Why getDerivedStateFromProps is called after setState?

Question

React introduced new static method getDerivedStateFromProps(props, state) which is called before every render method, but why? Calling it after prop change makes se

Answer 1

I did something like this

constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
        expanded: props.expanded,
        ownUpdate: false
    }
}

static getDerivedStateFromProps(props, state) {
    if (state.ownUpdate) {
        return {
            expanded: state.expanded,
            ownUpdate: false
        };
    } else if (props.expanded !== state.expanded) {
        return {
            expanded: props.expanded
        };
    }
    return null;
}

toggle() {
    this.props.onAftePress(this.state.expanded, this.props.index);
    this.setState({
        expanded: !this.state.expanded,
        ownUpdate: true
    })
}