componentWillReceiveProps not firing

Question

In my other classes, componentWillReceiveProps was working nicely, but for some reason, it isn\'t firing here.

ItemView.jsx

class ItemView extends React.         


        

Answer 1

If anyone else is having a problem with this...

componentWillReceiveProps will not be called if you are receiving the exact same props as before. What you can do to get around it is add a dummy prop that iterates every time you want to send the same prop to the component in case that component internally resets itself somehow

click() {
    this.setState({counter: ++this.state.counter, unchangingProp:true})
}

This way componentWillRecieveProps will be triggered every time.