seconds: 0 };
}
componentDidMount() {
this.timerID = setTimeout(
() => this.tick(),
1000
);
}
componentWillUnmount() {
clearTimeout(this.timerID);
}
tick() {
this.setState({
seconds: this.state.seconds + 1
});
this.timerID = setTimeout(
() => this.tick(),
1000
);
}
render() {
return (
<div>
Seconds: {this.state.seconds}
</div>
);
}
}
ReactDOM.render(
<Timer />,
document.getElementById('root')
);
Output example
Seconds: 0
The code above creates a Timer component which uses the setTimeout()
method to increment the seconds
state value by 1 every second. The setTimeout()
method is called inside the componentDidMount()
lifecycle method which is called when the component is mounted and the componentWillUnmount()
lifecycle method which is called when the component is unmounted.
Code explanation
constructor()
: The constructor method is used to set the initial state of the component.componentDidMount()
: This is a lifecycle method that is called when the component is mounted.componentWillUnmount()
: This is a lifecycle method that is called when the component is unmounted.tick()
: This is a method which is called every second to increment theseconds
state value.setTimeout()
: This is a built-in JavaScript method which takes a callback function and the amount of time in milliseconds before the callback function is executed.clearTimeout()
: This is a built-in JavaScript method which clears the timer set withsetTimeout()
.
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